Professional Information
TEACHING INTERESTS:
I teach courses in economics and statistics at Gonzaga. I teach at all levels, from the principles-level through MBA-level courses.
While I enjoy teaching just about anything related to econ and stats, I tend to teach quantitatively-oriented microeconomics-type courses (as opposed to macroeconomics). Since coming to Gonzaga, I have also developed an interest in teaching game theory, and try to incorporate it into my courses as content and time permit.
To view information on my courses, please go to Gonzaga's Blackboard site:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
I am a health economist and applied econometrician. Within these fields, I work in a number of different areas. The first portion of my research attempts to find new ways to empirically measure the quality of health care, and how factors such as government policies and for-profit/nonprofit competition impact health care quality.
I am also interested in "economic epidemiology", which attempts to incorporate economic principles into epidemiological models to better understand and predict the spread of infectious diseases. I am particularly interested in the economic epidemiology of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
In addition to health economics, I dabble in several other areas of research, including the economics of education and community economic development. Recently, I've started working on a project that attempts to measure the economic costs of making ethical decisions.
OTHER INFORMATION:
Download a copy of my vitae. This is a pdf file, which is effective September 2007.
Download a full copy of the empirical results for the paper on information sharing that I wrote with Kent Hickman.
Here are some interesting health economics and research related sites:
The Washington State Department of Health
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
The Academy of Business Economics (formerly the Midwest Business Economics Association)
MBAA International (formerly the Midwest Business Administration Association)
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