Associate Professor
Economics
Department Chair
Economics
Office
Maria Sanford Hall
30405
Education
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Kalamazoo College
Areas of Expertise
Political Economy, Capitalist Systems, Stratification Economics, and Urban Economics.
Publications, Research & Presentations
Recent Publications
2022. Re-examining the effect of job sprawl on the Black-White housing consumption gap: Evidence following the Great Recession. The Review of Black Political Economy, 49 (3), 281 – 308. doi: 10.1177/00346446211044147
2020 (with A. Campbell et al.). The principles of radical political economics. American Review of Political Economy, 14(1).
2019 (with A. Campbell et al.). The unreal basis of neoclassical economics. American Review of Political Economy, 13(1).
Recent Presentations
“Financial reform following the financial crisis: A survey of Dodd-Frank’s studies,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, February 2023.
“Teaching fiscal policy from a pluralist perspective: Lessons for the 2009-2020 recovery,” presented at the Western Social Science Association Annual Conference, March 2022.
“Understanding the post-crisis shift towards populism: A teaching and research agenda,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, February 2021.
“The principles of radical political economy IV,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, Boston, MA, February 2020.
“Recent macroeconomic policy from Reagan to Trump,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, Boston, MA, February 2020.
Memberships & Affiliations
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
American Economic Association (AEA)
National Economic Association (NEA)
Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)
Western Social Science Association (WSSA)
Member of the Union for Radical Political Economics Steering Committee, 2017 – Present.
President of the Union for Radical Political Economics, 2020 – Present.
Courses Taught
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON 200), Principles of Microeconomics (ECON 201), Political Economy (ECON 308), The Great Recession (ECON 408), and Marxian Economics (ECON 467).