Kirk D. Johnson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance

Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics

Goldey-Beacom College

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VITA

I. Name:

Kirk Douglas Johnson

Tenure:

Rank:

Assistant Professor

Cluster:

Accounting, Economics and Finance

Year Joined the Institution:

2004

Teaching Experience:

Assistant Professor (2004-present), Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington, Delaware

Assistant Professor (2002-2004), Department of Business Administration and Finance, Wesley College, Dover, Delaware

Instructor (2000-01), Visiting Assistant Professor (2002), Department of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Visiting Professor (1998-99), Department of Business Administration and Economics, Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa

Instructor (1990-92), Assistant Professor (1992-97), Department of Economics, Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan

Visiting Instructor [Replacement for medical leave personnel] (1990), Economics Program, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, Michigan

Teaching Assistant (1989), Department of Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Areas of Involvement (in teaching):

Goldey-Beacom College: Economics [Micro and Macro], Finance [Personal]

Wesley College: Economics [Micro, Macro, International Trade and Finance], Finance [M.B.A. level Managerial Finance]

Michigan State University: Economics [Micro, Macro, Intermediate Macro, History, Labor, Industrial Organization]

Northwestern College: Economics [Micro, Macro, Intermediate Micro, International, History of Thought], Business [Ethics], Finance [Corporate/Investments]

Olivet College: Economics [Micro, Macro, Intermediate Micro, Intermediate Macro, Advanced Macro, History, Labor, Money and Banking, History of Thought, Industrial Organization, Game Theory, Senior Seminar, Honors Thesis Chair], Finance [Corporate Finance and Investments], French [Introductory Language and Culture – Study Abroad Experience], General Education [World Civilization I and II]

Kellogg Community College: Economics [Micro]

Wayne State University: Economics [Macro]

II. Education Background (include fields of specialization)

Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, December 2001

Major Fields: History of Economic Thought and Economic History

Dissertation Title: The Roles of Property in the Works of Adam Smith

Advisor: Warren J. Samuels, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Professor Emeritus

M.A., Economics, Michigan State University, May 1996

Major Field: Econometrics

B.A., French, Mathematics and Economics, Olivet College and Université d’Haute Bretagne, May 1988

A.C.S.B.P. Ph.D.-level Finance Qualified – 2005

III. Prior Experience Not in Education

N.A. for the last five years

IV. Professional Certifications and Memberships (include offices held)

Memberships:

American Economic Association

History of Economics Society

European Society for the History of Economic Thought

Association for Evolutionary Economics

Association for Social Economics

Adam Smith Society

Certifications:

ACSBP Ph.D. level professional certification in Finance in addition to Economics

V. Recent Professional Meetings Attended (include dates)

American Economic Association Annual Meetings: 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1996

History of Economics Society Annual Meetings: 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

European Society for the History of Economics Annual Meetings: 2003, 2002

iEARN – International Education and Resource Network, Annual Meetings

Cairo, Egypt 2007

VI. Papers Presented (include dates)

“Power and Property in Smith’s Social System.” History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, 2002.

“The Roles of Property and the Individual in the Works of Adam Smith.” History of Economics Society, Annual Meetings, 2001.

“Voting Theories in the History of Economic Thought, Participation in the Systems of Keynes, Mill, and Smith.” History of Economic Thought and Methodology Seminar Series, Michigan State University, 1995.

“The Effects of Property Rights Changes Through Constitutional Reforms in Switzerland 1750 – 1900,” with James J. Etherton, Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Annual Meetings, 1993.

“A Taxonomic Approach to the Problems of Interpretation in the History of Economic Thought,” with G. Robert Butler, Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Annual Meetings, 1992.

VII. Publications

Books:

The Legal-Economic Nexus, co-author with James M. Buchanan (1986 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics), et. al. New York: Routledge (2007).

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, series co-editor, Research Annual Archival Materials, with J. Biddle, R. Emmit, and M. Johnson starting with the 2008 publications, currently in preparation. Elsevier.

Essays on the History of Economics, co-author with Henderson, Johnson and Samuels. New York: Routledge (2004).

Essays and Articles:

“The 8^th Duke of Argyll and a Possible Precursor to Stigler’s ‘Coase Theorem’” (with Steven Medema and W. Samuels). European Journal of Law and Economics (2007) forthcoming.

