Curriculum Vitae

Education

• PhD in Economics, Yale University (1998)
• MSc in Economics, London School of Economics (1992)
• BSocSci Honors in Economics, University of Ottawa, Canada (1991), Summa Cum Laude, with concentration in International and Comparative Politics.

Distinctions

• Sidney G. Winter Prize (2005-06) by vote of colleagues for worthy contributions to the Department of Economics and Business

• Mrachek Fellowship (2005-06) for research on the economic geography of U.S. innovation

• Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Grant for inter-institutional educational      collaboration between Colorado College and the London School of Economics (2004)
• Colorado College Social Sciences Executive Committee Research Grant (2004-06)
• Banco do Brasil / University of Brasilia Economics Prize for best paper over preceding two years to apply economic analysis to Brazilian issues (2003)
• National Science Foundation Awards for Integration of Research and Education
  (5 awards: 1999-2000, 2 awards Summer of 2000, one in Summer of 2002, 2002-2003)
• Best Paper Award, International Applied Business Research Conference (March 2003)
• Wellesley College Faculty Research Grants (6 awards: 1997-2001, 2002-2004)
• Raymond Powell Teaching Prize (1996-1997) for excellence in instruction, nominated by undergraduates at Yale University.
• Yale University Dissertation Research Fellowship (1997)
• John F. Enders Research Fellow (1996)
• Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellow (1995-1996)
• Coca-Cola World Fund Fellow (1995, 1996)
• International Honor Society in Economics Merit Certificate (1995)
• Yale Academic Scholar with full stipend (1992-1996)
• Commonwealth Scholar (1991-1992)
• University of Ottawa Gold Medal (1991), top standing in Honors Social Sciences
• Canadian Intelligence and Security Association Scholarship (1989)
• University of Ottawa Academic Scholar (1987-1991)
• Lutheran Life Scholar (1987-1991)
• Ontario Scholar (1987)

Teaching

• Associate Professor, Colorado College (2008-present). 
• Assistant Professor, Colorado College (2004-2008).
• Participant, American Economics Association Teaching Innovations Program (2006)
• Assistant Professor, Wellesley College (1999-2004). 
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Harvard University (Summer 1999).
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Wellesley College (1997-1999).
• Head Teaching Fellow for Introductory Microeconomics, Yale University (1996).
• Instructor for Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis, Yale University (1995).
• Yale University Tutor (1994-1996) for students in Statistics, Econometrics, International Finance, International Trade, Advanced Macro, Advanced Micro and Development.
• Teaching Fellow for Introductory Macroeconomics, Yale University (1994).
• Participant, Yale University Working at Teaching workshop (1994).

Presentations

• Keynote address, Colorado Springs Leadership Institute, April 2007.
• Rocky Mountain Technology Alliance Leadership Forum, Colorado Springs, November, 2006.
• Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Association International meetings, Kaua’i, November, 2005.
• Invited speaker, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) joint workshop on Statistics in the Patent Field, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2003.
• International Applied Business Research Conference, Acapulco, Mexico, March 2003.
• American Economics Association meetings, Washington, DC, January 2003.
• Invited speaker and session chair, International Conference on Emerging Policy Issues in Science, Technology and Innovation, Harvard University, September 2002. Presentation on international collaboration in technological innovation.
• Invited contribution and discussant, Conference on Agricultural Producers and Productivity, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, September 2002. Contribution on private agricultural research and intellectual property rights in less developed nations.
• Invited speaker, Rutgers University Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics. Presentation on geographic clustering of biotechnology innovation. April 2002.
• Invited speaker, Harvard University Center for International Development conference Raising Productivity in the Tropics: Biophysical Challenges for Technology and Policy, Boston, October 2000.
• American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Boston, Jan 2000.
• National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute, July 1999.
• Invited speaker, Babson University Brazilian Awareness Week, May 1999.
• Social Science History Association, Chicago, November 1998.
• United Nations University Institute for New Technologies, International Conference The Economics of Industrial Structure and Innovation Dynamics, Lisbon, October 1998.
• Invited instructor, Tubingen Seminar Institutional Requirements for Emerging Market Development in the Transition Economics, July 1998.
• American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Chicago, January 1998.
• Northeast Universities Development Consortium conference, Williams College, October 1997.
• Invited instructor, Tubingen Seminar Agribusiness in the Transition Economies, July 1997.
• Economic Development Society first annual convention, Boston, October 1996.
• International Conference on Input-Output techniques, Semi-Plenary Session, New Delhi, India, November 1995.
• Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, Omicron Delta Epsilon Invited Paper Session, Washington, January 1995.

Publications

• See abstracts (and some links to full text) for recent papers here.

Other Research

• Primary Investigator for grant from United States Department of Agriculture (2007).   
• Visiting Research Fellow, Harvard University's Center for International Development --Science, Technology and Innovation Program (2001-2002)
• Research for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (2001). Construction of dataset for international comparison of R&D stocks for OECD nations.
• Research for United States Department of Agriculture (1998). Investigation of geographic and industrial sources of American agricultural technology.
• Research for European Social Research Council (1998). Investigation of national systems of innovation.
• Research for Institute of International Property, Tokyo (1997). Preparation of research paper constructing internationally comparable R&D and patent stocks.
• Co-editor of Economic System Research, Vol 9(2), June 1997. Special issue devoted to measures of invention and innovation.
• Coca-Cola World Fund Scholar, Rio de Janeiro (1996) and Universidade de Sao Paulo (1995). Initiated research on technology licensing and patent activity, developed three working papers, and presented invited seminar session at Instituto Getulio Vargas.
• Invited Discussant, Conference on Economics of Intellectual Property Rights in Japan, May 1997, Yale University.
• Economist for Canadian International Trade Tribunal (1993).
• Economist for Economic Council of Canada (1991).
• Research consultant for Kenya Long Range Planning Unit at Carleton University, Ottawa (Summer of 1989 and 1990).

Languages

• Read French, Portuguese

Interests

• Contributions and editorials published in Reader’s Digest, Lutheran Magazine, Canada Lutheran, Tri-Lakes Tribune (Colorado)
• Press coverage of research published in well over sixty sources including the Economist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Reuters Newswire, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, Washington Post, MSNBC, Guardian (London), Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs Business Journal and national presses of Norway, Switzerland, Canada, and Spain
• Two prize-winning photos published in travel publications
• Grade IX Piano with Honors from Royal Conservatory of Music
• Enthusiastic golfer, skier, hiker, skater.