JACQUELINE KHORASSANI
September 2008
Department of Business & Economics
MariettaCollege
Marietta, OH45750 (740) 376-4621
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
M.S. Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
B.A. Public Relations and Social Affairs, College of Mass Communication, Tehran, Iran
DISSERTATION
"Real Deposit Insurance Limits, the Moral Hazard Problem, and Bank Failure."
MASTER THESIS
"Japan's Income and Price Elasticities in International Trade"
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Principal Fields:Macroeconomics, Monetary Theory and Policy, Public Economics, Applied Econometrics.
Secondary Fields:Microeconomics, International Trade & Monetary Systems, Labor Economics, Economics of Gender, Managerial Economics.
PUBLICATIONS
"An Empirical Study of Depositor Sensitivity to Bank Risk", Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol 24, Number 1, Spring 2000, 15-26.
MACRO & micro, founder and chief editor, an economic newsletter published by the students of MariettaCollege for the members of the Economic Roundtable of the OhioValley. (1998-2006.)
PRESENTATIONS
Two presentations on “Recent Developments in the US Economy” Marietta College Brazilian MBA Program, Summer 2006 & Summer 2008.
Two presentations on “The American Way of Life”, Marietta College Brazilian MBA and China Programs, Spring- Summer 2008.
“The Iranian Way of Life”,MariettaCollege, Spring 2008.
“Brazil’s Shadow Economy”, Faculty Forum, MariettaCollege, January 2008.
“Teaching Economics: What I Didn’t Learn in GraduateSchool”, Department of Economics, NationalUniversity of Ireland – Galway, November 2007.
“The Use of Personal Response Systems in classroom”, Ohio Learning Network Expo, ShawneeStateUniversity, Portsmouth, Ohio, March 2007.
“The Use of Personal Response Systems in classroom”, Marietta College Faculty Forum, February 2007
“Brazilian Shadow Economy”, Ohio Faculty International Network “OFIN ",OhioStateUniversity, October 2006.
Two presentations on “Recent Developments in the US Economy”: Centro Universitario Metodista Izabela Hendrix , Belo Horizonte, Brazil , April 2006 & Universidade Metodista De Piracicaba,Brazil, May 2006.
Two presentations on “The American Way of Life”, CentroUniversitarioMetodistaIzabelaHendrixUniversity , Belo Horizonte, Brazil , April 2006Universidade Metodista De Piracicaba, Brazil, May 2006.
“Shadow Economy”, Universidade Metodista De Piracicaba, Brazil, May 2006.
Brazil's Underground Economy: Causes and Effects”, the Ohio Latinamericanist Conference, OhioStateUniversity, Columbus,Ohio, March 2005.
"Innovative Teaching Techniques”, delivered at the “Symposium on The Reform of Curriculum For Academic Finance Programs And Bilingual Teaching in Finance”, SouthWestUniversity of Economics & Finance, Chengdu, China, May 2002.
"An Empirical Study of Bank Risk Taking Behavior", delivered at the Midwest Economic Association annual meeting in Chicago, IL, March April 2000.
"Are Depositors Sensitive to Bank Risk? An Empirical Study", delivered at the Midwest Economic Association annual meeting in Nashville, TN, March 1999.
"On the Moral Hazard Consequences of Deposit Insurance: An Empirical Study," delivered at the 21st Century Global Finance Development Symposium, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China, May 1998.
"The Effect of Deposit Insurance on Depositors' Risk Sensitivity: A Theoretical Framework," delivered at the Midwest Economic Association annual meeting in Chicago, IL, March 1998.
"Real Deposit Insurance Limits, the Moral Hazard Problem, and Bank Failure," delivered at the Midwest Economic Association annual meeting in Kansas City, MO, March 1997.
DISCUSSIONS/CHAIR OF SESSIONS
Chaired a Session on “The Effects of NAFTA”, Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2002
Session 44: Risk, Midwest Economic AssociationAnnual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2000.
Session 58: Monetary Policy, Midwest Economic AssociationAnnual Meeting, Nashville, TN, March 1999.
Session 15: Finance, Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting,Chicago, IL, March 1998.
Session 68: Demand for Money, Midwest Economic Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, March 1998.
REFEREE
Journal of Perspectives on Economic Education Research, 2006-07
WORKING PAPERS
“Incentives and perceptions about Brazilian Shadow Economy”, coauthor: Eduardo Eugênio Spers, Methodist University of Piracicaba.
