SHELBY DAWN
FROST
Department of Economics
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404-413-0155
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404-413-0145
email: sfrost@gsu.edu
homepage: http://www.gsu.edu/~ecosdf/
PhD in Economics;
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Fields: Natural
Resources / Environmental Economics, Public Economics
· Dissertation Title: “On the Generation and Disposal of Hazardous Materials” (Chair: Anna Alberini)
MA in Economics; University
of Colorado; Boulder, CO; August 1998
MBA;
MS in Mathematics;
BS in Mathematics and
Computer Science;
TEACHING INTERESTS
Environmental Economics,
Natural Resource Economics, Mathematical Economics
Director of
the GSU Center
for Business and Economic Education; Georgia State University;
Atlanta, GA;
January 2006-present
Director of
Undergraduate Studies; Economics Department; Georgia State University;
Atlanta, GA;
January 2003-present
Clinical Associate
Professor; Economics Department;
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA;
August 2009-present
Courses: Principles of Microeconomics
(EC 2106), Mathematical Economics (EC 4930)/Introduction to Mathematics for
Economists (EC 6030), GTA Training Seminar (EC 9520), Math Essentials for
Economics (“math boot camp”, EC 8010), Mathematical Economics (EC 4950), Study
in International Political Economics (POLS 4435)/Economic Studies Abroad: EU
(ECON 4630); Economics for Teachers (EC 7100), Scientific Perspectives on
Global Problems: Common Sense Economics (PERS 2002); New Student Orientation
(GSU 1010)
Links to teaching evaluations:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~ecosdf/SEI%20Results.htm
Associate
Director for Teaching with Technology at the GSU Center for Teaching and Learning; Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA;
June 2010-May
2011
Clinical Assistant
Professor; Economics Department;
August 2003-August 2009
Courses: Principles of
Microeconomics (EC 2106), Mathematical Economics (EC 4930)/Introduction to
Mathematics for Economists (EC 6030), The Global Economy (EC 2100), GTA
Training Seminar (EC 9520), Math Essentials for Economics (“math boot camp”, EC
8010), Mathematical Economics (EC 4950)
Links to teaching
evaluations: http://www2.gsu.edu/~ecosdf/SEI%20Results.htm
Visiting Assistant
Professor; Economics Department;
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA;
August 2000-August 2003
Courses: Principles of Microeconomics
(EC 2106), Environmental Economics and Policy (EC 4220), Mathematics for
Economists (EC 6030), Principles of Environmental Policy (EC 8320)
Graduate Part Time
Instructor; Economics Department;
University of Colorado; Boulder, CO;
August 1997-August 2000
Courses: Math Tools for
Economists I, Principles of Macroeconomics, Math Tools for Economists II
Lead Graduate Teacher; Economics Department; University of Colorado;
Boulder, CO;
August 1998-August 1999
Duties: Trained all incoming
graduate student teachers in the economics department.
Served
as liaison between department chair and all graduate student teachers.
Grader; Economics Department; University of Colorado;
Boulder, CO;
August 1997-June 1998 and
August 1999-June 2000
Duties: Graded exams and homework assignments, and
maintained grade sheets.
Courses: Introduction to Mathematical Economics, Fall
1997 - Prof. Donald Waldman
Sem: Stats and Econometrics (PhD),
Spring 1998, Fall 1999 - Prof. Donald Waldman
Environmental Economics
(non-majors), Fall 1999, Spring 2000 - Prof. Philip
Graves
Teaching Assistant; Economics Department; University of Colorado;
Boulder, CO;
August 1996-August 1997
Courses: Introduction to Economics
Instructor; Mathematics Department; West Georgia College;
Carrollton, GA;
August 1990-June 1996
Courses: Mathematics for Liberal Arts, College
Algebra, Trigonometry, Developmental Studies Math I, Developmental Studies Math
II
Graduate Teaching
Associate; Mathematics Department;
University of Tennessee; Knoxville, TN;
August 1989-August 1990
Courses: Business Calculus I, Business Calculus II
Graduate Teaching
Assistant; Mathematics Department;
University of Tennessee; Knoxville, TN;
August 1988-June 1989
Courses: College Algebra, Trigonometry, Business
Calculus I
“Using Markets to Solve
Environmental Problems”, seminar at The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Economics; University Park, Pennsylvania; Feb 9, 2011.
