Joined the faculty in 1978
Ph.D., Cornell
M.B.A., Cornell
Lic., Louvain
B.S., Cornell
Current scholarly interests:
Community economic development
Political economy
Cooperatives and labor-managed firms
Comparative economic systems and institutions
Nonprofit institutions
Previous teaching experience:
Community college teaching prior to Ph.D.
Previous research:
Books: Workers' Self-Management in the United States (1984); Reclaiming Capital: Democratic Initiatives and Community Development (co-authored with Hazel Dayton Gunn, 1991)
Courses Routinely Taught:
Political economy
Contemporary economic issues
U.S. economy, a critical analysis
Introduction to radical political economy
Third sector economics
Seminar: Globalization
Dialogues in critical social studies.
Recent Research:
Making Up for the Market, forthcoming, Cornell University Press, 2003.
Professional Affiliations:
American Economic Association
American Association of University Professors
Union for Radical Political Economics
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Personal Statement:
My forthcoming book is directly connected to a course I began teaching at the Colleges several years ago on the economics of nonprofit organizations. The ability to link teaching and research interests is one of the very positive aspects of life in a liberal arts institution.