"The Effect of Deposit Insurance on Depositors' Risk Sensitivity: A Theoretical Framework," West VirginiaUniversity, Working Paper Series#97-3, Fall 1997.
"Theoretical and Empirical Comparison of Six Methods of Model Order Selection.", December 1992.
"In Defense of Public Choice", December 1991.
"Two Extensions of Poole's Analysis of Optimal Monetary Policy Instruments", March 1991.
"Labor Market Rigidities and Non-Neutrality of Money", November 1990.
"A Comparative Study of Three Recessions", April 1990.
BOOK/ JOURNAL REVIEWS
An Untitled textbook on Macroeconomics for McGraw-Hill, May 2007
“Perspectives on Economic Education Research”, 2004-2005
“Conference on Emerging Issues in Business and Technology”, 2004
“Explorations in Macroeconomics”, Fifth Edition, by James Willis, Northwest, 2003.
“International Economics”, Ninth Edition, by Robert Carbaugh, South-Western, 2003.
“Macroeconomics: Principles and Applications”, Second Edition, by Hall & Lieberman, South-Western, 2002.
"International Economics", Second Edition, by James Gerber, Addison Wesley, 2002.
CONSULTING
"Wrongful Death Economic Damages Report", Rustin J. Funk, Marietta, Ohio, May 2000. (co-evaluator: Greg Delemeester).
"An Evaluation of Economic Losses Due to Personal Injury", William Crichton V, Attorney at Law, Parkersburg, West Virginia, March 2000. (co-evaluator: Greg Delemeester).
"Pension Evaluation for ...", James Dunn, Attorney at Law, Marietta, OH, February 2000. (co-evaluator: Greg Delemeester).
"The Economic Impact of the Loss of ... to His Family.", Phillips & Mille CO., LPA, Middleburg Heights, OH, August 1998.
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED
The Ohio Latinamericanist Conference, OhioStateUniversity, Columbus,Ohio, March 2005.
Teaching Economics: Instruction and Classroom Based Research, RobertMorrisUniversity, Moon Township, PA, February 2003.
The Symposium on The Reform of Curriculum For Academic Finance Programs And Bilingual Teaching in Finance”, SouthWestUniversity of Economics & Finance, Chengdu, China, May 2002.
Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2002
"Teaching Economics: Instruction and Classroom Based Research", RobertMorrisCollege, Moon Township, PA, February 2001.
Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March-April 2000.
Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, March 1999.
Midwest Economic AssociationAnnual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 1998.
American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, January 1998.
Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO, March 1997.
"Quantitative Methods, Econometrics, and Mathematical Analysis in Teaching Undergraduate Economics", Teaching Conference, MiamiUniversity, Oxford, OH, October 1996.
"Teaching Economics as if Learning Mattered", Bowling Green State University, OH, April 1996.
"Conference on Bank Structure and Competition", Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, IL, May 1995.
"ECCC New Faculty Workshop", Atwood LakeResort, October 1994.
"Conference on Bank Structure and Competition", Federal Reserve bank of Chicago, IL, May 1993.
"International Competitiveness", Radford University, VA, April 1991.
"Teaching Economics: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Instruction and Classroom Based Research", RobertMorrisCollege, Pittsburgh, PA, February 1990.
Southern Economic Association annual meeting, Orlando, FL, November 1989.
"Economics: A Teaching Dynamics Seminar", Southwestern Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, February 1989.
American Economic Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, December 1987.
American Economic Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 1986.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Visiting Professor: NationalUniversity of Ireland- Galway, Fall 2007 Duties: Teaching undergraduate courses in international economics, managerial economics, money and banking
Associate Professor: Marietta College, 2003-
Duties: Teaching undergraduate courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, international economics, money and banking, the economics of gender, and public economics.
Visiting Lecturer: Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP) in Brazil, Summer 2004Spring 2005. Duties: Short lectures on the effects of terrorism and war on the U.S. economy and the U.S. monetary system and banking industry, Brazil’s shadow economy, American way of life along with a semester long course on intermediate macroeconomics in MBA program.
Visiting Lecturer: University of International Relations in Beijing, China, Summer 2002. Duties: Short Lectures on the U.S. Economy, International Monetary and Trade Relations and the U.S. Banking System.
Visiting Assistant Professor: OhioUniversity, Summer 2000. Duties: Teaching a course in macroeconomics at the main campus as well as several other OU branches simultaneously via interactive television (compressed video).