Participated in “Markets, Socialism,
and Liberty”, Liberty Fund Colloquium, Hermosa Beach, CA, Jan
12-13, 2012.
Discussed paper at the Allied Social
Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, Jan 2012.
Served as part of roundtable discussion
entitled “Les comptétences
des diplômés, vues
par l’entreprise et l’université”
(with Richard Keatley, GSU Department of Modern and Classical Languages), a
session at Le Forum Emploi, University of Versailles
San-Quentin-En-Yvelines, Versailles, France, Nov 22,
2011.
Served as part of a
roundtable discussion entitled “You have your institutional writing requirement
– now what?
Creating experiential writing assignment templates to
encourage a move beyond the research paper.” (with George Pullman,
Jennifer Lawrence, and Brennan Collins, GSU Department of English), a session
at the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing, University of
Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, June 28-July 1, 2011.
Served as part of a panel discussion
entitled “Common Sense Economics (CSE) – Economics for Life!” a session at the
Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, Nassau,
Bahamas, April 11, 2011.
Reader for
Quiz Bowl round of the Georgia division of the National Economics Challenge;
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; March 28, 2011.
“Best Hits: Active Engagement
of Undergraduate Students” at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies,
Atlanta, GA, Nov 11, 2011.
“Using iPads
for Teaching Economics” at the Annual Conference of the Council for Economic
Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association
of Teachers of Economics, Chicago, IL, Oct 14, 2011.
“Opportunity costs” sample
class lecture for families attending the Georgia State University Family Day on
Saturday, Sept 10, 2011. The event is
sponsored by the GSU New Student Programs Office.
“Creating Online Lectures” at The Art
of Teaching Liberty Workshop sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies,
George Mason University, Washington, DC, July 15-16, 2011.
“Using Clickers for Student Engagement”
at the Graduate Teaching Assistant Pedagogy Conference sponsored by the Center
for Teaching and Learning, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, March 8,
2011.
Discussant at session entitled “Student
Characteristics and Performance in the Economics Classroom” at the Allied
Social Science Association Meetings, Denver, CO, Jan 2011.
“Avatars Learning Economics: Exploring Virtual Worlds”; Annual Conference of Council for Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Washington, DC; October 7, 2010.
“Opportunity costs” sample class lecture for families
attending the Georgia State University Family Day on Saturday, October 2,
2010. The event is sponsored by the GSU
New Student Programs Office.
Chaired
session entitled “The Latest and
Greatest in Economic Education”; 2010
meeting of The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in Las
Vegas, Nevada; April 13,
2010.
“When Class Time Runs Out:
Creating Online Lectures”; 2010
meeting of The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in Las Vegas,
Nevada; April 12, 2010.
Reader for Quiz Bowl round of the
Georgia division of the National Economics Challenge; Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta; March 22, 2010.
Contributor to “Effective Use of Personal Response Systems”; Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics; Science Education Resource Center; Carleton College; Northfield, Minnesota; October 11-13, 2009.
“When Class Time Runs Out: Creating Online Lectures”; Annual Conference of National Council on Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Washington, DC; October 8, 2009.
“Opportunity costs” sample class lecture for families
attending the Georgia State University Family Day on Saturday, September 26,
2009. The event is sponsored by the GSU
New Student Programs Office.
Taught workshop entitled “The
Math Behind AP Economics”; for AP and IB economics high school teachers
co-sponsored by Georgia Council on Economic Education; Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta; Atlanta, Georgia; August 28, 2009.
“Teaching High School Economics
Teachers That It Is the Math That Matters for Economics”; 2009
meeting of The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in
Guatemala City, Guatemala; April 7, 2009.
Reader for Quiz Bowl round of the Regional division of
the National Economics Challenge; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Atlanta,
Georgia; April 27, 2009.
Reader for Quiz Bowl round of the
Georgia division of the National Economics Challenge; Georgia Public
Broadcasting; March 21, 2009.
