Index| VITAE |
| Richard W Stratton, Ph.D. |
| Associate Professor of Economics SoTAL Fellow |
| The University of Akron |
| rws@uakron.edu |
| Office: | College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) 454D |
| Akron, OH 44325-1901 | |
| Voice: | (330) 972-7937 |
| FAX: | (330) 972-7222 |
1978 – present, University of Akron,
Acting Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 8/09 to present
Associate Professor of Economics 9/83 to present.
SoTAL Fellow 9/03 to present.
Associate Director for Assessment, Institutional Planning 3/00 to 1/02.
Associate Director, Institute for Policy Studies 9/97 to 2/00.
Interim Associate Director, Institute for Policy Studies 9/96- 9/97.
Spring 1987, The College of Wooster (Adjunct Prof.).
1976 ‑ 1978, Gettysburg College, Assistant Professor of Economics and Business.
1972 ‑ 1975, University of Connecticut, Graduate instructor and Teaching assistant.
As a faculty member I have taught the following courses:
Graduate: Labor and Employment Law (two-semester sequence), Framework of Economic Analysis, Women in the Labor Market, Labor and Government, Foundations of Economics
Undergraduate: Labor Problems, Labor Economics, Labor and Government, Comparative Economic Systems, Urban Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Women in the Labor Market, as well as both one and two term principle courses.
Administrative:
As Acting Assistant Dean, I am part of the
college’s leadership team with lead responsibilities for the measurement and
analysis of departmental effectiveness, analytical support for the fiscal
operations ($40 million budget), and liaison to Institutional Research.
Co-leadership responsibilities include student outcomes assessment, coordination
between the Dean’s office and the college faculty curriculum body, and to
represent the college’s interests on numerous university-wide committees, work
groups, and at other venues.
As Associate Director for Assessment in Institutional
Planning, and previously as Associate Director in the Institute for Policy
Studies, I supervised an office of 4 1/2 FTE and all of the reporting and
analysis of institutional data. My committee duties included serving on
Institute for teaching and Learning Advisory Council, the Student Assessment
Task Force (SATF), President’s Faculty Salary Equity taskforce, the Steering
Committee for the conversion to the PeopleSoft Human Resource system and the
Student Administration system, member of the OBR HEI statewide consultants
committees for enrollment, faculty/staff data areas, and the Student Information
System Implementation committee. At the request of the provost, I regularly
attended and provided information to the Council of Assistant and Associate
Deans.
I also coordinated UA’s participation in and analysis of the
National Survey of Instructional Cost and Productivity (NSICP, aka The Delaware
Study), the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), the Faculty Survey of
Student Engagement (FSSE), the College Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP)and
numerous campus initiatives including design, implementation and analysis of our
writing across the curriculum efforts.
I have participated in the development of a student
information data warehouse, the evaluation of the software to access it, and
coordinate a support group for its use.
My role as the principal investigator on U.S. Department of Labor grant #91-09-76-0 (Census data), co-investigator on U.S. Department of Labor grant #21-39-81-05 (1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth) and Associate Director of Institutional Research (NSICP, NSSE, FSSE, and proprietary institutional data) provided extensive experience handling large datasets.
I was an early adapter and continue to be a proponent of the appropriate use of technology to enhance student learning and performance.
Ph.D. 1977 University of Connecticut
M.A. 1972 University of Connecticut
B.A. 1971 Drew University
Chairs’ Outstanding Achievement Award for Professional and Community Service, Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Akron, 2004
SoTAL Fellow, The University of Akron, 2003
Institute for Teaching and Learning, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning grant, 2003
Outstanding Service to Student Affairs Award, the University of Akron, 1999
Faculty development grant to develop multi-media in Principles of Macroeconomics, 1995
Abraham Ribicoff Award for the Study of Public Policy, 1976
Manpower Administration Title I Grant, 1975 ‑ 1976
Distinction, Microeconomic Theory Comprehensive examination for the Master's degree, University Of Connecticut, 1972
Pre‑doctoral Fellowship, University Of Connecticut, 1971‑1974
“Assessing an Economics Program: Hansen Proficiencies, ePortfolio and Undergraduate Research” (with Myers and Nelson), International Review of Economics Education, July, 2009.
“E-portfolios and Student Research in the Assessment of a Proficiency-based Major” (with Myers and Nelson), in Principles and Profiles of Good Practices in Assessment by Trudy Banta, July 2009, Jossey-Bass.
“Weathering the Perfect Storm or Thriving in a New Environment: Assessing a Proficiency Based Economics Major” (with Myers and Nelson), ERN Educator, http://ssrn.com/abstract=946032, October, 2006.
"Faculty Behavior, Grades, and Student Evaluations" (with Myers and King), Journal of Economic Education Vol., No.1, Winter 1994, pp.5-15.
"Impact of Family Disruption on the Earnings of Children" (with Byrne), Social Science Quarterly Vol.66, No.4, Winter 1985, pp.924‑32.
"Monopoly, Monopsony, and Union Strength and Local Market Wage Differentials", American Journal of Economics and Sociology Vol.44, No.3, July, 1985, pp. 305‑18.
Impact of the University of Akron of the Economy of Summit County, Ohio (with Ed Hanten), Monograph 13, Center for Urban Studies, The University of Akron, 1981.
Employment Outcomes of Hispanic Youth: An Analysis of Labor Market Behavior using the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (with Byrne, King, and Myers), Grant #21-39-81-05 from the Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1980‑1982.
