PETER WILLIAM SCHUHMANN, Ph.D

Department of Economics and Finance
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
(910) 962-3417
schuhmannp@uncw.edu


EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Economics
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY August 1996.
Major Field: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
Minor Field: Statistics.
Dissertation: “A Welfare Analysis of Commercial Fishery Regulations: A Bioeconomic Model of Stock Dynamics and Recreation Demand”. 
An original methodology for the economic analysis of commercial fishery regulations is developed and applied to North Carolina red drum. The interactive dynamics of multi-cohort stock growth and two-sector harvest are modeled as a system of differential equations. The effects of commercial fishery regulations on stock growth, and the resulting changes in recreational catch and effort are analyzed. Welfare gains to recreational anglers from regulation-induced improvements in catch are measured using a random utility model of site selection. The net benefits from stock-enhancement policies are derived by comparing the gains to recreational anglers with the losses incurred by the commercial sector.

Master of Economics
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY August 1994.

Bachelor of Science - Cum Laude
Economics
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON May, 1990.

Experience
Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, July 2008-Present.
Visiting Research Professor, University of the West Indies – Cave Hill, spring 2007.
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, August 2001-July 2008.
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, August 1999-August 2001.
Assistant Professor, University of Richmond, August 1996-August 1999.
Instructor, North Carolina State University, August 1994-June 1996.

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST:

Teaching Interests
Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Principles of Economics, Price Theory, Conservation Policy Analysis, Economic Growth and Development, Public Sector Economics/Public Finance, Econometrics, Statistics.

Research Interests
Discrete choice models for non-market valuation of environmental amenities and natural resources, fisheries policy analysis, recreation demand, welfare analysis of local and regional environmental issues, bioeconomic modeling, natural resource damage assessment, college student behavior and learning, teaching techniques and pedagogy.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE/COURSES:

Department of Economics and Finance, The University of North Carolina Wilmington. 8/99 – present.
Courses: “Principles of Microeconomics”, “Environmental Economics”, “Natural Resource Economics”, “Principles of Microeconomics MBA”, Principles of Economics, MBA”, “Econometrics”, "Economics of Growth and Development", "IMBA Forecasting".

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Richmond. 8/96 – 7/99
Courses: “Principles of Microeconomics”, “Quantitative Analysis for Business and Economics”, “Environmental Economics”.

Instructor, Department of Economics, North Carolina State University. 8/94 - 8/96
Courses: “Introduction to Economics”, “Economic Problems and Issues”.

Teaching Assistant, Departments of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University. 8/91 - 12/93
Courses: “Agribusiness Management”, “Agribusiness Accounting”, “Intermediate Macroeconomics”, “Money, Financial Markets, and the Economy”.

Tutor, Disabled Student Services, North Carolina State University. 8/91 - 8/96
Personal tutor in economics and statistics.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

Schuhmann, P., Siejo, J.C. and Casey, J. “Economic Considerations for Marine EBM and EAF in the Caribbean”, in: Fanning, L. Mahon., R. and McConney, P., Eds. “Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean (MARE Publication Series), Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2011.

Erwin, P., López-Legentil, S. and Schuhmann, P., “The pharmaceutical value of marine biodiversity for anti-cancer drug discovery”, Ecological Economics, 70(2): 445-451, December 2010.

Elikai, F. and Schuhmann, P. “An Examination of the Impact of Grading Policies on Students’ Achievement”, Issues in Accounting Education, 25(4): 677-693, November 2010.

Casey, J., Brown, C. and Schuhmann, P. “Are tourists willing to pay additional fees to protect corals in Mexico?”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 18(4), 2010.

Burrus R.T., Graham, E. G., Hall, W. and Schuhmann, P. W. “Home Buyer Sentiment and Hurricane Landfalls”, The Appraisal Journal, 77(4): 338-347, 2009.  

Schuhmann, P., Casey, J. and Oxenford, H. “The Value of Coral Quality to SCUBA Divers in Barbados”, Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008.

