Economics

Katy Rouse, assistant professor of economics, recently presented her new paper, "Curing the summertime blues: the impact of year-round schooling on academic achievement," at the Allied Social Science Associations Jan. 6-9, 2011. The ASSA is the largest annual economics conference, attracting more than 10,000 academic and government economists from all over the world.

Economics professors, Tina Das and Steve DeLoach published their paper, "Mirror, mirror on the wall: The effect of time spent grooming on earnings," in the Journal of Socio-Economics (Vol 40, 2011, pp 26-34).

Thomas K. Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, has been named a trustee of Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.

Thomas Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, is teaching a two-week course, "The Economics of Cities," at Universytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie (Cracow University of Economics) this semester in Krakow, Poland.

Mark Kurt, assistant professor of economics, was interviewed by the High Point Enterprise for an article about the impact of corporate earning on the job market.

Tom Tiemann presented a paper "What Do Soccer Moms Do All Day," written with Steve DeLoach, at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association annual meeting in St. Louis on April 3.

Your heart should tell you it’s good to offer free surgeries in poor nations for children limited by certain physical handicaps. Andrea “Drea” Dorrow, the sixth student to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of Lumen Scholars, can now tell you why it makes good public policy, too.

Steve DeLoach, a professor of economics, spoke Jan. 8 with News 14 Carolina about the overall health of the American economy and when the public can expect to see job growth and lower unemployment figures.