Chaired session entitled “Thinking Outside the Clicker
Box: Innovative Uses for Personal Response Systems in the Classroom”; Annual
Conference of National Council on Economic Education, National Association of
Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Biloxi,
Mississippi; October 9, 2008.
“Graphing Supply and Demand Using Clickers and EconPort”; Annual Conference of National Council on Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Biloxi, Mississippi; October 9, 2008.
“Opportunity costs” sample class lecture for families
attending the Georgia State University Family Day on Saturday, September 27,
2008. The event is sponsored by the GSU
New Student Programs Office.
Taught workshop entitled “The Math Behind
Economics”; a three-day residential workshop for AP and IB economics high
school teachers as part of association with the Georgia Council on Economic
Education; Berry College; Rome, Georgia;
June 10-13, 2008.
“Showing Students the Gains from Trade: A New Lesson
in Comparative Advantage” in a session entitled “Infusing Free Market Ideas into the College Principles and High School
Economics Course”; 2008
meeting of The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in Las
Vegas, Nevada; April 8,
2008.
Chaired session entitled “Showing Students How Markets Work: Thinking Outside the Clicker Box”;
2008
meeting of The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in Las
Vegas, Nevada; April 7,
2008.
“Using Clickers and EconPort
to Derive and Graph Supply and Demand Curves”; 2008
meeting of The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in Las
Vegas, Nevada; April 7,
2008.
Reader for Quiz Bowl round of the
Georgia division of the National Economics Challenge; Georgia Public
Broadcasting; March 22, 2008.
Hosted and presented at
workshop entitled “Focus: Globalization”; co-sponsored with Georgia Council on
Economic Education; Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State
University; February 13, 2008.
Discussant for paper “Academic
Success and the Transfer of Community College Credits in the Principles of
Economics” by Paul Grimes, Jon Rezek, and Randall C.
Campbell (all of Mississippi State University); Southern Economics
Association Annual Conference; New Orleans, Louisiana; November 19, 2007.
Chaired session entitled “Creative
Teaching Ideas for Basic Economics: A Panel Session”; Southern
Economics Association Annual Conference; New Orleans, Louisiana; November 20,
2007.
“Use of
Personal Response Systems (clickers) in the classroom” presented online
(with Kris Clark, GSU School of Accountacy), as part
of Georgia State University’s “Virtual Lunch ‘n Learn” series; October 10,
2007.
Chaired session entitled “Using Video to Teach
Economic Concepts and Public Policy Issues”; Annual Conference of National
Council on Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and
Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Denver, Colorado; October 4, 2007.
“Using ‘Stossel in the
Classroom’ in a Workshop for High School Teachers," with Glen Blankenship
of the GCEE; Annual Conference of National Council on Economic Education,
National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers
of Economics; Denver, Colorado; October 4, 2007.
“Economics All Around Us: Audio and Video Clips
Submitted by Students,” at the Annual Conference of National Council on
Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global
Association of Teachers of Economics; Denver, Colorado; October 4, 2007.
“Employing
Clickers to Increase Student Involvement and Interaction,” featured on Georgia State University’s “Gallery of Instructional Strategies &
Technologies” website; story added on July 9, 2007.
Co-instructor (along with John Morton of
Arizona Council on Economic Education and Gary Petmecky
of Parkside High School) for Summer Institute for Experienced AP Economics
Teachers, sponsored by Georgia Council on Economic Education at Berry College
in Rome, Georgia; June 11-14, 2007.
“Using ‘Stossel in the
Classroom’ in a Workshop for High School Teachers,” with Glen Blankenship and
Marie Wilson of the GCEE, in a session on “Using John Stossel
Videos to Teach Basic Economic Concepts in College Principles and High School
Economics Classes”, part of the 2007
meeting of The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in
Cancun, Mexico; April 9,
2007.
“Opportunity costs” sample class lecture for families
attending the Georgia State University Family Day on Saturday, February 17,
2007. The event is sponsored by the GSU
New Student Programs Office.
“Using Advertising to Reinforce Economic Concepts” in
workshop entitled “Creative Teaching Ideas for Your Basic Economics Course”
sponsored by the Stavros Center for Economic Education at University of South
Florida in Tampa, Florida; January 26, 2007.