Schwabe,  K.A., Schuhmann, P.W., Baerenklau, K.A. and  Nergis, N. “Fundamentals of Estimating the Net Benefits of Ecosystem Preservation: The Case of the Salton Sea” with Kurt A. Schwabe and Nermin Nergis, Hydrobiologia, 604(1), 181-195, June 2008.  

Graham, E., Schuhmann, P. and Hall, W. “Hurricanes, Catastrophic Risk and Real Estate Market Recovery”, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 13(3):179-190, 2007.

Burrus, R.T., McGoldrick, K.M. and Schuhmann, P.W, “Crime in the Classroom: Does a Definition of Cheating Matter?”, Journal of Economic Education, 38 (1): 3-16, 2007.

Patrick, W., Okmyung, B., Schwabe, K. and Schuhmann, P.W.  “A Cost Benefit Analysis of Stock Enhancement Programs:  A Case Study of the Albemarle Sound/Roanoke River Stocking Program 1981-1996”, Marine Policy, 30 (2006) 299-307.

Schuhmann, P.W, Burrus, R.T., and McGoldrick, K.M. “Student Quantitative Literacy: Importance, Measurement, and Correlation with Economic Literacy”, American Economist, 49(1), 49-65, Spring 2005.

Dumas, Christopher F., Peter W. Schuhmann, and John C. Whitehead, "Measuring the Economic Benefits of Water Quality Improvement with the Benefit Transfer Method: An Introduction for Non-Economists," in Larry R. Brown et al., editors, Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems, Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society, 2005.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.A. Schwabe. “Modeling the Dynamics of Fishery Stock Recovery: Implications for the Assessment of Natural Resource Damages,” Natural Resource Modeling, 17(2) Summer 2004.

Burrus, R.T., McGoldrick, K.M. and Schuhmann, P.W."That’s Not Cheating, Is It?  An Analysis of Student Definitions of Cheating", Journal On Excellence in College Teaching, 15(3), 129-152, 2004.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.A. Schwabe “An Analysis of Congestion Measures and Heterogeneous Angler Preferences In A Random Utility Model of Recreational Fishing”. Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics, 27(4), 2004.

Schwabe, K.A., P.W. Schuhmann, and M. Tonkavich,  “A Dynamic Exercise in Reducing Deer Vehicle Collisions: Management Through Vehicle Mitigation Techniques and Hunting” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 27(1):261-280, 2002. 

Schwabe, K.A. and P.W. Schuhmann, “Deer Vehicle Collisions and Deer Value: An Analysis of Competing Literatures”, The Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2002, 30(2):609-615.

 

McGoldrick K.M., and P.W. Schuhmann, “Instructor Gender and Student Registration: An Analysis of Preferences” Education Economics, 10(3) December 2002.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.A. Schwabe “Fundamentals of Economic Principles and Wildlife Management” Human Wildlife Conflicts: Economic Considerations. USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fort Collins, CO 2002.

Schwabe, K.A., P.W. Schuhmann, M. Tonkovich and E. Wu “An Analysis of Deer-Vehicle Collisions: The Case of OhioHuman Wildlife Conflicts: Economic Considerations. USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Fort Collins, CO 2002.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.M. McGoldrick “Integrating Web-Based Student Competitions into Principles Courses”, Effective Teaching [Online], 5(1). Available HTTP: http://cte.uncwil.edu/et/articles.htm. June 8, 2001.

 

Schwabe, K.A., P.W. Schuhmann, R. Boyd, and K. Doroodian “Deriving the Value of Changes in Deer Season Length: An Application of the Nested Multinomial Logit Model”, Environmental and Resource Economics. 19(2): 131-147; June 2001.

 

Schuhmann, P.W. and J.E. Easley Jr. "Modeling Recreational Catch and Dynamic Stock Adjustments: An Application to Commercial-Recreational Allocation", Land Economics, 76(3): 430-447 (2000).

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.M. McGoldrick “A Conjoint Analysis of Student Registration Decision Making: Implications for Enrollment”, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 10 (3), 93-121 (1999).