Assistant Professor: MariettaCollege, 1994 - 2003
Duties: Teaching undergraduate courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, international trade, money and banking, the economics of gender, international monetary systems, and public economics.
Visiting Assistant Professor: West Virginia University-Parkersburg, Fall 1993.
Duties: Taught undergraduate courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics and money and banking.
Dadisman Teaching Assistant: West VirginiaUniversity, 1992 - 1994.
Duties: Taught undergraduate courses in microeconomics. Assisted teaching advanced microeconomics to graduate students.
Teaching Assistant: West VirginiaUniversity, 1991 - 1992.
Duties: Assisted teaching undergraduate courses in statistics.
Instructor: MariettaCollege, 1987 - 1991.
Duties: Taught undergraduate courses in statistics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, international trade & finance.
Adjunct Instructor: OhioUniversity, 1985 - 1987.
Duties: Taught undergraduate courses in microeconomics and macroeconomics.
Teaching Assistant: University of Oregon, 1980 - 1981.
Duties: Assisted teaching undergraduate courses in microeconomics and macroeconomics.
GRANTS/AWARDS /PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Technology Grant, MariettaCollege, Spring 2008.
Contributor, City of Piracicaba(Brazil) Grant to conduct a comprehensive research on the shadow economy, Spring 2007
Research Grant, MariettaCollege, December 2006
Mid-Ohio Faculty International Network “MOFIN " grant from The Ohio State University CIBER (Center of International Business and Educational Research), August 2006
International Programs Grant, MariettaCollege, December 2005.
Mini-Grant, Faculty Development Committee, MariettaCollege, April 2005.
International Programs Grant, MariettaCollege, April 2005.
Sabbatical Proposal accepted for Spring 2006, MariettaCollege, December 2004.
Grant, the Office of Provost, Marietta College, 2004-05.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege,April 2004.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, February 2004.
Finalist, McCoy Professorship, February 2003.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, April 2002.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, May 2001.
Innovative Teaching Award, MariettaCollege, February 2001.
Included in Global Who is Who Directory of Economists, .rationalexpectations.com, July 2000.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, May 2000.
Faculty Sponsor, Summer Investigative Studies Grant, received by Jay Foraker (a junior majoring in economics), Spring 2000.
Contributor, ChinaGrant, US Department of Education, March 2000.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, April 1998.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, March 1998.
The Central States Conference of Bankers Association and the University of Wisconsin-Madison GraduateSchool of Banking, Certificate of Participation in the Banking Seminar for College Faculty, August 1997.
Professional Improvement Grant, MariettaCollege, Summer 1997.
Graduate member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, Beta Chapter of West Virginia, May 1997.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, April 1997.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, January 1997.
Involved in securing a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to organize a Leadership Workshop, Marietta College, 1995-96.
Load Reduction, MariettaCollege, Fall 1995.
General Faculty Development Grant, MariettaCollege, Summer 1995.
Economic Program Development Grant, West Virginia University, June 1995.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, April 1995.
A.J. Dadisman Graduate Assistant, West Virginia Univ., 1992-1994.
Graduate Assistant, West Virginia University, 1991-92.
Load Reduction, MariettaCollege, Fall 1990.
Mini-Grant, MariettaCollege, Spring 1990.
Outstanding in Your Field Award, Alpha Lambda Honor Society, MariettaCollege, April 21, 1988.
COLLEGE SERVICE
Member, Accounting Search Committee, Spring 2008
Member, Evaluation Review Committee, Spring 2008
Representative of MariettaCollege at the Ohio Faculty International Network, 2006-08
Member, Provost Search Committee, Spring 2007
Chair, McDonough Faculty Advisory Committee, 2006-07
Member, Finance Faculty Search Committee, 2006
Acting Chair of EMA, Summer 2007.
Participated in development of a Masters Program in Leadership Studies, 2005-07
Member of Engaged Teaching Committee, Fall 2005.
Jointly (with Greg Delemeester) developed a summer course entitled “Trends in Economic Education” for Education Department, Fall 2005.
Presentation to representatives of BeijingInternationalStudiesUniversity visiting Marietta college. December 2005.
Participated in development of a Masters Program in Leadership Studies, Summer 2006.
Member, Study Abroad Grant Selection Committee, 1999-2005.
