GREGORY J. DELEMEESTER

Department of Economics, Management, and Accounting

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Texas A&M University (Economics) 1989

Dissertation: Binding Arbitration and the Frequency of Settlements: An Experimental Study

 B.A., Michigan State University (Economics) 1981

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • McCoy Professor (2000-present).

Milton Friedman Chair in Economics, Marietta College (1993-present).

  • Professor of Economics, Marietta College (2003-present).

Associate Professor of Economics, Marietta College (1992-present).

Assistant Professor of Economics, Marietta College (1986-1992).

Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University (1985-1986).

Instructor, Texas A&M University (1983-1985).

Commercial Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau of Bryan, Texas (1984-1985).

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Experimental Economics, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, and Public Finance

COURSES TAUGHT

Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, Money and Banking, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, Public Economics, Comparative Economic Systems, Environmental Economics, Law & Economics, Economics of Sports, Seminar on the Economics of Prohibition

PUBLICATIONS

  • “Games Economists Play: A Survey of Non-Computerized Classroom Games for Economics,” with Jurgen Brauer, Journal of Economic Surveys, April 2001, Volume 15, No. 2, pp 221-236.
  • "Games Economists Play: Noncomputerized College Classroom Games," with Jurgen Brauer, The Journal of Economic Education, Fall 2000, Volume 31, No. 4, p406.
  • “Games Economists Play” with Jurgen Brauer, web site at Last updated May 2001.
  • “Double Oral Auction: Is it an Effective Teaching Tool?,” in Proceedings of theEconomics and the Classroom Conference, sponsored by Idaho State University and Prentice-Hall Publishing Company, 1999, with Richard Beil.
  • Laboratory Manual forPrinciples of Macroeconomics, Marietta College, Fall 1997.

"State Employee Wages Grow Faster Than Private Sector," Perspective on Current Issues, The Buckeye Institute, July 8, 1996.

"The Economic Impact of Marietta College on Washington (OH) and Wood (WV) Counties," Working Paper, Marietta College, with Kumiko Uchida (student), May 1996.

Classroom Experiments to Accompany Taylor's Economics: A User's Guide, co-edited with John Neral. Houghton Mifflin Publishing Co., June 1995.

Classroom Expernomics, co-founder and co-editor, an annual we-based newsletter devoted to teaching applications of experimental methods (published since 1992). Available at

PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSANTS

  • “Post Election Economics: Goldilocks and the Three (Domestic) Bears,” presentation to Parkersburg Chapter of the WV Society of CPAs, Vienna, WV (January 2001).
  • Discussant, one session of the Midwest Economcs Association Conference, Chicago, IL (March 2000).
  • Discussant, 2 sessions of the Midwest Economics Association Conference, Nashville, TN (March 1999).
  • Discussant at the Conference on Integrating New Technologies in the Undergraduate Teaching of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, May 1998.

Chair, session on "Classroom Experiments," American Economics Association, Chicago, IL, January 1998.

Panel member on "Economic Experiments in the Classroom", Economic Science Association, Tucson, Arizona, November 1994.

"Price Discrimination," presentation to American Marietta Corporation, Parkersburg, WV, September 1992.

"Auctions," presentation to American Marietta Corporation, Parkersburg, WV, August 1992.

Discussant in session on Teaching Economics, Western Economic Association Meetings in Lake Tahoe, NV (June 1989)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • "Wrongful Death Economic Damages Report", Rustin J. Funk, Marietta, Ohio, May 2000 (co-evaluator: Jacqueline Khorassani).
  • "An Evaluation of Economic Losses Due to Personal Injuries", William Crichton V, Attorney at Law, Parkersburg, West Virginia, March 2000. (co-evaluator: Jacqueline Khorassani)
  • "Pension Evaluation for ...", James Dunn, Attorney at Law, Marietta, OH, February 2000. (co-evaluator: Jacqueline Khorassani)
  • Invited member of Focus Group for Aplia (new web-based educational materials provider), San Carlos, CA (July 2001)
  • Reviewed a textbook (Schnitzer's Comparative Economic Systems, 8e) for FacultyOnline.com (May 2001)
  • Reviewer for Journal of Economic Education (paper: "Lessons from a Price War: A Laissez Faire Classroom Exercise"); August, 2000.
  • Reviewer for Merging Ecology and Economy, South-Western Publishing Company (November 1999)
  • Reveiwer for Economics of Law, South-Western Publishing Company (September 1999)
  • Reviewer for Experiments With Economic Principles (2e) by Theordore Bergstrom and John Miller, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company (August 1998).