Schuhmann, P.W. “Deriving Species-Specific Benefits Measures for Expected Catch Improvements in a Random Utility Framework”, Marine Resource Economics, 13(1): 1-21 (1998).       

Schuhmann, P.W. “Modeling Dynamics of Fishery Harvest Reallocations: An Analysis of the North Carolina Red Drum Fishery”, Natural Resource Modeling, 11(3): 241-271 (1998).

Schuhmann, P.W. and J.E. Easley Jr.  "Stock Dynamics and Recreational Fishing Welfare Estimation: Implications for Natural Resource Damage Assessment", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80: 1033-1038 (December 1998).

 

Other Publications:

Schuhmann, P.W.“The Economic Value of Coastal Resources in Barbados: Vacation Tourists’ Perceptions, Expenditures and Willingness to Pay”. Project report on the Economic Value of Coastal and Marine Resources in Barbados, Ministry of Tourism, Barbados, 35pp. February, 2010.

Schuhmann, P.W., Oxenford, H.A., Staskiewicz, T. and Walcott, J. “Economic Valuation of the Fisheries of Barbados: Second Project Report, Landings, Costs, Net Profit and Return on Investment in two Contrasting Fisheries: Part 1: The Longline Fishery.” Barbados Fisheries Division, July, 2009.

Walcott, J., H.A. Oxenford and P. Schuhmann.  Current status of the longline fishery in Barbados, 2009.  Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 61:22-28.

Staskiewicz, T., J.Walcott, H. A. Oxenford and P.W. Schuhmann 2008. Analysis of the fisheries landings, vessel and demographic data collected by the Government of Barbados. Report for the Barbados Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Barbados, 36pp.

Schuhmann, P.W. and Casey, J. “Economic Valuation of Natural Resources”. Training Module developed for Socio-economic Monitoring for Caribbean Coastal Management (SocMon Caribbean), Summer 2008.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Economic Perspective of Value, Costs and Benefits”, in: Living Marine Resource Governance for the Wider Caribbean with Particular Emphasis on Non-Extractable Resources and LME Level Monitoring and Reporting: A discussion paper for the CLME Synthesis Workshop, CLME-TT/6 Prov, Barbados, February 2007.

Palmquist, R.B., P.W. Schuhmann, and J.A. Michael. 2002. Boating Uses, Economic Significance, and Information for North Carolina’s Offshore Area “The Point.” Volume II: Economic Analysis of “The Point” and Adjacent Counties: Baseline Information, Valuation, and Potential Impacts. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2002-045. 29 pp.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Economic Valuation of Roanoke River Striped Bass Recreational Fishery, Final Report”, Coastal Fisheries Investigations, Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Project F-22, August, 1999.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Using Student-Generated Data in Teaching Statistics with Spreadsheets”. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business, June, 1997.

 PAPERS PRESENTED at NATIONAL AND/OR INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCES:

Schuhmann, P.W. and McGoldrick, K.M.  “A Conjoint Analysis for Identifying Gender Differences in Student Registration Decision Making.” Presented at the International Association for Feminist Economics Summer Conference, Ottawa, CA, 17-19, June 1999.
 
Schuhmann, P.W. and K.A. Schwabe, “The value of increasing the length of deer hunting season in Ohio”, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association,         
Nashville, TN August 1999.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Heterogeneous Preferences for Catch and Congestion by Recreational Anglers on the Roanoke River, NC”, Presented at the annual meetings American Fisheries Society, August 20-24, 2000.  St. Louis, MO.
 
Schuhmann, P.W. and K.M. McGoldrick, “Integrating Intra-University Web-Based Student Competitions into Principles Courses” Presented at the Session on Active Learning Strategies for the College and University Economics Classroom, Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, January 2001.
 
Schwabe, K.A., P.W. Schuhmann, and J.E. Easley Jr. “An Analysis of Congestion Measures and Heterogeneous Angler Preferences In A Random Utility Model of Recreational Fishing”, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Chicago IL, August, 2001.
 
Schuhmann, P.W. and McGoldrick, K.M. “Student Quantitative Literacy: Importance, Measurement and Correlation with Economic Literacy”, Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Economics Association, San Diego CA, January, 2004.
 
