Last Updated: December 30, 2015 TIMOTHY MAURICE DIETTE Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics Office (540) 458-8220 Huntley Hall, Room 302 Mobile (540) 319-0362 Washington and Lee University Fax (540) 458-8639 Lexington, VA 24450 diettet@wlu.edu PRIMARY ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2015- The Harry E. and Mary Jane W. Redenbaugh Term Associate Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University 2013- Associate Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University 2006-2013 Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University 2004-2006 Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University VISITING ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2015 Visiting Research Scholar, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research, University of Melbourne 2009-2010 Visiting Research Fellow, The Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University AFFILIATIONS 2009- Affiliate Researcher, The Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University 2013- Core Faculty Member, Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability, Washington and Lee University 2013- Faculty member, Africana Studies Program, Washington and Lee University 2007-2013 Faculty member, African-American Studies Program, Washington and Lee University 2006-2013 Affiliate Faculty Member, Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability, Washington and Lee University EDUCATION 2005 PhD Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Advisor: William A. Darity, Jr. 1999 MS Department in Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Omicron Delta Epsilon 1995 BA Department of Economics and Department of History, University of Vermont, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Eta Sigma FIELDS OF INTEREST Economics of Education Health Economics Stratification Economics
T i m o t h y D i e t t e, C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e, p a g e 2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Economics of Education Health Economics International Trade Principles of Economics Senior Economics Capstone Urban Education: Poverty and Policy JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Diette, Timothy M. and Manu Raghav. Forthcoming. A Student s Dilemma: Is there a Trade-Off Between a Higher Starting Salary or Higher GPA. Education Economics. Helms-McCarty, Sara E., Timothy M. Diette, and Betsy Bugg Holloway. Forthcoming. Acquiring New Donors: A Field Experiment Using Bonus Trigger Incentives. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. DOI: 10.1177/0899764015583120 Diette, Timothy M., and George W. Kester. Forthcoming. Student Course Evaluations: Key Determinants of Teaching Effectiveness Ratings in Accounting, Business and Economics courses at a Small Private Liberal Arts College, Journal of the Academy of Business Education. Diette, Timothy M., Arthur H. Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity Jr. 2015. Skin Shade Stratification and the Psychological Cost of Unemployment: Is there a Gradient for Black Females? The Review of Black Political Economy 42(1-2)(June):155-177. Diette, Timothy M. and Manu Raghav. 2015. Class Size Matters: Heterogeneous Effects of Larger Classes on College Student Learning, Eastern Economic Journal 41(Spring):273-283. Diette, Timothy M. and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere. 2014. Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 104(5)(May):412-417. Diette, Timothy M. and Sara E. Helms. 2014. Trading the Television for a Textbook? High School Exit Exams and Student Behavior, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 14(3):1015-1036. Diette, Timothy M., Arthur H. Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity Jr., and Katherine McFarland. 2014. Stalking: Does it Leave a Psychological Footprint. Social Science Quarterly 95(2):563-580. Diette, Timothy M. and Sara E. Helms. 2013. Sweat the Small Stuff: The Effect of Small Incentive Changes on Participation in Service-Learning. International Review of Economics Education 12 (January):20-32. Diette, Timothy M. 2012. The Whiter the Better? Racial Composition and Access to School Resources for Black Students. The Review of Black Political Economy 39(3):321-334. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Darity, William Jr., Arthur H. Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and Timothy M. Diette. 2015. Unemployment, Psychology, and X-Inefficiency. Morris Altman, Editor, Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Praeger (ABC-CLIO). Diette, Timothy M. 2013. Brown v. Board of Education. Patrick L. Mason, Editor, Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2 nd edition, MacMillan.
