Dr. VanGilder comes to Ursinus from the chairperson position in economics at California State University-Bakersfield, having taught numerous courses in subfields of microeconomics. She joins the Business and Economics department, where she will teach courses in global economy, managerial economics, labor economics and race and gender. Dr. VanGilder studied under renowned labor economist Solomon Polachek at SUNY-Binghamton. Her research spans labor and higher education topics, as evidenced by several published articles in highly rated journals. Her passion, however, lies in teaching in a liberal arts setting, which is what drew her to Ursinus, and she looks forward to serving as a mentor for undergraduate research. Her teaching credentials are as impressive as her research endeavors. At SUNY-Binghamton she was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award.

•   Global Economics

•   Managerial Economics

•   Race and Gender in the American Economy

•   Environmental Economics

•   Labor Economics

Publications:

•  "Atrophy Rates in Male and Female occupations" (with John Robst), Economic Letters, October 2000, v.69, n3, pp. 407-417.

•  "Earnings Differentials in Bakersfield:  How do we fare?"  Kern Economic Journal, v2 n4, 2000.  reprinted as "Educated Male Hispanics Fare Well in Bakersfield"  Bakersfield Business Journal, February 26 - March 12, 2001, 10 issue 4, pp. 5.
•  "Perceptions of Female Faculty Treatment in Higher Education:  Which Institutions Treat Women Moe Fairly?"  (with John Robst and Solomon Polachek) on review with Economics of Education Review.

•  "Gender Differences in Reasons for Job Mobility Intentions in Higher Education" (with John Robst) on review with Research in Labor Economics

Work in Progress:

• "Research and Teaching Institutions:  How do Perceptions of Female Faculty Differ?" (with John Robst) submitted to Education Economics

• "Functional Impairments and the Choice of College Major" (with John Robst) presented at the Eastern Economic Association meetings February 21-23rd 2003 submitted to Industrial and labor Relations Review

• "The Relatedness of College Major and Employment:  The Case of Economics" (with John Robst) submitted to Journal of Economic Education (Revise and Resubmit offer)

• "Defense Wins Championships?  The Answer from the Gridiron" (with David Berri and Coby Vance) submitted to Eastern Economic Journal (rejected)

• "Determining Adult Employment Outcomes in the Presence of Childhood Sexual Abuse" presented at the Eastern Economic Association meetings February 2006, submitted to Applied Economics

Other Published Works:

• "Earnings Differentials in Bakersfield:  How do we fare?" Kern Economic Journal, v2 n4, 2000.  reprinted as "Educated Male Hispanics Fare Well in Bakersfield" Bakersfield Business Journal, February 26 - March 12, 2001, v10 issue 4, pp. 5.

• "Comparative College Enrollment Trends" Kern Economic Journal, v3 n1, 2001, pp.13.

• Minority Business Ownership in Kern County, Kern Economic Journal, v3 n1, 2002, pp.13.

Professional Work:

• Book Review on Intermediate Microeconomics by Andrew Schotter for Thompson Business and Professional Publishing.

• Book Review on The Economics of Poverty and Discrimination by Bradley Schiller for Prentice Hall Publishing.

• Book Review on Applied Microeconomics:  Theory in a Business Context for Thompson Business and Professional Publishing.

• National Science Foundation Grant Proposal Reviewer.

• Book Review on The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics for Eastern Economic Journal, Volume 30, Issue 1.

• Book Review on Microeconomic Concepts and Connections by Michael Wetzstein for Thomson South-Western.

• Book Review on Economics by Michael Leeds and Peter von Allmen for Addison Wesley.

• Book review on Microeconomics Sixth Edition by Roger Arnold for South-Western Thomson Learning.

• Referee for Contemporary Economic Policy.

• Referee for Economics of Education Review.

• Referee for Bulletin of Economic Research.

• Book Review on Intermediate Microeconomics for McGraw Hill-Irwin Publishers.

• Review of MyEconLab, Xtra! and HomeworkXpress for Southwestern Publishers.