Schuhmann, P.W., Oxenford, H.A. and Casey, J.C. “The Value of Coral Quality to SCUBA Divers in Barbados”, Presented at the 11th Annual International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale Fl, July, 2008.
 
Walcott, Oxenford, Schuhmann (2008) Status of long line fishery in Barbados.  Presented at 61st annual conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Gosier, Guadeloupe, FWI, Nov 10-14.

Schuhmann, P. “Economic Considerations for Marine Ecosystem Based Management and the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in the Caribbean”, Presented at the Symposium on  Marine Ecosystem Based Management in the Caribbean: An essential component of Principled Ocean Governance, Solutions Centre, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, December 10-12, 2008

Schuhmann, P.W., and Casey, J.C. “The Value of Coastal Resources in Barbados: Tourists Perceptions and Preferences”. Presented at the 1st International Tourism Conference, University of the West Indies- Cave Hill, St. Michael, Barbados, December 2009.

PAPERS PRESENTED at REGIONAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCES:

Schuhmann, P.W. “A Model of Fishery Stock and User Group Dynamics.” Presented at workshop for Resource and Environmental Economics Program, North Carolina State University, October 1994.

Schuhmann, P.W. “The Value of an Improvement in Recreational Catch Rates in North Carolina: A Random Utility Analysis of Coastal County Selection.” Presented at Camp Resources III, Wilmington, North Carolina. August, 1995.

Schuhmann, P.W. “A Bioeconomic Analysis of North Carolina Red Drum”, Presented at workshop for Resource and Environmental Economics Program, North Carolina State University, November 1995.

Schuhmann, P.W. “A Welfare Analysis of Commercial Fishery Harvest Restrictions: A Bioeconomic Model of Red Drum Stock Dynamics and Recreation Demand”. Presented at Camp Resources IV, Wilmington, North Carolina. August 1996.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Dynamics and Demand: A Complete Welfare Analysis of Commercial Fishery Harvest Restrictions”, Presented at Economics Seminar, Department of Economics, Virginia Commonwealth University, December 1996.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Modeling Benefits Transfer in the North Carolina Red Drum Fishery”,
Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Birmingham Alabama, February 1997.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Using Student-Generated Data in Teaching Statistics with Spreadsheets”
Presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business: “Technology, Learning and Statistics”. The Pennsylvania State University, June 26-28, 1997.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Species Aggregation in Random Utility Models of Recreational Fishing”
Presented at Camp Resources V, Wilmington, North Carolina. August, 1997.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Aggregation of Species Catch Rates and Target Groups in Random Utility Models of Marine Recreational Fishing”, Presented at annual meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association. Little Rock, Arkansas, February 1998.

Schuhmann, P.W. "Stock Dynamics and Recreational Fishing Welfare Estimation: Implications for Natural Resource Damage Assessment (Evidence from Stock Simulations)", Presented at annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association. Salt Lake City, Utah, August 1998.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.A. Schwabe “A Random Utility Model of Hunting Behavior in Ohio”
Presented at Camp Resources VI, Wilmington, NC, August, 1998.

Craft, E.D. and P.W. Schuhmann, “The Effect of the Virginia Personal Property Tax on Per Capita Ownership, Sales, and Capital of Vehicles”, Presented at annual meetings of the Southern Economics Association. Baltimore, Maryland, November, 1998.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.M. McGoldrick, “A Conjoint Analysis of Student Registration Decision Making”, Presented at the 18th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University, Oxford Ohio, November 1998.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.A. Schwabe, “Deriving the value of changes in deer season length: An application to wildlife areas in Ohio”, Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Memphis, TN February, 1999.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.A. Schwabe, “Deriving the value of increasing the length of deer hunting season: An application of the nested multinomial logit”, Presented at Camp Resources VII, Wilmington, NC August, 1999

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.M. McGoldrick, “A Conjoint Analysis of Student Registration Decision Making”, Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Economics Association. New Orleans, LA, November, 1999.

