Jim Self

James K. Self, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Department of Economics
Wylie Hall 105
100 S. Woodlawn
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN 47405-7104
Email: James K. Self (jkself@indiana.edu)
Phone: (812) 855-7590

Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. through 12:00 p.m. (Noon) or by appointment.

Vitae

Research Statement

Teaching portfolio

Spring 2012 Teaching Schedule

E201 Introduction to Microeconomics

Section 15944, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:15am to 12:30pm.
For class information enrolled students click here: Oncourse CL, Syllabus click here

E202 Introduction to Macroeconomics

Section 15949, Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00pm to 2:15pm
For class information enrolled students click here: Oncourse CL, Syllabus click here

E362, Public Finance-Govenment Revenue

Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:15pm to 3:45pm
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I am a senior lecturer at Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana. I joined Indiana University in 2002 with my primary responsibilities centered on teaching undergraduate classes. I teach economic principles for both introductory microeconomics and/or macroeconomics for 4 sections of 200 to 350 students each. In addition, I manage about12 undergraduate interns and 4 to 5 graduate class assistants that assist with my courses. I also regularly teach a two-course sequence of advanced undergraduate public sector economics. I supervise and advise around 10 graduate students teaching their own section of microeconomic principles each year as the department's coordinator for microeconomic principles.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests are focused on exploring the efficacy of various pedagogical components of course design and overall program learning design. In particular, I am interested in developing new or modifying existing course components and then assessing those components’ impact on student achievement in the context of a particular course and/or program of study. In the same line, I am interested in program evaluation and development of more reliable assessment measures that are practical and informative to both administrators and instructors. In addition, I have interests in studying the efficiency of both taxation and asset markets. I have published articles in the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Education, and Journal of Business.

published Research PAPERS (Click title to see paper)

“The Distributional Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Recitation Sessions on Student Outcomes” with Kim Huynh and with David Jacho-Chávez, In 2010 JSM Proceedings, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 4406-4418

“The Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Recitation Sessions on Student Outcomes” with Kim Huynh and with David Jacho-Chávez, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 100 (May 2010): 287–291

“Teaching Microeconomics in Wonderland” with B. Peter Pashigian, Journal of Economic Education, Volume 38, Number 1, Winter 2007

“Asymmetric Stationarity in National Stock Market Indices: a MTAR Analysis” with Ike Mathur, Journal of Business, November issue (vol. 79, no. 6), 2006

WORKING PAPERS

“Who Does Collaborative Learning Help? The Pedagogical Efficacy of Student Learning through Collaborative Learning Sessions” with Kim Huynh and with David Jacho-Chávez

“GARCH Modeling of Market Returns Enhanced with Market Asymmetric Stationarity Proxies” (with Ike Mathur), a work in progress

““Dude, Who’s your CL Leader?” Characteristics of Effective Collaborative Learning Leaders” with Kim Huynh, a work in progress

This page most recently updated on January 10, 2012