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Chair, Economics Department
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Professor, Economics Department
Professional Service
- Social Science Journal.
Referee Report (5 times).
01/01/2021 - 09/30/2021
- International Migration.
Referee Report.
12/01/2020 - 12/31/2020
- PLOS One.
Referee Report.
11/01/2020 - 11/27/2020
- Journal of Demographic Economics.
Referee.
07/01/2018 - 07/31/2018
- Social Science Journal.
Referee.
06/01/2018 - 06/30/2018
- Social Science Research.
Referee.
06/01/2018 - 06/30/2018
- Social Science Journal.
Referee.
05/01/2018 - 05/31/2018
- Salt Lake Community College.
Role: External Reviewer.
Economics Program Review.
04/23/2018 - 05/31/2018
- Journal of Demographic Economics.
Referee.
03/01/2018 - 03/31/2018
- The Social Science Journal.
Role: Board Member.
Editorial Board.
10/2012 - present
- Social Science History Association.
Role: Chair.
President's Book Award Committee.
2010 - 2010
- Social Science History Association.
Role: Member.
Publications Committee.
2009 - 2012
Internal Service
- Economics Undergraduate Ambassadors Program.
Faculty supervisor,
08/17/2020 - 12/17/2021.
Department service.
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Proposal Reviewer, spring and fall semesters,
03/02/2020 - 11/27/2020.
College service.
- PhD Placement Advisor.
04/01/2019 - 06/30/2021.
Department service.
- Business Economics and Analytics Emphasis.
Economics Faculty Representative,
07/01/2017 - present.
Department service.
- Career Services Assoc Director Search Committee.
Member,
07/2014 - 08/2014.
University service.
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Proposal Reviewer,
08/2012 - 08/2012.
University service.
- Reviewer, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program proposal.
Reviewer,
12/2011 - 12/2011.
University service.
- Representative, USHE Majors Meetings.
10/2011 - 10/2011.
Department service.
- Organizer and Panelist, Hinckley Institute of Politics, "The Global Economic Crisis," September 22, 2011.
09/22/2011 - 09/22/2011.
University service.
- Reviewer, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program proposal, August 2011.
08/2011 - 08/2011.
University service.
- Moderator, Undergraduate Research Symposium Panel, University of Utah, April 6, 2011.
04/06/2011 - 04/06/2011.
University service.
- Director, Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy.
Director,
07/2010 - 06/30/2019.
College service.
- Undergraduate Council.
Member,
07/2008 - 06/2011.
University service.
- Consolidated Hearing Committee.
Member,
01/2008 - 12/2008.
University service.
Community Partnership
- Member, State Policy Priorities Advisory Board, Voices for Utah Children.
05/27/2015 - present
- Film Screening, "Korengal," Salt Lake City Main Library, as part of Tanner Human Rights Center programming on "Human Rights: Conflict, Health, and Healing.".
02/17/2015 - 02/17/2015
- Film Screening and Discussion, "On the Border: A Story of Forced Migration from Burman," Day-Riverside Library, Salt Lake City.
01/22/2015 - 01/22/2015
- Film Screening, "Healing Neen," Sprague Library, Sugarhouse, as part of Tanner Human Rights Center programming on "Human Rights: Conflict, Health, and Healing".
12/11/2014 - 12/11/2014
- Panel Presentation, "The Big Picture: Some Economic and Historical Context for Thinking about Intergeneratoinal Poverty," prepared for "A Common Foundation: Creating Opportunities for the Next Generation" (conference on intergenerational poverty), Salt Lake City.
10/09/2012 - 10/09/2012
- Panelist, "Immigration Policy: The Arizona Experience in Retrospect," Sprague Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
02/11/2011 - 02/11/2011
- Presentation, "Utah's Increasing Diversity: Causes and Implications," United Way Board Retreat, May 21, 2010.
05/21/2010 - 02/21/2010
- Guest Editorial, “Does Affirmative Action Make Government and Education Less Efficient?” Salt Lake Tribune, March 4, 2010.
2010 - 2010
Outreach
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Lecture, “Robert William Fogel, Nobel Laureate in Economics.".
04/18/2018 - 04/18/2018
- CSBS / Salt Lake Community College Transfer Symposium Series Lecture, "Why Should We Care About Inequality?”.
03/06/2018 - 03/06/2018
In the Media
- Fox 13 News, Interview on the ending of Supplement Unemployment Insurance Benefits in Utah, June 25, 2021. 06/25/2021.