Participated in the “Heart of Ohio Tour” program of Admission Office, April 2004, April 2005.
Presenter, Pizza & Politics, Fall 2000, Fall 2001 & Fall2004.
Presentation on innovative teaching techniques at the Faculty Forum, October 2001.
Member, Salary Study Committee, Spring 2004
Participated in “Freshmen Schedule Day”, July 2004
Member of selection committee for Study Abroad Program, Spring 2004
Participated in Greek Week, March 2004
Participated in Self-Study Focus Group Discussion, January 2004
Judge, Banner Competition, Homecoming 2003
Director, Investigative Studies Program, 2002-03.
Participated in Admission Office’s “Blue & White” 2002-04.
Member, Computer Science Search Committee, Spring- Summer 2002
Chair of the Investigative Studies Committee, 2001-02
Discriminatory Harassment Officer, 2001-04
Member, Music Search Committee, Spring 2001.
Member, Athletic Committee, 2000-01.
Sexual Harassment Officer, 2000-04.
Participant, Assessment Workshop, January 19-20, 2001.
Organizer (along with Grace Johnson-Page), Chinese Cultural Series for faculty traveling to China per Department of Education's grant, Summer 2000.
Participant, China Workshop, May-June 2000.
Member, Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1999-2000.
Member, Study Abroad Grant Selection Committee, 1999-
Participant, Academic Interest Day for College Experience Seminar students, October 1999.
Met with Indian Delegation per Admission Office's request, October 1999.
Met with the representatives from Noel-Levitz (a consulting firm focusing on factors affecting MC's retention), September 1999.
Lecturer, INROADS Pre-College Summer Institute, June 1999.
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Football Coach, June 1999.
Member, Plus & Minus Grading System Committee & Plus & Minus Implementation Committee, 1999-2000.
Member, Provost's Special Committee on Internationalization of Campus, Spring 1999.
Judge, Harrington and Howard Writing Prizes, Spring 1999.
Member, Campus Life Committee, 1998-99.
Faculty Advisor, Students for Global Awareness, 1997-99
Lecturer, New Student Orientation Program, August 1997 & August 1998.
Member, Library Planning Committee, 1997-2000.
Member, International Programs Advisory Committee, 1997-98.
Member, Student Conduct Board, 1997-98.
Member, Library Search Committee, Summer 1997 & Summer1998.
Member, Cultural Diversity Committee, 1996-97.
Member, College Hearing Board, 1995-96.
Judge, Jewett Speech Competition, April 1996.
Judge, Home Coming Parade, October 1995.
Guest, WCM-TV (Straight Talk), Topic: Diversity on Campus, March 1995.
Participant, Telemarketing Program, Admission Office, Spring 1995.
Participant, Scholars Overnight Program, Admission Office, Spring 1995.
Member, Curriculum Implementation Committee, Spring 1990.
Member, New Curriculum: Plan "B" Committee, 1988-89.
Member, Employee Benefit Committee, 1988-89.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Chair, the Economic Roundtable of the OhioValley, July 2005-current
Editor, MACRO & micro., 1998-2006.
VP of Programs, the Economic Roundtable of the OhioValley, August 2004-June 2005.
Secretary, Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley, 2003-04.
Presentation at the Southern Ohio Regional Scholars Program, BurrOakStatPark, April 2002.
Chaired the Turn-Off TV Committee at PutnamElementary School, Spring 2002
Administrative Vice President, The Economic Roundtable of the OhioValley, Fall 1999-2003
Frequent Contributor, Marietta Times, Parkersburg News and WTAP TV
Participant, Shadowing Days Program, MariettaHigh School, 1990, 1996 & 1997.
Preparation of students for the U.S. Academic Decathlon Competition, MariettaHigh School, 1997.
Judge, East District Science Fair, Marietta, OH, March 1996 & March 2000.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Chair, the Economic Roundtable of the OhioValley, July 2005-current
Member, Professional Learning Community, MariettaCollege, August 2006-current
Vice President of Programs, Economic Roundtable of the OhioValley, 2004-
Secretary, Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley, 2003-2004
Administrative Vice President, Economic Roundtable of the OhioValley, Fall 1999-2003
Member, American Economic Association, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession.
Member, Economic Roundtable of the OhioValley.
Member, Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists.
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Excel, Publisher, FrontPage, EViews, WebCT
LANGUAGES
Persian (Farsi) and English.
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