Office

Faner Hall, Room 4143

Email, Telephone and Fax

Electronic mail:
Telephone: 618.453.5073 (direct)
Telephone: 618.536.7746 (main office to leave a written message)
Facsimile: 618.453.2717

Mailing Address

Department of Economics, MC 4515
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale IL 62901-4515

Professional Information

• Ph.D. 1984, M.A. 1981, Economics, Brown University (dissertation director: Ryuzo Sato).
• B.S. 1978, Mathematics, Michigan State University
• Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Mathematical Economics
• Professional and Honorary Affiliations:
  • American Economic Association
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Pi Mu Epsilon
  • MERLOT.org (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
  • SIUC Faculty Association
• Faculty Advisor
  • Gamma Beta Phi
  • SIUC College Democrats

Personal Information

A Special Relative, or "How I Came to Be An Academic Economist"

George Peters (1914-2003) influenced the path my professional life has taken.

Some Favorite Lines from Movies and Television

• "HEY!"
• "You're on the floor, man."
• "And I am unanimous in this!"
• "Relax, Jonesy; you sold me."
• "No, Robbie; not like Europe."
• "Seem like a different kinda dude, man."
• "Uh oh, you put your shorts on the highway"
• "Your horse just broke the track record at Tanforan."
• "When 900 years you reach, look as good you will not."
• "... life will not be contained. Life breaks free... Life ... will find a way."
• "If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
• "Sometimes you have to slap them in the face just to get their attention!"
• "We're millions of miles from Earth inside a giant white face. What's impossible?"
• "Remember, Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."