Associate Professor Department of Economics @williamandmary
Williamsburg, VA
Joined December 2010
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A reminder to all newly minted #econhistory PhDs that the deadline to submit for the @EconHistAssoc Gerschenkron and Nevins dissertation prizes is May 31 (eh.net/dissertation-awards/). The committee looks forward to reading the great work of our newest colleagues.
Decided to update my teaching website as my last teaching-related act before sabbatical. It is my first update in a few years and maybe something on there will be useful to other #econhistory instructors or students on #EconTwitter. Here is what's new:
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I revised my econ history assignments to have students get their hands dirty working with primary sources at @SwemSCRC (figuratively, hands were well washed before handling documents). Cites for docs: tinyurl.com/3khpz6w7 tinyurl.com/sexd2wt6 tinyurl.com/278ez286
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Finally, I'm trying to keep up with tech, incorporating 3D models and AR into my Industrial Revolution lectures (and adding less useful 3D models skfb.ly/oQDIB and NFTs tinyurl.com/yc5z5xra of my beagle in other lectures).
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Awesome trip to Maine capped off by a not-so-awesome suspicious incident at Richmond International Airport (@Flack4RIC). Authorities still can’t say when we’ll be able to get to our car.
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One week left to submit dissertations for the @EconHistAssoc Gerschenkron and Nevins Prizes! See submission details here: bit.ly/nevins24. The committee looks forward to seeing what the next generation of econ historians have in store for us. #econhist
Daphne is rocking her @Eagles jersey and ready if needed on the Brotherly Shove; she's got a low center of gravity. Go Birds!
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Another semester of American Economic History, another chance to cover the history of money from cowrie shells to NFTs. Sadly, the Daphne NFTs created last year for the class (tinyurl.com/yh8dkfam) still prove to be a poor form of money.
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Daphne decided to dress as her hero hound, Smokey, for Halloween. Hope she made @UTSmokey_00 proud. #GoVols #GBO
Favorite class each semester: discussing the @EconHistAssoc meetings papers relevant to our course. Students are pumped about new research by @K_A_Eriksson, @NiemeshEcon, @evanrobertsnz, @rdahis, @EmilyNix100, @thejonrose, @zhao_yiling, @AlisonDoxey, @EzraKarger, and @peternka.
My history of money lectures got a bit off the rails this semester, culminating in a slide with Patrick Henry arguing the Parson's Cause case alongside @obj taking his salary in Bitcoin plus me promising the class an NFT collection. Promise delivered: tinyurl.com/38y72jhj
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Throwing some positivity out there as we digest course evals. This semester's accolade (from a student's referee report) goes to @mwanamak: "Without exaggeration bit.ly/3FqWRlq is one of the most compelling and well reasoned papers I have had the opportunity to read."
Great set of papers to close out NBER's Development of the American Economy Summer Institute today. @martha_j_bailey, @ThomasHelgerman, and @BryanAStuart get things started at noon: nber.org/conferences/si-2021…
Last question on my final asked students to discuss the paper they found most compelling this semester. Runaway favorite was @TrevonDLogan (cup.org/2Isq5Ih). As your prize, I will now get back to work on our projects.
