I am Professor of Economics and contribute to the Global and International Studies program at the College of Wooster. I co-founded and direct Wooster’s Social Entrepreneurship (SE) Program. SE uses collaborative experiential learning to catalyze the academy and social enterprises to create social change. Leading an intercultural and intergenerational team I expanded SE globally. This program is recognized for excellence by the Institute of International Education.  Over the years, I have served as Chair of the Economics Department and the Global and International Studies Program. I am currently chairing the latter program leading the 10 year curricular review. I was invited to serve as the faculty co-director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion in 2010 for two years.

My academic papers have appeared in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Water International, the Eastern Economics Journal, Journal of Extension, and in the Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies. I support Open Educational Resources and am a Contributing Author to a free Principles of Economics text.