About the Workshop

The Gus A. Stavros Centers for Economic Education of Florida State University and the University of South Florida invite you to participate in the Fifth annual workshop on the teaching of introductory economics at the college and high school levels. This extraordinary workshop will feature three of the nation’s most creative and successful instructors of college-level economics: Burt Folsom of Hillsdale College, Gail Hoyt of the University of Kentucky, and Dwight Lee of Southern Methodist University. This year, the Friday workshop will be preceded by a Thursday afternoon session for A/P teachers and anyone who may be interested, to be led by James Chasey, who is a long-time grader for the A/P exam and one of the most successful teachers of the course. The conference registration fee of $60 includes the Thursday evening welcome reception, Friday lunch, and refreshment breaks. Registration this year will be limited to 50. Register early to assure a spot.

Hotel Information

If you need hotel accommodations, we recommend Embassy Suites at 3705 Spectrum Blvd., which is located near the USF Stavros Center. For reservations: www.embassysuitesusf.com or (813) 977-7066. The room rate will be $159 single king and $169 for a double. In order to assure these rates, you must make your reservations by January 6 and let the hotel reservations department know you are attending the Stavros Center workshop.

Additional Information

If you would like additional information, contact Joe Calhoun (Phone: 850-644-4772; jcalhoun@fsu.edu)

Workshop Schedule

Thursday, February 5: The special A/P session will be held from 4:30 to 6:45 PM, followed by a welcoming reception from 7 to 9 PM.

Friday, February 6:

About the Session Leaders

Gail Hoyt is a professor of economics at the University of Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kentucky in 1992 and was an assistant professor at the University of Richmond from 1992 until returning to Kentucky in 1994. She teaches a wide range of courses, many in a large section setting, and has had over 15,000 students since 1992. She serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies and the teaching assistant coordinator for principles courses, providing teacher training to graduate students who teach economics. Gail has won various teaching awards and in 2005 was selected as one of the “Great Teachers in Economics,” by the Florida State University Gus A. Stavros Center for Economic Education. Her publications are in the area of substance use and the labor market as well as economic education. Recent works emphasize pedagogy in large lecture settings and graduate student training in economics doctoral programs. She also assists with the training of economics teachers through the Teaching Innovation Program of the American Economics Association. She was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the Southern Economic Association.

Dwight R. Lee received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 1972. Since that time he has had full-time tenured faculty appointments at the University of Colorado, Virginia Tech University, George Mason University, and the University of Georgia where he was the Ramsey Professor of Economics and Private Enterprise from 1985-2008. He is currently the William J. O’Neil Professor of Global Markets and Freedom at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Professor Lee's research has covered a variety of areas including the Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources, the Economics of Political Decision Making, Public Finance, Law and Economics, and Labor Economics. During his career Professor Lee has published over 130 articles in academic journals and more than 240 articles and commentaries in magazines and newspapers. He has also coauthored 11 books and edited three others. He has lectured at universities and conferences throughout the United States as well as in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. He has been president of both the Association of Private Enterprise Education (1994-95) and the Southern Economic Association (1997-98).

Burton Folsom is the Charles Kline professor of history and management at Hillsdale College in Michigan. He is also senior historian at the Foundation for Economic Education, in Irvington, N. Y. Folsom received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh and has taught at the University of Nebraska, Murray State University, and Northwood University before joining Hillsdale College in 2003. He has also been a senior fellow at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan. Professor Folsom has written six books, including The Myth of the Robber Barons, published by Young America’s Foundation, now in its fifth edition. His latest book is New Deal or Raw Deal: How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America (Simon & Schuster, 2008). He has written articles for the Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, Policy Review, and the Christian Science Monitor. He is a columnist on economic history for The Freeman.

James Chasey received his BA from Purdue University, his MA from the University of Illinois, and studied in the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago as the Christa McAuliffe Fellow for the State of Illinois. He taught economics in high school from 1969-2002, including A/P Economics from 1995-2002. He is a table leader and grader for the A/P examination and continues to lead workshops and teach economics on a part-time basis. He has written numerous works specifically for use in the teaching of Advanced Placement Economics, including the Advanced Placement portion of the Instructors Manual for Economics: Private and Public Choice, by Gwartney, Stroup, Sobel, and Macpherson.