Southeast Missouri State University



REBECCA M. SUMMARY, Ph.D.

Professor and Chairperson

Department of Economics and Finance

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701

(573) 651-4526 (home)

(573) 651-2945 (work)

(573) 651-2947 (fax)

rsummary@semo.edu



ACADEMIC POSITIONS

|2003 to present |Chairperson, Department of Economics and Finance, Southeast Missouri State University |

|1990 to 2002 |Chairperson, Department of Economics, Southeast Missouri State University |

|1993 to present |Professor of Economics, Southeast Missouri State University; Member of Honors faculty and Graduate faculty. |

| |Assistant to the Provost, Southeast Missouri State University |

|1996-1998 | |

|1983 to 1993 |Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Economics, Southeast Missouri State University |

|1987-1989 |Curriculum Director, International Business Institute, Southeast Missouri State University |

EDUCATION

|1983 |Ph.D., Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |

|1976 |M.A., Economics, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois |

|1975 |B.S., with honors, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois |

PUBLICATIONS

|2006 |Kunz, David and Rebecca Summary. “Ten things to Consider before Developing or Teaching an Online Course,” Proceedings of the |

| |Academy of Finance, March, Chicago, Illinois. |

|2005 |Birk, Marcus, Arjun Kapur, Eric Wittenauer, Rebecca Summary and Bruce Domazlicky. “The Economic Impact of Licensed Child Care In |

| |Southeast Missouri,” The Journal of Economics, Volume 31, Number 2, pp. 61-76. |

| |Bruenig, Ian, Scott Kehlenbrink, Suzanne Long, Dana Zoellner, Rebecca Summary and Bruce Domazlicky, “The Economic Impact of Child |

|2005 |Care in Missouri,” Proceedings of the Society of Business, Industry and Economics, March. |

|1998 |Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "Effectiveness of the World Wide Web as an Instructional Tool," Mid-South Instructional |

| |Technology Conference Proceedings, April (electronic publication). |

|1998 |Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "Serving Your Constituents Via the World Wide Web," The Department Chair, Winter, pages 4-5. |

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|1997 |Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, “Creating a Course Homepage,” Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference Proceedings, April,|

| |pp. 107-116. |

|1995 |Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "The Political Economy of United States Foreign Direct Investment Abroad: An Empirical |

| |Analysis," Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Volume 34, Number 3, Summer, pp. 80-91. |

|1995 |Rebecca Summary, Computer Resources for Economists," Southeast Missouri State University. |

|1995 |Study Guide to Accompany International Economics (Parviz Asheghian), West Educational Publishing, January. |

|1994 |Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "The Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Developing Countries," Economic Development |

| |and Cultural Change, Volume 42, Number 4, July, pp. 817-828. |

|1992 |Rebecca Summary, book review of African Successes: Four Public Managers of Kenyan Rural Development, in Journal of Developing |

| |Areas, Volume 26, Number 4, July, 1992, pp. 550-551. |

|1989 |Judith France, Rebecca Summary and Nasser Vasegh-Daneshvary, "The Impact of Economic Education Courses on the Knowledge and |

| |Retention of Secondary and Primary School Teachers," The Journal of Economic Education, Volume 20, Number 4, Fall, pp. 346-354. |

|1989 |Rebecca M. Summary, "A Political-Economic Model of U.S. Bilateral Trade," The Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 71, |

| |Number 1, February, pp. 179-182. |

|1987 |Rebecca M. Summary, "Tourism's Contribution to the Economy of Kenya," Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 14, Number 4, pp. |

| |531-540. |

|1987 |Sandi Renegar, Becky Summary, Charles Bonwell and James Eison, "Mandatory Teaching Effectiveness Workshops: Lessons Learned the |

| |Hard Way," The Journal of Staff, Program and Development, Volume 5, Number 3, pp. 114-118. |

|1987 |James Eison, Charles Bonwell, Sandra Renegar and Rebecca Summary, Teaching Effectiveness Workshop Manual, Southeast Missouri State|

| |University, Center for Teaching and Learning, August. |

|1987 |Rebecca M. Summary, "Estimation of Tourism Demand by Multivariable Regression Analysis," Tourism Management, Volume 8, Number 4, |

| |pp. 317-322. |

|1986 |Rebecca M. Summary, The U.S. International Trade Deficit: Causes, Effects and Policy Options, abstracted by the Democratic Policy |

| |Commission, Regional Roundtable on the Industrial and Entrepreneurial Economy, February. |

|1985 |Rebecca M. Summary, "The Politics of U.S. Foreign Trade," Journal of the Southwestern Society of Economists, Volume 12, pp. |

| |321-326. |

|1985 |Judith France and Rebecca Summary, "The Impact of Comparable Worth Parity Wage on Twenty-six Southeast Missouri Counties," Journal|

| |of the Southwestern Society of Economists, Volume 12, pp. 171-176. |

|1982 |Jean Due and Rebecca Summary, "Constraints to Women and Development in Africa," The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 20, |

| |Number 1, pp. 155-166. |

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

2005 “The Global Poverty Gap,” Great Decisions Program, Southeast Missouri State University, April.

