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Kimberly Mencken

Senior Lecturer - Economics

Contact Information

Email:	Kimberly_Mencken@baylor.edu
Fax:	(254) 710-6142
Mailing Address:	One Bear Place #98003 Waco, TX  76706
Office Location:	Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation 320.19

Educational Background

• MS - Economics, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge
• BS - Economics, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge

Work Experience

• Senior Lecturer, Baylor University Department of Economics (August 2009 - Present)
• Director, Baylor University Center for Private Enterprise (August 2005 - August 2008)
• Director. Leadership in Free Enterprise Program, Baylor University Economics Department/Waco Rotary Club (January 2003 - December 2005)
• Assistant Director of Economic Education, Baylor University Center for Private Enterprise (August 2002 - August 2005)
• Lecturer, Baylor University Department of Economics (August 2002 - July 2009)
• Management Analyst, Office of International Development, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division (August 1999 - June 2002)
• Management Analyst, Contract Administration Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division (January 1999 - August 1999)
• Management Analyst, Review, Analysis and Development Unit National Instant Criminal Background Check System Task Force, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division (September 1998 - December 1998)
• Instructor, West Virginia University,Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology (August 1997 - December 1997)
• Graduate Research Assistant, West Virginia University Regional Research Institute (January 1995 - May 1995)
• Graduate Research Assistant, Louisiana State University Department of Economics (August 1992 - May 1994)
• Analyst, Premier Bancorp (January 1990 - July 1992)

Consulting

• Academic, Pearson Publishing (February 15, 2013 - August 15, 2013)
• Academic, Pearson Publishing (March 12, 2012 - March 21, 2012)
• Academic, Pearson Publishing (November 2011 - February 2012)
• Pearson Publishing (July 2011 - August 2011)
• Academic, Pearson Publishing (May 2010 - June 2010)
• Academic, McGraw Hill Publishing (September 2008 - October 2008)
• Academic, Pearson Publishing (August 2008 - August 2008)
• Academic, Worth Publishing (August 15, 2007 - August 30, 2007)
• Academic, National Council on Economic Education, Waco, TX (May 12, 2007 - May 23, 2007)
• Academic, McGraw Hill Publishers (May 8, 2007 - May 25, 2007)
• Academic, Addison Wesley Publishers (August 1, 2006 - August 11, 2006)
• Academic, National Council on Economic Education, Lithuania (January 12, 2006 - January 22, 2006)
• Academic, National Council on Economic Education, Texas (May 8, 2005 - May 18, 2005)
• Academic, Naitonal Council on Economic Education, Lithuania (October 14, 2004 - October 24, 2004)
• Academic, Pearson Education

Awards and Honors

• Baylor Football Game Day Professor, Baylor Football Team (November 3, 2018)
• Circle of Achievement, Mortar Board (November 15, 2012)
• Hankamer Teaching Excellence Award, Hankamer (May 2011)
• Light Your World, Phi Kappa Chi (April 12, 2007)
• Circle of Achievement, Mortar Board (November 28, 2006)
• Circle of Achievement, Mortar Board (November 2005)

Professional Memberships

• American Economics Association
• Global Association of Teachers of Economics
• National Association of Economic Educators
• National Council on Economic Education
• Omicron Delta Epsilon Economic Honor Society
• Texas Council on Economic Education

Publications

Teaching and Learning Scholarship

"Homework: To Require or Not? Online Graded Homework and Student Achievement," Perspectives on Economic Education Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, (Spring 2011), pp. 20-42 (coauthors: (Nakao) Tisha Emerson).

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"Female Labor Force Participation in Central Appalachia: A Descriptive Analysis," Journal of Appalachian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, (Fall 1997), pp. 189-210 (coauthors: F. Carson Mencken, Cynthia Rogers).

Presentations and Proceedings