The Department of Economics

Faculty Profile

Richard Stratton Associate Professor Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1977 Fields: Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Labor and Employment Law

• "Assessing an Economics Program: Hansen Proficiencies, ePortfolio and Undergraduate Research" (with Steve Myers and Mike Nelson), International Review of Economics Education, (accepted for publication December 2008).
• "E-portfolios and Student Research in the Assessment of a Proficiency-based Major" (with Steve Myers and Mike Nelson), in Principles and Profiles of Good Practices in Assessment by Trudy Banta, forthcoming, 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 Randall King and Steven Myers). Journal of Economic Education 25 (Winter 1994): 5-15.
• "Impact of Family Disruption on the Earnings of Children" (with Dennis Byrne). Social Science Quarterly 66 (Winter 1985): 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.

• "Assessing A Proficiency Based Economics Program: Weathering the Perfect Storm while Thriving in an New Environment" with Steve Myers and Mike Nelson; presented at AEA session on Research on Undergraduate Economics Courses and Majors sponsored by the CEE, ASSA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January 4, 2008.
• Using Gap Analysis to Target Learning Improvement Efforts: Exploring Faculty and Student Perspectives on Engagement" (with Bob Smallwood, STU-San Marcos) presented at AIR Forum 2004, Boston MA, May 31, 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.