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2009 Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching AwardsThe Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award from the Southern Economic Association annually honors one or more faculty members for outstanding contributions to economics education. Nominations for the 2010 awards will be solicited from economics department heads, from each institution in the southern part of the United States, in the spring of 2010. Nominees who are not selected are automatically placed in the pool of nominees for the subsequent year for a period of three years.Ken Elzinga, Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia,--first recipient of the Cavaliers’ Distinguished Teaching Professorship--is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished, effective, and influential educators in the economics profession during a distinguished teaching and research career at the University of Virginia, that has spanned over 35 years. Ken is creative and versatile in the classroom sharing his thoughts effectively with large groups of students studying the principles of economics, and using the Socratic Method, when working with students in a more advanced setting. He is a pioneer in the use of literature to explore economic reasoning which led to his writing murder mysteries that can be solved by careful economic analysis. Ken’s style of instruction and commitment to helping students develop an understanding of and appreciation for economic reasoning and insights serve as an inspiration for economic educators, so it is fitting for exemplary economic educators to be honored with an award in his name. The winner for 2009 is:
The winner was announced at the 2009 meeting of the Southern Economic Association in San Antonio, TX on Sunday, November 22, and was awarded a plaque and a cash award. Citation for the 2009 recipientKimMarie McGoldrickDr. McGoldrick is a highly innovative teacher of economics and a pioneer in the integration of service learning into economic education. She has developed numerous activities that promote student involvement in the local community and enhances thier understanding of basic economic concepts. Her classes highlight the power and usefulness of economic tools and teach sudents how to apply them in productive and worthwhile ways. Dr. McGoldrick is a leader among those promoting the use of innovative teaching techniques throughout the economics profession. During the past decade, she has organized (or co-organized) eleven economic education workshops. She serves on the American Economic Association’s Committee on Economic Education. She is a major contributor to the NSF-funded Teaching Innovations Program, in which she serves as workshop coordinator and directs the cooperative learning module. She is the co-principal investigator of the NSF funded project, Starting Point Economics which is developing a website that will introduce economists to teaching innovations, make it easy for instructors to share their ideas with others, and provide them with the tools to begin integrating and assessing innovations in their own classrooms. She has made numerous, significant contributions to the economic education literature and was the recipient of the 2009 Henry H. Villard Research Award, which recognizes outstanding research contributions in economic education. We applaud the achievements of Dr. McGoldrick and express our appreciation for her wide-ranging contributions that have elevated the teaching of economics.
Past Recipients2008 Julie Heath (The University of Memphis) 2007 Richard J. Cebula (Atlantic Armstrong State University) 2006 Sheryl Ball
(Virginia Tech) 2005 Steven L.
Cobb (University of North Texas) 2004 Thomas
J. Nechyba (Duke University) 2002 William
Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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