Schuhmann, P.W. “The Values of Consumptive Recreational Fishing and Catch-and-Release: An Analysis of the Roanoke River Striped Bass Fishery”, Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Economics Association. New Orleans, LA, November, 1999.

Schuhmann, P.W. “The Welfare Implications of Alternative Deer Management Strategies: A Dynamic Exercise in Using the Nested Multinomial Logit Model” with Kurt A. Schwabe
Presented at the annual meetings of the Western Agricultural Economics Association, June 29-July1, 2000, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.A. Schwabe, “Explaining the Economic Principles of Wildlife Management”
Presented at The National Wildlife Research Center Conference on “Human Conflicts with Wildlife: Economic Considerations”, Ft. Collins, CO, August 1-3, 2000

Schwabe, K.A. and P.W. Schuhmann, “Integrating Damage Caused by Deer into Hunting Policy”
Presented at The National Wildlife Research Center Conference on “Human Conflicts with Wildlife: Economic Considerations”, Ft. Collins, CO, August 1-3, 2000

Schuhmann, P.W. "Stock Dynamics and Recreational Fishing Welfare Estimation: Implications for Natural Resource Damage Assessment", Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Economic Association, Washington, DC, November 2000.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.M. McGoldrick, “To Cheat or Not to Cheat: An Analysis of Student Preferences”, Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Economic Association, Washington, DC, November 2000.

Schuhmann, P.W., K.A. Schwabe, and J.E. Easley Jr. “Alternative Congestion Measures and Heterogeneous Preferences In A Random Utility Model of Recreational Fishing”. Presented at Camp Resources IX, Wilmington, NC, August, 2001.

Schuhmann, P.W. and K.M. McGoldrick, “The Revise and Resubmit Method of Student Writing”, Presented at Teaching and Learning Economics Through Writing, Wilmington, NC, October 2001.

Schuhmann, P.W., and K.A. Schwabe, “An Analysis of Congestion Measures and Heterogeneous Angler Preferences in a Random Utility Model of Recreational Fishing”, Presented at the annual meetings of the American Fisheries Society (Southern Division), Wilmington, NC February 2003.

Schuhmann, P.W. and McGoldrick, K.M. “Student Quantitative Literacy: Importance, Measurement and Correlation with Economic Literacy”, Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Economics Association, San Diego CA, January, 2004.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Teaching Economics Workshops: A Panel Discussion”. Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2004.

Schuhmann, P.W. “Willingness to Pay for Beach Access and Parking: An Application of the Random Utility Model”,  Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Economic Association, Washington DC, November 2005.

 

Schuhmann, P.W. “Rethinking Travel Costs: A Localized Application of the Random Utility Model”,  Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Economic Association, Charleston, SC, November 2006.

OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

“Economics and Sustainability”, Invited presentation and panel discussion, University of North Carolina Wilmington Synergy Lecture Series:  “Sustainability: Why Does it Matter?”, October 7, 2010.
 
“Economics and Decision Making”. Invited lecture for “GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness Undergraduate Program), North Carolina” , University of North Carolina Wilmington, October 1, 2010.
 
“Immediate and Long Term Impacts of Offshore Drilling - Specifically off the Coast of the Carolinas”, Invited Panel Discussion, 13th Annual Economic Growth Summit, Consequences of Offshore Drilling on the Carolina Coast,  Coastal Carolina University, August 6, 2010.
 
“Business, Economics and Sustainability”, Invited presentation for the Hochschule Bremen, Germany MBA Program in U.S., UNC Wilmington, May 31, 2010.
 
 “An Economic Perspective on the Earthquake in Haiti”, Invited Panel Discussion, UNCW Center for Teaching Excellence, January 27, 2010.
  
“Strategic Decision Making”, UNCW Cameron School of Business, Business Certificate Program, October 12, 2009.
 
“Trash Turtles and Tourists: Visitors Willing to Pay for Coastal and Marine Quality”, A public lecture sponsored by the University of the West Indies Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies. University of the West Indies – Cave Hill, October 6, 2009.
 
“Tourist Preferences and WTP for Beach Attributes in Barbados”, presented to the faculty of Economics, The Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, Washington and Lee University, May 15, 2009.
 