2005 “Enhancing Communication in Web Based Courses,” Southwestern Economic Association, New Orleans, March.

2003 “Issues in Valuing Fringe Benefits in Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Cases,” American Academy of Economics and Financial Experts, Las Vegas, April.

1998. "Effectiveness of the World Wide Web as an Instructional Tool in Introductory Economics," Southern Economic Association, Baltimore, November.

1998 "Using the World Wide Web in Higher Education," Country Store Technology Conference, Memphis, June.

|1998 |"Effectiveness of the World Wide Web as an Instructional Tool," Midsouth Instructional Technology Conference, Murphreesboro, TN, |

| |April. |

|1998 |Using Instructional Technology, Curriculum and Student Learning Conference, Southeast Missouri State University, April. |

| |"International Economic Relations," Great Decisions Program, Bootheel Education Center, Malden, April. |

|1998 | |

|1997 |"Creating a Course Homepage," Midsouth Instructional Technology Conference, April. |

|1997 |Presented World Wide Web course material at Computer Fair, Southeast Missouri State University, November. |

|1996 |"Pacific Rim Countries," Great Decisions Program, Bootheel Education Center, Malden, April. |

|1996 |"Pacific Rim Countries," Great Decisions Program, Southeast Missouri State University, March. |

|1994 |"Argentina, Brazil and Chile," Great Decisions Program, Dyersburg Community College, March. |

|1994 |"Argentina, Brazil and Chile," Great Decisions Program, Southeast Missouri State University, March. |

|1993 |"Enhancing Classroom Communication Using E-mail," MOREnet conference, Columbia, Missouri, March. |

|1992 |"The Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Developing Countries," Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April. |

|1991 |"The Political Economy of United States Foreign Direct Investment Abroad," Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April. |

|1991 |"An Evaluation of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation," Midwest Economics Association, St. Louis, April. |

|1989 |"Foreign Direct Investment and U.S. Foreign Policy," Midwest Economics Association, Cincinnati, March. |

|1989 |"The Impact of 1992 on U.S. Trade with Europe," Conference on Europe in 1992 sponsored by the Center for European Studies, |

| |Limburgh University and the Dutch School of Translation, Maastricht, The Netherlands, April. |

|1987 |"Mandatory Teaching Effectiveness Workshops," National Seminar on Successful College Teaching, Orlando, March. |

|1987 |"A Political/Economic Model of U.S. Foreign Trade," Midwest Economics Association, St. Louis, March. |

|1985 |"The Politics of U.S. Foreign Trade," Midwest Economics Association, Cincinnati, March. |

|1985 |"The Impact of Comparable Worth, Parity Wage on Twenty-six Southeast Missouri Counties," Southwest Society of Economists, New |

| |Orleans, March. |

|1983 |"Tourism's Contribution to the Economy of Kenya," African Studies Association, Boston, December. |

|1983 |"The Demand for Kenyan Tourism Services," Midwest Economics Association, St. Louis, April. |

SELECTED Workshops and Conferences Attended

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|2005 |Teaching Business Ethics, Boulder, Colorado, June. |

|2001 |Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, July. |

|2001 |American Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January. |

|2000 |American Economic Association Annual Meeting, New York City, January. |

|1998 |American Council On Education, Chair and Deans Workshop, Southeast Missouri State University, July. |

|1998 |Workshop on Assessment, John Gardner, Southeast Missouri State University, March 13. |

|1997 |"Arbitration: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly," sponsored by Gateway Chapter, Industrial Relations Research Association and |

| |National Academy of Arbitrators, SIU-Edwardsville, May 8. |

|1997 |Satellite workshop on Distance Learning, February 11, 18 and 23, Southeast Missouri State University. |

|1997 |AACSB teleconference on use of portfolios, February 20, Southeast Missouri State University |

|1995 |Judge at Future Business Leaders of America District 15 Conference, Scott City, MO, February 25. |

|1995 |Facilitator at workshop on teaching portfolios, Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, Southeast Missouri State, |

| |April 10. |

|1995 |In conjunction with West Publishers, organized satellite teaching conference for economics department at Southeast. |

|1993 |Discipline and Discharge Workshop, American Arbitration Association, St. Louis, Missouri |

| |Strategic Planning Workshop, American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, January, Houston, Texas. |

|1993 | |

|1991 |American Council on Education-National Identification Program Workshop, September, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. |

|1989 |Collective Bargaining Conference, American Arbitration Association, Memphis, Tennessee. |

|1989 |Issues in Labor Arbitration, American Arbitration Association, December, 1989, St. Louis, Missouri |

|1987 |National Coal Arbitration Conference, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Louisville, Kentucky |

|1987 |Internationalizing the Business Curriculum, sponsored by the American Association of State College and Universities, |

| |Orlando, Florida. |

|1984 |Staff member at weeklong teacher training workshop, Joint Council on Economic Education, St. Louis, Missouri. |

|1983 |National Teacher Training Workshop (staff training), Joint Council on Economic Education, Boulder, Colorado. |

|1981 |National Teacher Training Workshop, Joint Council on Economic Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. |

