My Teaching

I teach primarily labor economics, collective bargaining, labor market laws and regulations, economic history and econometrics. On occasion I have taught health economics, beginning and intermediate microeconomic theory and the history of economic thought. On this page you will find my recent teaching evaluations including both scores and student comments. Also I have listed the teaching awards that I have received from the University.

I like working with both graduate and undergraduate students on research projects--many have resulted in publications. Undergraduates who have worked with me have researched the history of child labor, construction safety and the history of Chinese labor in California. Go to "My Students" page to see what recent graduate students have worked on with me.

Undergrads--do not let "econometrics" or "math econ" intimidate you from working with me or other members of the faculty on economics research. First of all, it looks harder than it really is. Second, there's lots of stuff that can be done that doesn't necessarily involve running econometric models. Third, the whole point is to learn by doing--kind of an apprenticeship system. So if you have an interest in doing a reading course that involves working on economics research involving labor markets--especially issues concerning construction and/or immigration--give me a call or come by my office to talk.

University Studies Major: Have a special interest that maybe does not match one of our majors? Consider being a University Studies major. Currently I am working with Matt Storey as his mentor in University Studies looking at sports and society. Matt has written a very interesting research paper: "Is God a Sports Fan?--Sports and Religion" and Matt is building a website that combines sports reporting with a social science analysis of sports. Matt takes courses in journalism, history, sociology, poli-sci and economics designed to give him an edge over pure journalism majors when it comes to writing about sports from a social science perspective. Every year the University graduates about 10 to 15 University Studies majors in all sorts of interesting and fascinating cross disciplinary topics. All you have to do is have a passion and find a faculty sponsor. So think about it! You too can own your own education. (All University Studies majors do a senior thesis, portfolio or project under the guidance of their major.) For more information, go here: University Studies Degree