“Economics 1 and 2, 1929-30 Lectures in the Ph.D. Program at the University of Chicago” editor for publication in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, (2007) forthcoming.

“Material from Economics 1, Taught by Walter B. Smith, Williams College, Fall 1929” and “Material from Economics 2, Taught by Walter B. Smith, Williams College, Fall 1929” in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 24-B (2006): 3-108.

“The Duke of Argyll and Edwin L. Godkin as Precursors to Freidrich Hayek on the Relation of Ignorance to Policy, Part 4” with W. Samuels and M. Johnson, Storia del Pensiero Economico Vol. 2, No. 2 (2005).

“The Duke of Argyll and Edwin L. Godkin as Precursors to Freidrich Hayek on the Relation of Ignorance to Policy, Part 3” with W. Samuels and M. Johnson, Storia del Pensiero Economico Vol. 2, No. 1 (2005).

“Comparison of H.C. Simon’s 1933-34 and 1946 Lecture Notes taken by Gordon Tullock and Helen Hiett,” Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology

“H.C. Simon’s 1946 Lecture Notes taken by Helen Hiett” editor in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology

“The Duke of Argyll and Edwin L. Godkin as Precursors to Freidrich Hayek on the Relation of Ignorance to Policy, Part 2” with W. Samuels and M. Johnson, Storia del Pensiero Economico Vol. 1, No. 2 (2004): 37-68.

“The Duke of Argyll and Edwin L. Godkin as Precursors to Freidrich Hayek on the Relation of Ignorance to Policy, Part 1” with W. Samuels and M. Johnson, Storia del Pensiero Economico Vol. 1, No. 1 (2004): 5-35.

Chapters in Books:

“The Duke of Argyll and Henry George: Land Ownership and Governance” with W.J. Samuels and M. Johnson, in Henry George’s Legacy in Economic Thought, ed. John Laurent. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., (2005).

“What authors of history-of-economic-thought textbooks say about the history of economic thought” with W.J. Samuels and M. Johnson, in Essays on the History of Economics, Henderson, Johnson, Johnson and Samuels. New York: Routledge (2004).

“What we learn from the problem of recent economic thought” with W.J. Samuels and Marianne Johnson, in Essays on the History of Economics, Henderson, Johnson, Johnson, and Samuels. New York: Routledge (2004).

VIII. Other Research Activities

Current Research – Working Papers

“Price Theory Lectures at the University of Chicago” for publication in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology.

“Price Theory in Greater Chicago; Comparing Contemporaneously Delivered Lectures from the Universities of Chicago, Illinois at Chicago, and Northwestern University.” for publication in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology.

“Commentary on The University of Chicago, Economic Theory Lectures, 1929-1946.” for publication in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology.

“Property and Power in Adam Smith’s Social System,” conditionally accepted at Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

“Comparing the U.S. Histories of E.B. Andrews and G. Tucker,” with M. Johnson

“The development of property as incentive; an inquiry into the popular access to wealth and the early English Classical Political Economists.” Draft presented at University of Paris – Sorbonne.

IX. Consulting

N.A. for the last five years

X. Professional Growth Activities

Summer Institute for the Study of Economic Institutions

Hereford, England 2007

Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economic Thought

George Mason University 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002

Graduate level courses (15 credits) in Finance at Wilmington College and Goldey-Beacom College – including: Corporate Finance, International, Portfolio Theory, Investments, and Entrepreneurial, 2005

XI. Seminars, Training, Programs, etc., Conducted for Business and Industry

N.A. for the last five years

XII. Professional Presentations, Speeches, etc.

N.A. for the last five years

XIII. Institutional Services Performed

Committees:

Athletic (Chair), 2004-present

College Forum, 2005-06, 2007-present

Finance, 2005-present

Accreditation Subcommittee on Mission, 2005-06

Retention, 2006-present

Academic Honor Code, 2007-present

Non-Business Academic Program Development, 2006-07

N.C.A.A. Faculty Athletic Representative, 2004-present

Faculty Fellow – N.C.A.A. Division II, 2007

XIV. Recognition and Honors

Michigan State University, 2001 School of Business Commencement Ceremony, Faculty/Student Marshall – selected by graduates for significant contribution to their educational experience

XV. Professional Related Community Activities

N.C.A.A. – 2007 FARA Fellow – Faculty Fellow of the Faculty Athletic Representatives’ Association

Library Assistant Volunteer – Dover Public Schools