Positions

Professor and Chair, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

emersont23@ecu.edu

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Tisha Emerson

member of

National Association of Economic Educators 2023
Society of Economic Educators 2023
Southern Economic Association 2023

selected publications

article
- Failure, Withdrawals and Retakes in Intermediate Microeconomics. Journal of Economic Education. 55:333-349. 2024
- International Comparisons of Teaching Track Positions in Economics. American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings. 114:305-313. 2024
- Teaching-Track Faculty at US National Universities. American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings. 114:314-317. 2024
- The Study of Economics at HBCUs and PWIs. Journal of Economic Education. 55:1-15. 2024
- Cooperative learning in economics: Decomposing a pre-post test outcome to measure the effect of cooperative learning. International Review of Economics Education. 44. 2023
- An investigation of unsuccessful performance and subsequent retake behavior in principles of economics. Southern Economic Journal. 2023
- Online platforms for classroom experiments: A primer for new adoptees. Journal of Economic Education. 2023
- Water, River, and Community: Bridging Community, Environment, and Outreach through a Unique Transdisciplinary University-based Course. Connected Science Learning. 3. 2021
- Switching majors-into and out of economics. Journal of Economic Education. 2019
- The Gender Gap in Economics Degrees: An Investigation of the Role Model and Quantitative Requirements Hypotheses. Southern Economic Journal. 2018
- The High Costs of Large Enrollment Classes: Can Cooperative Learning Help?. Eastern Economic Journal. 2018
- Classroom experiments: Is more more?. American Economic Review. 2016
- Classroom experiments: Teaching specific topics or promoting the economic way of thinking?. Journal of Economic Education. 2016
- Cooperative learning and personality types. International Review of Economics Education. 2016
- Evaluating the cooperative component in cooperative learning: A quasi-experimental study. Journal of Economic Education. 2015
- A tale of trade-offs: The impact of macroeconomic factors on environmental concern. Journal of Environmental Management. 2014
- Anyone anyone a guide to submissions on classroom experiments. Journal of Economic Education. 2014
- In-class vs. Online experiments: Is there a difference?. Journal of Economic Education. 2012
- Women and the choice to study economics. Journal of Economic Education. 2012
- Do Classroom Experiments Affect the Number of Economics Enrolments and Majors? A Study of Students in the United States. International Review of Economics Education. 2010
- Ethical attitudes of accounting practitioners: Are rank and ethical attitudes related?. Journal of Business Ethics. 2010
- The Effects of Ethical Codes on Ethical Perceptions of Actions Toward Stakeholders. Journal of Business Ethics. 2010
- Ethical cycles and trends: Evidence and implications. Journal of Business Ethics. 2008
- Ethical attitudes of accountants: Recent evidence from a practitioners' survey. Journal of Business Ethics. 2007
- Interactions between personality type and the experimental methods. Journal of Economic Education. 2007
- Changing ethical attitudes: The case of the enron and ImClone scandals. Social Science Quarterly. 2006
- Business ethics and religion: Religiosity as a predictor of ethical awareness among students. Journal of Business Ethics. 2004
- Comparing Student Achievement across Experimental and Lecture-Oriented Sections of a Principles of Microeconomics Course. Southern Economic Journal. 2004
- Have ethical attitudes changed? An intertemporal comparison of the ethical perceptions of college students in 1985 and 2001. Journal of Business Ethics. 2004
- Income, environmental disamenity, and toxic releases. Economic Inquiry. 2004
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presentations

presentation

professional service activities

External Reviewer for Conference Submissions Perform blind review of submissions to the UNCW Economics Teaching Conference and consult on construction of blind review system 2024
External Reviewer for Promotion to Teaching Professor External Reviewer for promotion candidate to rank of Teaching Professor at Baylor University 2024
Moonjelly Foundation Mission:Co-design a new model to fund a globalcommunity of local and Indigenous scientists andknowledge holders to support ocean conservationworldwide. 2023

education and training

B.A. in Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa
M.A. in Economics, University of Southern California
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Southern California

awards and honors

Henry H. Villard Research Award, conferred by National Association of Economic Educators, 2024

preferred title

Professor of Economics

located in facility

Brewster A-428, Tenth Street