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Professor Wayne A. Grove received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree from American University’s School of International Service, and a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University. He studied abroad in Brazil in high school, in Spain in college, and did field work in Mexico in graduate school. After college, he worked in Senator Pete Dominici’s Washington, D.C. office. At Le Moyne, Professor Grove teaches introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics, the economics of public policy, American economics history, and introduced sports economics to the curriculum. He received Le Moyne’s Scholar of the Year Award in 2008 and has published widely in many areas of applied microeconomics in, for example, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Human Resources, Economic Inquiry, the Journal of Economic History and the Journal of Economic Education. Some of the topics of his research include the gender pay gap, the economic returns to higher education, determinants of labor market outcomes, retrospective voting, determinants of college student learning of economics, and economic history topics of technological change and labor markets. For fun, Professor Grove has completed the Green Lakes and Cazenovia triathalons, enjoys cycling around our lovely finger lakes and with his family playing tennis, cross country skiing and gardening.

 Office: Reilly Hall 336
E-mail: grovewa@lemoyne.edu
homepage: webserver.lemoyne.edu/~grovewa/

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Professor Harjit K. Arora received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.  Upon completion of Ph.D. Harjit went on to teach at the Wayne State University in Detroit.  Harjit Joined Le Moyne College in 1987.  She teaches Money, Credit and Banking, Macroeconomics and Global (International) Economics.  Harjit has introduced several new courses both in the undergraduate and graduate program at Le Moyne College.  Harjit is an active scholar and has published numerous papers in the scholarly journals.   Harjit is a recipient of Best Paper Award, at the “The International Business & Economics Research Conference.”  As a teacher, she has received “Teacher of the Year Award”, and was nominated for “Robert Casey Best Teacher of the Year” and “Excellence in Teaching MBA” Awards.

She has been invited to give Seminars on current Economic topics by the Corianthian Club and OASIS of Syracuse, NY.  She has also presented at Le Moyne College’s “Social Justice” Conferences.  She was also invited to talk with Syracuse Community in April 2008 in “Intelligent Conversation” series.

Financial planning is her passion.  Harjit is a frequent guest on “Financial Fitness” program hosted by Dan Pluff on WCNY.  She frequently appears on all local news channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PAX, Time Warner News 10) to discuss financial news.

Office: Reilly Hall 330
E-mail: arora@lemoyne.edu
homepage: webserver.lemoyne.edu/~arora/

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Professor Paul R. Blackley teaches courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization and Public Finance.  He received his Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University.  His research articles have been in the areas of the economic modeling of federal budget processes, urban and regional economics, and applied macroeconomics.  He has also coauthored a series of articles with Professor Shepard on the economic analysis of public policies concerning illegal drugs. In addition, Professor Blackley recently served as mentor for two Honors students in the writing of their Senior Honors theses.  These projects involved an assessment of the origins of the recent financial crisis and the policies pursued by the federal government to return the economy to a positive growth path.

Office: Reilly Hall 334
E-mail: black_p@lemoyne.edu
homepage: webserver.lemoyne.edu/~black_p/

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Professor Dixie M. Blackley received her Ph.D. in Economics from the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University.  She teaches Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Econometrics, the Economics of Poverty, and the Senior Seminar.  Some of her courses include a service-learning component.  For example, her Econometrics students have conducted empirical studies for on-campus clients (e.g., Admissions, Campus Ministry) and her Poverty students have volunteered with the Salvation Army as part of their class projects.  Dr. Blackley is faculty adviser for the Alpha Omega chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society in economics.  During summer orientation, she offers sessions on academic life at Le Moyne for incoming students and their parents.  Her research is in the area of housing economics, including residence location, homeownership and innovation in homebuilding.  In addition to her faculty position, Dr. Blackley is Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences and Assistant to the Provost for Student Learning Assessment.

Office: Reilly Hall 332
E-mail: black_d@lemoyne.edu

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Professor Edward (Ted) Shepardhas been at Le Moyne College since 1990 and was Chair of the Economics Department from 2000-2010.   He teaches Microeconomics (Principles and Intermediate), Labor Economics, the Economics of Crime and Punishment, and the Economics Seminar.  Professor Shepard’s main interest is engaging students, inside and outside of the classroom, to apply ‘economic reasoning’ to everyday life and to view economics as a way to gain insight into how the world works. His teaching and research interests are in areas of Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics, and Public Policy.  Professor Shepard has authored or co-authored papers in several areas of economic research, namely 1) use of innovative methods in housing construction, 2) effects of workplace practices on labor productivity (e.g. profit sharing contracts, flexible work hours, use of overtime hours), and 3) economics of drug policy (examples are drug testing and productivity, drug enforcement and crime, and the economic costs of the D.A.R.E. program). He has published papers in the Journal of Housing Economics, Industrial Relations, WorkingUSA, International Journal of Manpower, Social Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Drug Issues.  He was a co-author, with Professor Paul Blackley of a chapter on Crime and Drugs that appeared in the Handbook on the Economics of Crime. More recently, Professor Shepard has been conducting research on intellectual property rights and copyright issues that have arisen with the evolution of the popular music industry, the Internet, and the digital technology.  When he is not teaching or conducting research, Professor Shepard might be out looking for the best deal on some good or service, sampling Chinese food at Wegman’s or a local restaurant, or listening to rock and roll or folk music.  On the other hand, he might be out on the tennis court, cross-country skiing in the back woods, cycling around Madison County, or casting for bluefish off of Cape Cod, depending on the time of day, time of year, and all the relevant opportunity costs, naturally.

Office: Reilly Hall 335
E-mail: shepard@lemoyne.edu
homepage: webserver.lemoyne.edu/~shepard/