T i m o t h y D i e t t e, C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e, p a g e 3 Diette, Timothy M., Arthur H. Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity Jr. 2012. Causality in the Mental Health-Unemployment Relationship. Ch. 4 in Appelbaum, Lauren, ed. 2012. Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Goldsmith, Arthur and Timothy Diette. 2012. Exploring the link between unemployment and mental health outcomes. The SES Indicator, American Psychological Association. (April). WORKING PAPERS The Link between Current Happiness and Prior Traumatic Victimization (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William A. Darity, Jr.) A Longitudinal Analysis of Violence and Housing Insecurity (with David C. Ribar) Mental Health Histories and the Link Between Unemployment and Psychological Distress (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William A. Darity, Jr.) Do Significant Concentrations of Limited English Students in Schools Create Negative Education Impacts on other Students? Lessons from the North Carolina Public School System (with Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere) Gender and Racial Differences in Peer Effects of Limited English Students: A Story of Language or Ethnicity? (with Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere) Wasting the Summer Away? Student Time Use as an Explanation for Summer Learning Loss (with Sara E. Helms-McCarty) What does School Segregation Really Do? (with Darrick Hamilton, Arthur Goldsmith, and William Darity, Jr.) Hurdles to High School Graduation: Early Life Traumatic Victimization and Dropping Out (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William A. Darity, Jr.) The Link between Traumatic Experiences and Psychological Distress acknowledging Mental Health History (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, William A. Darity, Jr., Emma Busse, and Shaun Devlin) Does Early Bird Catch the Worm or a Lower GPA? Evidence from a Liberal Arts College (with Manu Raghav) Does Race Matter?: Exploring Heterogeneous Effects of Child Traumas on High School Completion and Mental Health (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, William A. Darity, Jr.) WORK IN PROGRESS How Low Can You Go?: An Investigation into Matching Gifts in Fundraising (with Sara E. Helms and Betsy Bugg Holloway) School Segregation and Adult Health Outcomes (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William A. Darity, Jr.) Can Parents Raise Children to be Health Wealthy and Wise? (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William A. Darity, Jr.)
T i m o t h y D i e t t e, C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e, p a g e 4 Early Life Soft Skills as Predictors of Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence from the ECLS-B (with Catherine McColloch) GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2014-2015 Lenfest Sabbatical Fellowship, Washington and Lee University Lenfest Summer Research Fellowships, Washington and Lee University, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 2010 Maurice L. Mednick Memorial Fellowship Award, Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, Do Significant Immigrant Inflows Create Negative Education Impacts? Lessons from the North Carolina Public School System 2008-2009 Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics, NSF Supported 2008 Spring Term Course Development Grant, Washington and Lee University, African- American Human Capital Development: Challenges and Opportunities Glenn Summer Research Grant, Washington and Lee University, 2006, 2007, and 2008 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Allied Social Science Association/American Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Academy of Business Education/Financial Education Association Conference, 2013 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, 2013 Second Wave Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2012 Fifth Annual Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Providence, RI, 2011 Social Determinants of Health Disparities Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2011 International Perspectives on Time Use, College Park, MD, 2011 The Invisible Woman: The Status and Challenges Facing Black Women Conference, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC, 2011 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, 2003, 2008, 2010 American Education Finance Association, Richmond, VA, 2010 American Time Use Research Conference, College Park, MD, 2009 Race, Tracking and Schooling Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2008 Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE) Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, 2008 RECENT INVITED PRESENTATIONS, EXTERNAL Department of Economics, Bowdoin College, October 29, 2015 Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, May 15, 2015 Department of Economics, University of Vermont, October 22, 2014 Public Lecture Sponsored by the Privilege and Poverty Program, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Community Engagement, and the Academic Enrichment Fund. October 21, 2014 Department of Economics, University of New Hampshire, October 17, 2014 Department of Economics, Middlebury College, October 16, 2014
T i m o t h y D i e t t e, C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e, p a g e 5 Department of Economics, James Madison University, March 5, 2014 Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University, April 11, 2013 Education Policy Summer Seminar Series, University of Virginia, June 20, 2011 Texas Schools Project, University of Texas at Dallas, May 2011 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Economic Association Southern Economic Association American Population Association REFEREE Economics of Education Review Southern Economic Journal Journal of Economic Education International Review of Economics Education Journal of Happiness Studies Population Research and Policy Review Virginia Social Science Journal SAGE Open