Professor, Economics
millimsr@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Teaching & Research Interests
- Natural Resource/Fisheries Economics
- Industrial Organization, Regulation and Public Policy
- Public Charter Schools/Education Reform in the United States
- African American Civil Liberties in 19th Century Indiana
- Economics Education at the Secondary and College Levels
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 1985
- Masters, Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 1979
- BA, Economics, University of California-Santa Cruz - 1977
Select Publications
- “Socioeconomic Portraits: Leveraging the Production Possibilities Frontier to Expand Coverage of Inequality and Economic History in Principles Classes,” with J. Kruggel, Journal of Economics Teaching, 2026 (forthcoming).
- “Racial Exclusion in the Antebellum North: An Analysis of Indiana’s 1851 Vote to Ban African American Immigration,” Social Science Quarterly, Volume 102(4), July 2021, 1255-1267.
- “Education Reform and School District Leadership: Did Initial Charter Penetration Influence Superintendent Salaries in Arizona?”, with R. Maranto and W. Wood, Atlantic Economic Journal, Volume 43(4), December 2015, 501-512.
- “Educational Renegades: Dissatisfied Teachers as Drivers of Charter School Formation,” with R. Maranto, Journal of School Choice, Volume 3(2), Spring 2009, 138-162.
- “Coping with Competition: The Impact of Charter Schooling on Public School Outreach in Arizona,” with F. Hess and R. Maranto, Policy Studies Journal, Volume 29(3), Fall 2001, 388-404
- “Desert Bloom: Arizona’s Free Market in Education,” with A. Gresham, F. Hess and R. Maranto, Phil Delta Kappan, Volume 81(10), June 2000, 751-757.
Awards and Recognitions
- JMU Roberts Faculty Excellence Award - 2026
- Distinguished Teacher Award, JMU College of Business - 2006
- Economics Faculty of the Year, JMU ODE Undergraduate Economics Club - 2005
- Best Practitioner Publication, JMU College of Business - 2000
- Teaching Innovation Award/Service Award, JMU College of Business (shared with 6 other team members who started COB 300) -1996
- Best Research Publication, JMU College of Business (shared with one other paper) -1994
- Dean's Graduate Faculty Award, JMU College of Business -1993
College of Business
Hours of operation:
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