“Marine Resource Valuation”, invited guest lecturer in Prof. James Casey’s Natural Resource Economics class, The Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, Washington and Lee University, May 14, 2009.

“Accounting for the Full Value of Caribbean Sea Resources”, Presented at public seminar “The Caribbean Sea: Harnessing and Protecting A Vital Resource”, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business and the UWI Centre for Resources Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) on the Caribbean Sea Initiative, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, 1 July 2008.

“The Economics of Biodiversity Preservation”, Invited Lecture, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies – Cave Hill, St. Michael, Barbados, April, 2007.

“The Economic Value of Coastal and Marine Resources in Barbados”, Presented at the University of the West Indies – Cave Hill, St. Michael, Barbados, November 24, 2006.

“The Economics of Natural Resources”, Presented at UNCW College Day, November 11, 2006.

 “Economic Valuation of Natural Resources” Presented to the EVS capstone course, UNC Wilmington, Fall 2006.

 “Non-Market Valuation of Natural Resources” Presented to the Masters in Public Administration class, UNC-Wilmington, Fall 2006.

“The Economic Value of Coastal and Marine Resources in Barbados” Presented to faculty at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, West Indies, August, 2006. 

 “The Valuation of Recreation Resources” Presented to EVS capstone course, UNC Wilmington, Fall 2005.

“Random Utility Models and the Valuation of Recreation Resources” Presented to the Masters in Public Administration class, UNC-Wilmington, Fall 2004.

“Environmental and Resource Economics” Invited (Keynote) Speaker at Economics Day, Coastal Carolina University, October 26, 2004.

“Topics in Environmental and Resource Economics” Presented to the Masters in Public Administration class, UNC-Wilmington, Fall 2003.

“Economics and Water Quality”, Presented at Linking Land Use and Water Quality, A Workshop for Local Governments and Citizens on Non-point Source Pollution and Coastal Water Quality. New Bern, NC, November 7, 2001.

“The Economic Benefits of Clean Water: Some Examples”, Presented to the Wilmington Chemical Advisory Panel, UNCW, Wilmington, NC, June 19, 2001, with Chris Dumas.

“The Economic Perspective on Environmental Problems”, Presented to Citizens Protecting Resources (CPR), UNCW, Wilmington, NC, November 16, 1999.

“Addressing New Environmental Challenges: How Do We Learn? How Can We Respond?”, Presented at the Investiture of President William E. Cooper, The University of Richmond, April 16,1999, with Michael Allan Wolf, Phillip F. Cramer and Stephen P. Nash.

“Economic Valuation of the Roanoke River Striped Bass Fishery”, Presented to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Raleigh, N.C., April 5, 1999

“A Bioeconomic Model of Commercial-Recreational Harvest Allocation: An Application to the North Carolina Red Drum Fishery”, Presented at North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Business Meeting, Nags Head, N.C., November 1996.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:

“Marine Protected Areas in the Caribbean: A Review of the Economics of User Fees and Willingness to Pay”

 “Total Economic Value of Coral Reefs: Towards A Better Understanding of the Value of Protection”

 “The Economic Value of Coastal and Marine Resources in Barbados

“Willingness to Pay for Amenities and Congestion Effects on Demand at Wrightsville Beach, NC: A Localized Application of the Random Utility Model”

“The Economics of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem” – book chapter in development.

 “Extractive vs. Non-Extractive Values of Marine Turtles in Tobago

“Spatial Econometrics in Wildlife Management”

“Species Aggregation and Other Multicollinearity Issues for Random Utility Models of Recreation Behavior”

“Willingness to Pay for Amenities and Congestion Effects on Demand at Wrightsville Beach, NC: An Application of the Random Utility Model”

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Teaching Development Conferences and Workshops Attended and Facilitated:

Tenth Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop, co-facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 16, 2010.
Ninth Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop, co-facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 17, 2009.
Eighth Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop, co-facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 11, 2008.
Seventh Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop, co-facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 14, 2007
Sixth Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop “Tools for Enriching the Teaching and Learning of Economics”, co-facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 14, 2006
Fifth Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop “Targeting Economic Literacy in the Classroom”, Co-Facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 22, 2005.
Fourth Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop “Engaging Students and Promoting Economic Literacy”, Co-Facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 16, 2004.
Third Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop “Teaching Economics: Explorations in Innovative Teaching Strategies”, Co-Facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 18, 2003.
Second Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop “The Art of Teaching Principles of Economics:
Process and Content”, Co-Facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 19, 2002.