Radio interviews: WOSU, WAKR, WTVN ("State Employee Wages Grows Faster Than Private Sector"; 8/96 - 9/96)

External Reviewer for the Promotion and Tenure Committee, Ohio University-Eastern Campus (May 1995).

Reviewer for Microeconomics: A Modern Approach by Andrew Schotter, Harper Collins Publishing Company (February 1995).

Reviewer for Macroeconomics by Andy Abel and Ben Bernanke, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company (August 1994).

GRANTS

  • Sabbatical to create Laboratory Manual for Economics 212, Fall 1997.

Load Reduction to finish Classroom Experiments text, Marietta College (Spring 1995).

NSF grant proposal for Computer Laboratory in Economics ($20,426; #9451751), approved July 1994.

Mini-grant from Faculty Development Committee, Marietta College (Spring Semester, 1987).

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED

  • Midwest Economcs Association Conference, Chicago, IL (March 2000).
  • Midwest Economics Association Conference in Nashville, TN (March 1999).
  • "Integrating New Technologies in the Undergraduate Teaching of Economics", University of Pittsburgh, May 1998

American Economic Association annual meeting in Chicago, IL (1998).

Economic Science Association annual meeting in Tucson, AZ (1996).

"Teaching Economics" at Robert Morris College, PA (1996).

"Teaching Economics" at Bowling Green State University (1995).

Economic Science Association annual meeting in Tucson, AZ (1994).

"Teaching Economics" at Robert Morris College, PA (1994).

American Economic Association annual meeting in Anaheim, CA (1993).

NSF sponsored workshop on Laboratory Economics, University of Arizona (1991).

Western Economic Association annual meeting in Lake Tahoe, NV (1989).

Southern Economic Association annual meeting in Orlando, FL (1989).

"Chaos and Fractals in the Social and Physical Sciences" at Miami University, OH (June 1989).

Southern Economic Association annual meeting in San Antonio (1988).

American Economic Association annual meeting in Chicago (1987).

American Economic Association annual meeting in New Orleans (1986).

PROFESSIONAL BOARD POSITIONS

  • President, Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley (1990 – present).
  • Board of Academic Advisors, The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions (1995 – present).
  • Board of Academic Advisors, Aplia.com (2001 – present).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions (Academic Advisor)

Economic Science Association

American Economic Association

Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley (Board of Trustees; President)

COLLEGE SERVICE

  • Faculty Development Committee, chair (2001-2002; 1999-2000) and member (1987-1988)

Tenure Committee, chair (1995-96) and member (1994-95)

  • Instruction and Curriculum Committee, member (1991-93; 1996-97; 2000-2001).
  • Campus Life Committee, chair (1989-90).
  • Trustee Student Life Committee, member (1989-90).
  • Status of Women Committee, member (1988-89).
  • Faculty Advisor, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity (1998-2000).

Omicron Delta Epsilon, faculty advisor (1986-present).

EMA Department Summer Internship Director (1995, 1997)

Marcolian Board of Contributors (1994-95).

Judge, Marietta East District Science Fair (March 1995).

Student Senate faculty advisor (1989-90).

Faculty advisor to the Interfraternity Council (1987).

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Marietta Youth Advisory Committee (member, 1993-95).

Marietta Bantam League (Board of Directors, 1991-93).

Greater Marietta Fall Baseball League (Board of Directors, 1991-93).

HONORS:

  • McCoy Professorship, Marietta College (Spring 2000).

Finalist, McCoy Professorship, Marietta College (Spring 1996 and 1997).

Who's Who Among America's Teachers (1994).

Nominated for Outstanding Teacher by SBEB, Marietta College (Spring 1989).

Nominated for Outstanding Teacher by SBEB, Marietta College (Spring 1987).

 H.B. Earhart Award, Texas A&M University (1985 - 1986).

Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University (Spring 1984).

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

HTML, Word, Excel, WordPerfect, Lotus, DOS, FORTRAN, and a host of others.