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I was born and raised on the Big Island
of Hawaii. In 1989, I graduated from Konawaena High School (salutatorian)
and subsequently moved to Honolulu, Oahu where I attended the
University of Hawaii at Manoa on the Regents Scholarship.
Although I began college with the intention of studying mathematics, I soon
found that my true interest was in economics. In 1993, I graduated (with
distinction) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a B.A. in
Economics. The following fall, I started my graduate studies in
Economics. In 1996, I earned an M.A. in
Economics from the University
of Southern California and then my Ph.D. in Economics also from USC in December of 2002.
In the
fall of 2000, I moved to Waco, Texas to work in the Economics Department of Baylor University where I am currently Professor
of Economics and Holder of the Ben H. Williams Professorship in Economics. I am a Co-Editor for the Southern
Economic Journal, am on the Editorial Board for the International Review of Economics
Education and serve on the AP Macroeconomics Development
Committee. In the past (2009-2016), I served on the Committee on Economic
Education of the American Economic
Association including serving on the program committee for the
Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE) and chairing
the program committee for the 2013 CTREE.
I also served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Economic Education
(2011-2017). In 2016, I was awarded the
Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award by the
Southern Economic Association.
I live in Waco, Texas with my daughter, Sarah, who is a senior at Vanguard College Preparatory School, a tennis player, and an
aspiring marine biologist (who LOVES sharks).
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