SELECTED MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND GUEST LECTURES

|2005 |Scott Moyers, Southeast Missourian, Gas Prices, August 18. |

|2004 |Tony Rehagen, Southeast Missourian, Gas prices, May 6. |

|2002 |Scott Moyers, Southeast Missourian, Christmas shopping season, November 20. |

|2002 |Tod Binaki, KZIM Radio, Federal Reserve Policy, June 26. |

|2001 |Eric Stock, KZIM Radio, Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, November 5. |

|2001 |Lisa Crane, KFVS TV, decline in stock market and impact on 401ks, September 24. |

|2001 |Lisa Crane, KFVS TV, economic impact of Twin Towers bombing, September 19. |

|2001 |Tod Binaki, KZIM Radio, recent GDP figures, August 29 |

|2001 |Tod Binaki, KZIM Radio, interest rate cuts and the economy, April 19 |

|1998 |Steve Correll, KRCU Talking Business, international trade, February 27. |

|1997 |Peggy Scott, Southeast Missourian, computing inflation, December 9. |

|1997 |KRCU Going Public, "Labor day and the history of the labor movement in the United States," August 31. |

|1997 |Michael Wells, Southeast Missourian, the impact of increases in the minimum wage, February 2. |

|1996 |Mark Bliss, Southeast Missourian, changes in the consumer price index on December 5. |

|1996 |Brad Palmer, KZIM radio, the increase in the federal minimum wage, March 6. |

|1996 |Carol Keeler, Talk of Cape, KZIM radio, changes in the consumer price index on December 16. |

|1995 |Carol Keeler, KZIM radio, the international value of the United States dollar, March 9. |

|1995 |Brad Palmer, KZIM radio, the local economy, February 9. |

|1994 |Mike Shane, KFVS TV, interest rates, April 18. |

|1994 |Brad Palmer, KZIM radio, .S.-Japan trade, January 16. |

|1994 |Heneisan, Southeast Missourian, mortgage interest rates, January 12. |

|1993 |Guest speaker for Eldercare, on The Economies of Africa, June 23, 1993. |

|1993 |Guest speaker in Dr. Tom Harte's class, The Modern Presidency, April 28. |

|1993 |Guest speaker in Dr. Chris Frazier's Women's Studies Course, Transforming the Female Experience, March 3. |

|1993 |Talk of Cape, KZIM with Carol Keeler, Talk of Cape, subject was Clinton's Economic Package, February 18. |

|1993 |Susana Baylon, KFVS TV, the impact of the Family Leave Bill, February 5, 1993. |

|1993 |KFVS TV commentary with Jennifer Johnson on Clinton's Economic Package, February 17. |

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

|2001 |Executive of the Year, Girardot Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals |

|1992-2003 |Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce |

|1992-present |Associate Editor, Annals of Tourism Research |

|1992-2000 |Labor arbitration internship, Gerald Cohen, Esq., National Academy of Arbitrators |

|1998-2001 |Board of Directors and Treasurer, Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge |

|1998-2001 |Board of Directors and Treasurer, Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge |

|1996-2000 |Member of Investment Advisory Review Committee for Office of the Missouri State Treasurer. |

|1986-present |Regularly review articles for Review of Economics and Statistics, Annals of Tourism Research, Social Science Quarterly,|

| |Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Developing Areas. |

| |Funding for Results Grant, $9,600, "Internet Enhanced Instruction in Economics Courses, Phase Two," Southeast Missouri |

|1997 |State University |

|1996 |Funding for Results Grant, $12,800, "Internet Enhanced Instruction in Economics Courses, Phase One," Southeast Missouri|

| |State University. |

|1993 |Participant in Greater Missouri, a leadership development program for women. |

|1987 |Outstanding Young Educator of the Year, Cape Girardeau Jaycees |

CONSULTING

1999- present Forensic Economist, lost earnings, life care plans, business valuation

SELECTED UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES

|2000 – 2004 |Member, Graduate Council |

|1996 - 1998 |Chair of University Sabbatical Leave Committee |

|1996 - 1998 |Chair of University Funding For Results Team |

|1994 - 1997 |Member, University Promotion Committee |

|1994 |Member, University Budget Review Committee |

|1992 |Member, University Planning Committee |

|1989 - 1994 |Chairperson, University Studies Curriculum Committee |

|1993 - 1994 |Moderator of Chairpersons' forum |

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Economic Association

National Association of Forensic Economists

American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts

Missouri Valley Economics Association

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