Faculty Behavior, Grades, and Student Evaluations" (with Myers and King), presented at the American Economics Association meetings, section on Economic Education, January 1994.
"Self-Interest, Grades, and Student Evaluations" (with Myers and King) presented at the Midwest Economics Association meetings, April 1991.
"Estimates of Sex‑based Discrimination by Occupation" (with Myers) Faculty research grant, University of Akron 1986.
"Youth Job Changers and Unemployment" (with Byrne) presented at the Eastern Economics Association meetings, July 1982.
"Factors Affecting Completed Spells of Unemployment of Youth", (with Byrne) presented at the Midwest Economics Association meetings, April 1982.
"Comparison of the Incidence of Unemployment among Hispanic, Black and White Youth" (with Byrne) presented at the Eastern Economics Association Meetings, April 1982.
Local Labor Market Concentration: Its Effects on Wages, final report for the U.S. Department of Labor grant #91-09-76-02, and uses data from the 1970 Census, unpublished dissertation.
“Assessing a Proficiency Based Economics Major” (with Steven Myers and Michael Nelson) presented at Midwest Economics Association Meetings, Chicago, IL March 25, 2006 and Celebration for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, University of Akron April 14, 2006.
“2004 NSSE Update: How is UA using the data?” (with Sabrina Andrews, Karla Mugler, and LaVerne Yousey) presented at Celebration of Learning and Teaching, University of Akron April 15, 2005.
“The Challenges of Course Redesign: Lessons learned from coping with disaster” presented at Celebration of Learning and Teaching, University of Akron April 16, 2004.
“Comparing NSSE and FSSE Reponses” (with Tom Angelo, Carrie Schlauch and David Wimer) presented at Celebration of Learning and Teaching, University of Akron April 16, 2004.
“National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE): An Overview” (with Tom Angelo), invited presentation to The Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Akron, February 6, 2004.
“Using FSSE to Inform NSSE” invited presentation at the 2003 NSSE Users Conference, October 5-6, 2003. Texas State University - San Marco, San Marco, TX.
“One important finding of the NSSE and FSSE at The University of Akron” invited panel discussant at the 2003 NSSE Users Conference, October 5-6, 2003. Texas State University - San Marco, San Marco, TX.
“Can NSSE Measure Student Engagement?” (with Tom Angelo and Dina Sainato) presented at Celebration of Learning and Teaching, University of Akron April 11, 2003.
“Using rubrics to improve student answers and reduce questions about grading” (with Janet Bean, Lynn Hammann, and David McConnell) workshop presented for The Center for Collaboration and Inquiry, University of Akron April 2, 2003.
Nominated for and member of The Fall 2002, Scholarship of Teaching, Assessment & Learning (SoTAL) Symposium, The University of Akron, (2002 – 2003)
Participated in the Summer Institute on First-Year Assessment: Understanding and Strengthening the First Year of College, Sponsored by Policy Center on the First Year of College (Supported by grants from The Atlantic Philanthropies & The Pew Charitable Trusts) and National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience & Student in Transition. Asheville, NC (July 2002).
Referee for the Journal of Economic Education, the Southern Business and Economics Journal, and the Journal of Cultural Economics.
Participated in a “Writing Across the Curriculum” workshop (1995) Shakertown, Kentucky presented by Barbara E. Barbara E. Walvoord, (at that time) Director of WAC at the University of Cincinnati.
Participated in the AEA-JCEE-Lilly Teacher Training Workshop (1992) at Northwestern University, sponsored by the AEA, the National Council on Economic Education, and the Lilly Foundation.
Referee for the Journal of Economic Education, the Southern Business and Economics Journal, and the Journal of Cultural Economics.
Reviewer for Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., HarperCollins Publishers, Prentice‑Hall, Inc., McGraw‑Hill, Scott, Foresman Publishers, West, and Little, Brown and Company.
Consultant to Occupational Requirements of Employers in Summit and Medina Counties: A Survey of Labor Demand, by Myers, Chiles, and Murphy.
UA Senator for the Social Science division of Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences (9/03 – 8/06)
Chair of the UA Strategic Enrollment Management – Information Systems Committee (1/04 - present)
Served on numerous university and college committees including the Communications, Computer Technology Committee (CCTC) of the University Senate (2003 - 2005), department representation to BCC, Student Assessment Task Force, and University Review Committee for Department of Management.
Director of Undergraduate Studies, advising all departmental majors and minors (6/86 to 9/96).
Preceptor for departmental honors students (6/86 to 9/96).
Principal contact for student internships (9/94 to 9/96).
Faculty Adviser to Economics Club and IOTA chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon the (6/86 to 9/96).
Coordinated the inauguration and ongoing lectures for the Emile Grunberg Lecture Series. This series brought to campus such notables as Herbert Simon, William Cooper, and Franco Modigliani (1988-90).
Chaired or member of numerous departmental committees including Retention, Tenure, and Promotion, undergraduate, and graduate, curriculum development, faculty search, teaching evaluation, salary advisory, and scheduling.
Developer and maintainer of departmental gopher site at gopher://gopher.uakron.edu:70/11/schools/Economics (1/94 to 9/96)
Assist in the maintenance of departmental WEB site (1/95 to 9/98)
Developed several new courses for the new graduate program in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations (including courses in Employment Law, Labor Relations Law, and Microeconomic Theory).
The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed by The University of Akron.
This page was last modified on Tuesday August 17, 2010 09:04 AM -0400