“John Stossel’s “Are We
Scaring Ourselves To Death?”: Lessons in
Environmental Economics” in workshop entitled, “Public Policy Issues in Today's
Economy” (presented to Georgia high school economics teachers; jointly sponsored
by Atlanta Fed and Georgia Council on Economic Education) at Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, in Atlanta, Georgia; November 16, 2006.
“Economics All Around Us: Video and Audio Clip
Submissions from Students” in session entitled “Teaching Economics Using Popular Media”, part of the 2006 meeting of The Association
of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in Las Vegas, Nevada; April 2-4, 2006.
“Trading in a pit market”, a hands-on pencil-and-paper
experiment as part of the AYSPS
fall seminar series on using experiments in the classroom (with Laura
Taylor and Ragan Petrie) at the Department of Economics at Georgia State
University; Atlanta, Georgia; October 20, 2005.
“Strategies for Teaching Economics”,
seminar at The Pennsylvania State University Department of Economics;
University Park, Pennsylvania; September 23, 2005.
“Survival
Skills for Large Classes—Strategies and practical suggestions for working with
large classes from faculty members in the GSU Century Club” (with Kris Clark,
Accountancy and Sue Willey, RMI), part of Jump Start Learning
program at The Center for Teaching and Learning at Georgia State
University; Atlanta, Georgia; August 18, 2005.
“Economics All Around Us: Student Submissions of
Economic Concepts in Media” in session entitled “Teaching & Learning Economics from the Popular Media”, part of the 2005 meeting of The Association
of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) in Orlando, Florida; April 3-5, 2005.
“Forcing
Firms to Think about the Future: Economic Incentives and the Fate of Hazardous
Waste.” (co-authored with
Anna Alberini) at Eastern Economics Association
Annual Conference;
“The
Effects of Waste-end Taxes and Liability Laws on Interstate Shipments of
Hazardous Waste Materials”, (co-authored with Anna Alberini)
at University of
Colorado Environmental Workshop; Boulder, Colorado; July 1999.
“The
Effects of Waste-end Taxes and Liability Laws on Interstate Shipments of Hazardous
Waste Materials”, (co-authored with Anna Alberini) at
Western Economics Association Annual Meeting; San Diego, California; July 1999.
“Forcing
Firms to Think about the Future:
Economic Incentives and the Fate of Hazardous Waste.” (co-authored
with Anna Alberini), Environmental and Resource
Economics, Volume 36, Number 4, pp. 451-474, April 2007.
“Forcing Firms
to Think about the Future: Economic
Incentives and the Fate of Hazardous Waste.” (co-authored with Anna Alberini),
Department of Economics Working Papers #99-26, November 1999.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant under
Prof. Anna Alberini; Fall
1999
· Economic Teaching Conference sponsored by Worth Publishers, Austin, TX; February 2012
· Liberty Fund Colloquium, Hermosa Beach, CA; January 2012
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; Chicago, IL; January 2012
·
Le Forum Emploi,
University of Versailles San-Quentin-En-Yvelines,
Versailles, France; November 2011
·
European Association for the Teaching
of Academic Writing, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; June/July 2011
· Association of Private Enterprise Education, Nassau, Bahamas; April 2011
· Annual Conference of the Council for Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics, Chicago, IL; October 2011
·
Georgia Council on Economic Education
Center Directors’ Retreat, Pine Mountain, GA: September 2011
·
Georgia Association of Economic
Educators Annual Luncheon at the Georgia Council for Social Studies Education
Conference, Athens, GA; Oct 2011
· The Art of Teaching Liberty Workshop sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, Washington, DC; July 2011
· Advanced Placement Reading (Economics); College Board; Cincinnati, OH; June 2011
· Writing Across the Curriculum workshop, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA; May 2011
· Graduate Teaching Assistant Pedagogy Conference sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, March 2011
· Educause Learning Initiative Conference in Washington, DC; February 2011
· Economics Teaching Conference sponsored by Worth Publishers in Boca Raton, FL; February 2011
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; Denver, CO; January 2011
·
Tradition,
Innovation, and Creativity: Undergraduate Learning for the 21st Century;
The Reinvention Center
at The University of Miami; Crystal City, VA:
November 2010
· Annual Conference of Council for Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Miami, FL; October 2010
· Georgia Council on Economic Education Annual Directors Retreat; Young Harris, GA; September 2010
· Advanced Placement Reading (Economics); College Board; Cincinnati, OH; June 2010
· Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting; Las Vegas, NV; April 2010
· Annual Conference of National Council on Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Washington, DC; October 2009
· Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics; Science Education Resource Center; Carleton College; Northfield, Minnesota; October 2009
· Georgia Council on Economic Education Annual Directors Retreat; St. Simons Island, GA; September 2009
· Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting; Guatemala City, Guatemala; April 2009
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA; January 2009
· Annual Conference of National Council on Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Biloxi, MS; October 2008
· Georgia Council on Economic Education Annual Directors Retreat; Pine Mountain, GA; September 2008
· AP Economics Summer Institute; Berry College; Rome, GA; June 2008
· Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting; Las Vegas, NV; April 2008
· Creative Teaching Ideas for Your Basic Economics Course; Florida State University; Tallahassee, FL; January 2008
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; New Orleans, LA; January 2008
· Southern Economics Association Annual Conference; New Orleans, Louisiana; November 2007
· Annual Conference of National Council on Economic Education, National Association of Economic Educators, and Global Association of Teachers of Economics; Denver, CO; October 2007
· Georgia Council on Economic Education Annual Directors Retreat; Savannah, GA; September 2007
· Train the Trainer Workshop, Focus: Globalization; National Council on Economic Education; Washington, DC; July 2007
· AP Economics Summer Institute; Berry College; Rome, GA; June 2007
· Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting; Cancun, Mexico; April 2007
· Economics Education Symposium; New Orleans, LA; March 2007
· Conference for the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators® (GACE®); Atlanta, GA; January 2007
· Creative Teaching Ideas for Your Basic Economics Course; University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; January 2007
· Public Policy Issues in Today's Economy; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Atlanta, GA; November 16, 2006
· An Evening at The Fed: Energy and the Environment; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Atlanta, GA; November 13, 2006
· Economics Education Symposium; Chicago, IL; October 2006
· Georgia Council on Economic Education Annual Directors Retreat; Young Harris, GA; September 2006
· Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting; Las Vegas, NV; April 2006
· Economics Teaching Seminar; Charleston, SC; February 2006
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; Boston, MA; January 2006
· Teaching Innovations Program workshop sponsored jointly by the AEA Committee on Economic Education and the National Science Foundation, at the Rizzo Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; May 2005
· Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting; Orlando, FL; April 2005
· Georgia Council on Economic Education Annual Directors Retreat; Pine Mountain, GA; September 2005
· NSF Workshop on Economics Experiments in the Classroom; Williamsburg, VA; May 2004
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA; January 2002
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; New Orleans, LA; January 2001
· Eastern Economics Association Annual Conference: Washington, DC; March 2000
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; Boston, MA; January 2000
· University of Colorado Environmental Workshop; Boulder, CO; July 1999
· Western Economics Association Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA; July 1999
· Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting; New York, NY; January 1999
· American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting; Salt Lake City, UT; July 1998
· Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Excellence in Teaching Award, 2007
· University of Colorado Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000
· Reuben A. Zubrow Fellowship in Economics Award, 1999
· Stanford Calderwood Teaching Excellence Award, 1998
· West Georgia General Scholarship, 1986
· David Cooley Scholarship, 1985
· National Association of Economic Educators
· Georgia Association of Economic Educators
· Council for Economic Education
· Georgia Council on Economic Education
· Global Association of Teachers of Economics
· Southern Economics Association
· Association of Private Enterprise Education
· Eastern Economics Association
· Committee on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession
· American Association of University Women
· American Economics Association
· Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
· American Association of University Professors
· Beta Gamma Sigma (National Business Honor Society)
· American Mathematical Association
· Graduate Student Executive Council
· Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership Honor Society)
· Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
· Executive Round Table
· Kappa Mu Epsilon, secretary (National Mathematics Honor Society)
· Ingram Scholars
· Alpha Lambda Delta (National Freshman Honor Society)
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