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington Center for Teaching Excellence, Summer Workshop Series
“Problem-Solving Methods of Teaching”, June 22, 2002.
“Teaching Using Electronic Presentation”, June 15, 2002.
“Astute Reasoning: Logic Skills for Students”, June 8, 2002
“Teaching and Learning Styles”, June 1, 2002

First Annual Regional Economics Teaching Workshop “Teaching and Learning Economics Through Writing”, Presenter and Co-Facilitator, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, October 27, 2001.

18th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University, Oxford Ohio, November 19-22, 1998.

17th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University, Oxford Ohio, November 20-23, 1997.

Twelfth Annual Conference on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business: “Technology, Learning and Statistics”. The Pennsylvania State University, June 26-28, 1997.

Miami University Teaching Conference: “Quantitative Methods, Econometrics, and Mathematical Analysis in the Teaching of Undergraduate Economics”. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. October 20-22, 1996.

Teaching Effectiveness Evaluation Committee Workshops. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
“Strategies for Guided Practice in Critical Thinking”. April 1996.
"Teaching Tips from Outstanding Teachers”. February 1996.
"Panel Discussion on the Teaching Portfolio”. January 1996.
“Preparing a Teaching Portfolio”. December 1995.

Joseph P. Mastro Teaching Symposium: “Innovative Means of Teaching Improvement and Enhancement of Evaluation Methods”. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. October, 1995.

AAEA Teaching Workshop: “Connecting with Students”. Indianapolis, IN. August 1995.

North Carolina State University Teaching Effectiveness Workshop: “The Importance of Teaching at the Research Institution”. Raleigh, NC. August 1995.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Academic Journal Reviewer: Environmental Management, Environmental and Resource Economics, Ecological  Economics, Journal of Environmental Management, Fisheries, Applied Economics, The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Marine Resource Economics, Land Economics, The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, The Journal of Economic Education, Fish and Fisheries, The Journal of  Sustainable Tourism.

Personnel Reviewer:  External Review Panel, Topic Specialist, US Department of Agriculture,  National Wildlife Research Center, Ft. Collins, CO, May 2006.

Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 2003-Present.
 
Atlantic Menhaden Plan Development Team, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 2003-Present.
 
Striped Bass Technical Committee, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 2010-Present.
 
Striped Bass Plan Development Team, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 2010-Present.
 
North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, Habitat & Water Quality Advisory Committee, 2009-present.

Manuscript reviewer Kellison, G.T. and D.B Eggleston. 2000. “Modeling Optimal Release Scenarios for Fisheries Stock Enhancement”, Working Paper, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University.

Text Reviewer John Wiley & Sons, Microeconomics, Browning and Zupan, 2005, Prentice Hall, Principles of Economics, Hubbard and O’Brian, 2004, Simon and Schuster Education Group, Economics and the Environment, by Ian Wills, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Practical Business Statistics, Third edition, by Andrew Siegel, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Natural Resource Economics: An Introduction, by Barry C. Field.

Conference Discussant The annual meetings of the Southern Economics Association. New Orleans, LA, November 2004, Camp Resources XII, Session on Renewable Resources, Chair, Wilmington NC, August 2004, The annual meetings of the Southern Economics Association. New Orleans, LA, November 1999, The annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Nashville, TN August 1999, The annual meetings of the Southern Economics Association. Baltimore, Maryland, November 1998.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

Faculty Advisor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington Economics Club 1999-Present

Cameron School of Business Undergraduate Curriculum Committee , 2008-Present

Cameron School of Business Writing Committee (ad hoc), 2009-Present

Cameron School of Business MBA Committee , 2005-Present

Chair, Department of Economics & Finance Search Committee, 2007
     
Faculty Senate, 2006-2008
 
CSB Assurance of Learning Committee, 2005-2006

Coach, University of North Carolina at Wilmington Women’s Club Ultimate Team 2000-2004

Advisory Committee, UNC in Washington D.C. Program, 2004-2007

University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Provost’s Advisory Council, 2003- 2005.

