Session 2a -- First year Experience Programs at UW System Schools. Session Chair: ... Marybeth Ascher, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Session 2b ...
2008 Wisconsin Economics Association Sessions Friday, October 17 10:30 to 11:30am
Session 1a – Economics Teaching in the Classroom Session Chair: Tom Kemp, UW-Eau Claire Mashid Jalilvand, UW-Stout, “Principles of Economics Course Transformation Project: Started, Implemented, and Tested at UW-Stout” Jim Flora, EconomicsWisconsin, “The Current State of Economic Education in Wisconsin Schools." Andrew Weier, Ministry Health Care & Cardinal Stritch University, “Unleashing Excel for Economics Statistics” Discussants: Eric Jamelske, UW-Eau Claire Brian Schultz, UW-River Falls John Stoll, UW-Green Bay
11:45 to 1pm
Plenary and Luncheon – Secretary Roberta Gassman, Department of Workforce Development, State of Wisconsin
1:15 to 2:15pm
Session 2a -- First year Experience Programs at UW System Schools Session Chair: Eric Jamelske, UW-Eau Claire Eric Jamelske, UW-Eau Claire, “A Two Year Analysis of the Impact of a University First-Year Experience Program” Brian Schultz, UW-River Falls, “The Freshman Seminar and Academic Success of At-Risk Students” Gregg Nettesheim, UW Colleges, “UW-System Two Year Colleges Evaluation of First-Year Experience Programs and Outcomes” Discussants: Mashid Jalilvand, UW-Stout Jim Flora, EconomicsWisconsin Marybeth Ascher, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Session 2b –Graduate Student Session Chair: Jason Davis, UW-Stevens Point Murat Mercan, UW-Milwaukee, “Transitory Earnings Shocks and the Estimation of Intergenerational Income Mobility” Miao Chi, UW-Milwaukee, “Intermarriage and the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in the United States” Discussants: Jason Davis, UW-Stevens Point Marianne Johnson, UW-Oshkosh
2:30 to 3:45pm
Session 3a – Panel Discussion on Internationalizing the Curriculum Chair: Chandini Sankaran, University of South Carolina Ralph Gunderson, UW-Oshkosh & Chandini Sankaran, University of South Carolina, “Building Opportunities – Experiences in Peru” Diana Henke, UW Fox Valley, “Experiences with a China Program” Kevin Neuman/Tracy Hofer, UW-Stevens Point, “The UWSP China Program” Session 3b –Student Presentations I Chair: Chad Cotti, UW-Oshkosh Issac Borofka-Webb, Corey Hilber, Jared Koerten, Bryan Reinhold, Matthew Rick, and Anne Werner, UW-Eau Claire, “Local Foods: Local Food Purchasing: Results from Surveying Colleges, Schools and Households” William Hendricks and Amber Jamelske, UW-Eau Claire, “Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program: An On-Going Evaluation of the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program” Discussants: Murat Mercan, UW-Milwaukee Jason Davis, UW-Stevens Point
4 to 5pm
Plenary – Chad Cotti, UW-Oshkosh with Scott Adams, UW-Milwaukee, and Daniel Fuhrmann, UW-Milwaukee, "The Short-term Impact of Smoke-free Workplace Laws on Fatal Heart Attacks"
5 to 5:45pm
Business Meeting & Elections
5:45 to 6:45pm
Social Hour – Cocktails and Appetizers
Saturday, October 18 9am to 10:15am
Session 4a – Sports Economics Session Chair: Michael J. Haupert, UW La Crosse Michael J. Haupert, UW-La Crosse, “What do they Pay these Guys for Anyway? Pay, Performance, and Race During the Decade of Integration” Nancy Burnett and Lee VanScyoc, UW-Oshkosh, “Revisiting Discrimination in Baseball Card Markets” Phillip Miller, Minnesota State University Mankato, “Facility Age and Ownership in Major American Team Sports Leagues: The Effect on Team Franchise Values” Discussants: Phillip Miller, Minnesota State University Mankato Kevin Neuman, UW-Stevens Point Nancy Burnett, UW-Oshkosh
Session 4b – Student Presentations II Chair: Marianne Johnson, UW-Oshkosh Amanda Funk, UW-Eau Claire, “Economic Growth and Women’s Status” Virginia Pliska, UW-Oshkosh, “Human Capital's Affect on GDP Growth” Anthony Diercks, UW-Oshkosh, “The S&P 500 and Economic Fundamentals” Christopher Thompson, UW-Eau Claire, “A Reappraisal of Trade Deficit and Income Inequality in the United States: 1985-2007” Austin Spangler, UW-Oshkosh, “The Solow Growth Model – Evidence from Latin America” Discussants:
Laura Wind-Norton, Nicolet College Sanjukta Chaudhuri, UW-Eau Clare Marianne Johnson, UW-Oshkosh Julie Urban, UW Marinette
10:30 to noon
Plenary – Victoria Udalova, Economist, Department of Workforce Development, “Projections and Working as an Economist in Wisconsin”
Noon to 1pm
Quick lunch on your own
1:15 to 2:15pm
Session 5a – International Economics Session Chair: Chandini Sankaran, University of South Carolina Julie Urban, UW-Marinette “US Access to the Global LNG Market” Sanjukta Chaudhuri, UW-Eau Clare, “Intra Household Resource Allocation and Child Labor: A Survey of Developing Countries” Discussants: John Stoll, UW-Green Bay Chandini Sankaran, University of South Carolina Session 5b – Pedagogical Issues in the Classroom Session Chair: Denise Robson Denise Robson and Marianne Johnson, UW-Oshkosh, “A Comparative Analysis of Female Performance in Economics and Statistics” Thomas Kemp UW-Eau Claire and Timothy Wunder U-Texas Arlington, “A Positive Economics? Assessing Economic Facts” Eric Jamelske, UW-Eau Claire, “Double Oral Auction Classroom Simulation Activity: Markets, Institutions, and Efficiency” Discussants: Richard Tyson, UW-Stout John Stoll, UW-Green Bay
