FALL 2008 COURSES

ECO 402: Public Sector Economics

ECO 110: Microeconomics and Public Policy

UWL 100: First Year Student Seminar
J-Term 2009 Course
Study Tour in Tanzania

 

 

 

 

SPRING 2009 COURSES
ECO 308: Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
ECO 336: Women in the US Economy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voyages with a Vision II: Reality Tour to Tanzania January 2009

 

More detailed information can be found at: Information on Tanzania 8-27-08

 

(See also UWL's Study Abroad Link to J-Term Offerings)

 

 

FOCUS: Social Responsibility, Ethical Globalization, Service Learning

 

Students will come face to face with crucial issues about globalization and its impact on communities to better understand them and see socially responsible business and other grassroots solutions in action.   

All students from all majors are invited to learn about:

 

·       Education challenges facing East Africa through Service Learning projects that include:

 

o      Interacting with schoolchildren to teach English and basic computer skills, planting trees, classroom building, painting, and soccer and netball minor renovations. 

 

o      Participating in evening sporting events with the schoolchildren accompanied by a message “empowering girls through education”.  http://www.girleffect.org/#/splash/

  

·       Health care challenges through visits with Nkoaranga Hospital staff and Service Learning projects that include visiting patients and orphans at the hospital’s orphanage. 

 

COLLECT DONATIONS OF SPORTING EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL AND OTHER SUPPLIES LIKE TOOTHBRUSHES TO TAKE TO THE SCHOOLS, HOSPITAL & ORPHANAGE!

 

·       International justice in a visit to the International Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), created by the UN Security Council in order to judge those people responsible for the acts of 1994 Rwanda genocide.

 

·       Socially responsible tourism through a one-day hike to the first hut on Mt. Kilimanjaro and 3 days of safari.

 

·       Fair trade and worker cooperatives by getting involved with coffee processing: picking coffee by hand, pulping and drying.

 

·       The impact of development on indigenous people through a visit to a Masaai village.

 

·       Human rights in a visit to former slave chambers on Zanzibar, and Bagamoyo, a historical Swahili town that was once a terminus for Slave Caravans,

 

·       The role of government in responsible and sustainable development.

 

Visit our Facebook site:   UW-L Goes to Tanzania J-Term 2009!

 

Contact Donna Anderson, Economics, anderson.donn@uwlax.edu or Sheri Ross, Philosophy, ross.sher@uwlax.edu if you are interested.

 

 

 

 

Donna M. Anderson, Ph.D.       

 

Education:                                                                                                                                                         Courses Taught:

    Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, December 1993                             Eco 308 Intermediate Microeconomics        Eco 402 Public Finance

    M.A., Economics, University Of Colorado, August, 1985                                       Eco 330 Labor Economics                             Eco 435 Law and Economics

    B.S., Finance and Economics, Lehigh University, May 1981                                   Eco 336 Women in the U.S. Economy            Bus  230 Research Methods

                                                                                                                                 UWL 100 1st Year Seminar              

 

   

Selected Publications:

"Capital Gains Tax"; "Tanzania"; "Internal Labor Markets"; "South Africa"; "Zimbabwe"; & "Cost of Living Allowance". Forthcoming chapters in Encyclopedia of Global Business, Sage Publications.

"Grading Styles and Instructor Attitudes", with B. DeBoer and A. Elfessi, 2007, College Teaching, 55(2).

“Negative Spillover Among Low Income Workers: The Role of Benefits and Job Characteristics”, with E. Delgado, 2006, Southern Business and Economic Journal.

“Perceptions of Family-Friendly Policies: Corporate vs. University Employees”, with B. Morgan, and J. Wilson, 2002, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 23(1).  

“Incorporating Economic Analysis into Undergraduate Business Law Courses: Employer Liability for Sexual Harassment After the 1998 Supreme Court Decision in

     Faragher and Ellerth.,” with S. Willey, 2001, Journal of Legal Studies Education, 18.

“Choosing Children Over Career? A Cross-Cohort Exploration of the Postpartum Labor Force Behavior of Professional Women,” with L. Whittington and S. Averett,

     2000, in Population Research and Policy Review, 19 (4).

“Riverboat Gaming: An Analysis of Future Odds,” with J. Navin, 2000, Southern Business and Economics Journal, 23(2): 78-93.

“Tax Policy”, 2000,  in The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics, M. Lewis and J. Peterson, eds. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Company.

“Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners: Rural/Urban Settings and Reimbursement for Services,” with M. Hampton, 1999, The Journal of Rural Health, Spring, 15(2).

"The Effect of a State Tax Credit on Giving to Community Foundations," with R. Beier, 1999, American Economist, Spring, 43 (1).

“Employment and Statistical Discrimination: A Hands-On Experiment,” with M. Haupert, 1999, The Journal of Economics, 25(1).

"Times Attended As A Factor In The Success Of A Comprehensive Hospital-Based Approach To Health Promotion,” with J. Blokhuis, M. Hampton, and F. Kusch, 1998, Journal of Hospital Marketing, 13 (1).

 

Selected Community Presentations:

"The Wage Gap", Channel 19 TV News Interview, April 24, 2007 and April 22, 2008.

“Economic Forecast for 2005”. AVANT Annual Business Meeting, La Crosse, WI.  January 2004.

“Women’s Changing Role in the U.S. Economy”. La Crosse Business and Professional Women Noon Luncheon, La Crosse, WI. November 2002.

“Priceless Moms: Economist Lives What She Teaches About Motherhood”. Onalaska Community Life interview for Mother’s Day article, Onalaska, WI. May 2002.

“Women’s Changing Role in the Economy”.  AVANT Annual Business Meeting, La Crosse, WI.  April 2001.

“Current Policies Affecting Women and Work”. UW-L Women at Work Panel, Women’s History of Women Month, La Crosse, WI. March 2000.

“Explaining the Gender Wage Gap”. WIZM Radio news, La Crosse, WI. January 1997.

“The Christmas Season and the WI Economy”. WIZM Radio news, La Crosse, WI. November 1996.

“Families With Uncertain Financial Futures”.  TV Channel 8 news, La Crosse, WI. November 1996.

“Alternative Strategies to the Minimum Wage for Assisting Low-Wage Workers".  La Crosse Talks WIZM Radio, La Crosse, WI. October 1996.

"The Effect of the Minimum Wage Increase on Non-Minimum Wage Workers".  La Crosse Talks WIZM Radio, La Crosse, WI.  October 1996.

"The Effect of W-2 on Non-W-2 Participants". La Crosse Talks WIZM Radio, La Crosse, WI.  August 1996.

“Women in the International Economy". La Crosse Friends of International Students, La Crosse, WI. March 1995.

            "Celebrating the Contributions of Women in the US Economy". Council of Independent Managers - La Crosse Chapter, La Crosse, WI. November 1994.

 

 

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