Chair, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Cameron School of Business, Technology Committee, 2005

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Cameron School of Business, MBA committee, 2002-Present

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Cameron School of Business, RTP task force, 2004 - Present

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Cameron School of Business, Information Resources Committee, 1999-2000

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Cameron School of Business, Faculty Growth and Development Committee, 2000-2002

Department of Economics and Finance Faculty Search Committee, 2000-2001.

Chair, E. Claiborne Robins School of Business Student Affairs Committee 1998-1999

E. Claiborne Robins School of Business Student Portfolio Advisory Committee 1996-1999

University of Richmond Environmental Studies Committee 1996-1999

HONORS AND AWARDS:
 
Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award, UNC Wilmington, 2010
 
Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award, UNC Wilmington, 2010
 
Cameron School of Business Outstanding Alumni Award, UNC Wilmington, 2010
 
Discere Aude Award for outstanding student mentoring, UNC Wilmington, 2010
 
UNC Wilmington Delegate to the Installation of W. Randolph Woodson, fourteenth Chancellor of North Carolina State University, October 2010.
 
Freshman Convocation Keynote Speaker, Nominated by students to give the Keynote Address at Freshman Convocation, UNC Wilmington, August 2009.
 
AIET Academic Article Award “Home-Buyer Sentiment and Hurricane Landfalls” with E. Graham, R. Burrus and W. Hall. The Appraisal Journal, 2009
 
Faculty Reassignment Award, UNC Wilmington, Spring 2007, Research reassignment to the University of the West Indies – Cave Hill
     
Nominated for the Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award, Spring 2007, nominated while abroad on reassignment, dossier could not be completed.            
 
Chancellors Teaching Excellence Award, UNC Wilmington 2005
 
Impact Instructor, UNCW Cameron School of Business, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
 
Honorary Member, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Student-nominated university teaching award for instruction at the freshman level, University of North Carolina, 2000.   
 
Outstanding Scholarly Activity Award, The E. Claiborne Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, 1999.
 
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, The E. Claiborne Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, 1998.
 
Most Energetic Faculty Award, Westhampton College Government Association Faculty Awards (Student-Nominated), University of Richmond, 1998.
 
GRANTS:
 
UNC Wilmington Academic Affairs Mini Grant, $4,000 to support student research project “Undergraduate Involvement in Faculty Research”, 2010.
 
Wilmington Regional Film Commission, “Economic Statement of the Production of a Mid-Major Motion Picture”   $9,060. With Woody Hall.
  
Barbados Fisheries Division, “Economic Valuation of the Fishing Industry in Barbados”, Research Grant, $22,500, 2007
 
University of the West Indies, “The Economic Value of Coastal and Marine Resources in Barbados”, Internal Grant, $2,500.00, 2007
 
Barbados Ministry of Tourism, “The Economic Value of Beach Width in Barbados”, Data collection grant, $10,000, 2007
 
Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation, Inc. and National Council on Economic Education. Matching funds provided for conducting a regional teaching workshop. 2001-2003 $5,500.00,
 
Research Grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2000-2002 - $106,000, In conjunction with Duke University¹s Nicholas School of the Environment to conduct a comprehensive     ecological study of the pelagic long line fisheries industry. With Christopher Dumas.
 
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Cameron School of Business Summer Research Grants, 2000, 2002, 2010
 
BB&T Fellow University of North Carolina at Wilmington Cameron School of Business, 1999-2000, 2007-2008, 2010-2011
 
Cahill Grant University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2000-2001
 
Sea Grant Fellowship, North Carolina Sea Grant, 1994 -1995.
 

 


           



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