Courses, Workshops and Readings Groups

“Economic Sociology” (Graduate Course – Spring 2011, Spring 2012)
“Methods of Economic and Policy Analysis” (Graduate Course – Fall 2011)
“Economics of Social Structure and Ideology” (Graduate DR Course – Fall 2011)
“Social Networks & Entrepreneurship” (Graduate DR Course – Fall 2011)
“Cultural Foundations of Economic Development” (Undergraduate DR Course – Fall 2010)
“Political Economy of Education Policy” (Graduate DR Course – Fall 2010)
“Economics and Culture” (Graduate DR Course – Fall 2010)
“Culture, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Research Cluster” (Fall 2010)
“The Problem of Bureaucracy” (Theory to Practice Readings Group – Fall 2008, Fall 2010)
“Housing, Non-profits and Public Policy” (Graduate DR Course – Spring 2010)
“Social Entrepreneurship and Public Policy” (Graduate DR Course – Fall 2009)
“Methodology of the Social Sciences Workshop” (Fall 2009)
“Investigating Hayek’s ‘Science of Liberty’” (Fall 2009)

Dissertation Committee Memberships

Jason Aimone, “The Economics of Betrayal” (Chair: Dan Houser; Defended April 2011)

Triyakshana Seshadri, “Three essays on Indian Economic Development” (Chair: Peter J. Boettke; Defended April 2011)

Petrik Runst, “Mind, Society and Entrepreneurial Action” (Chair: Richard E. Wagner; Defended April 2011)

Daniel D’Amico (Loyola University New Orleans), “The Imprisoner’s Dilemma: The Political Economy of Proportionate Punishment” (Chair: Peter J. Boettke; Defended April 2008)

Adam Martin (New York University), “The Use of Knowledge in Comparative Economic Systems” (Chair: Peter J. Boettke; Defended February 2009)

Emily Schaeffer (San Jose State University), “The Reasonable Man and Endogenous Institutional Change” (Chair: Peter J. Boettke; Defended April 2009)

Diana Weinert Thomas (Utah State University), “An Extension of the Theory of Deregulation” (Chair: Peter Leeson; Defended April 2009)

Michael Thomas, “The Political Economy of Repugnance” (Chair: Peter J. Boettke; Defended April 2009)

David Skarbek (Duke University), “The Economics of Prison and Street Gangs” (Chair: Peter J. Boettke; Defended April 2010)

Thesis Committee Memberships

Erin Agemy, “Improving Academics in the Aftermath: A Case Study of New Orleans’ Experiment with Charter Schools” (Chair: Peter J. Boettke; Defended May 2009)

Rosemarie Fike, “Can Governments Create Bureaucratic Structures That Overcome Incentive and Information Problems? An Analysis of the Millennium Challenge Corporation” (Chair: Peter J. Boettke; Defended May 2009)