Jamie Slate, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of Economics
• Ph.D., Economics, University of Tennessee
• B.A., Economics, Christopher Newport University VA

Dr. Slate teaches economics and statistics for Catawba College and joined the faculty in January of 2002. His research focus is on economic education. He is a member of the Academy of Economics & Finance and serves on the editorial board of the Business Education Innovation Journal.

Teaching:
-Comparative Economics Systems, Microeconomics, International Economics
-Business & Economics Statistics, Business Data Analytics

Research Interests

-Economics & Society, Current Economic Trends, Economics Education 

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Education
PhD in Economics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1995
Graduate Study in Economics, Old Dominion University, VA, 1989-1990
BA in Economics, Christopher Newport University, VA, 1989
Academic Teaching Appointments, tenure-track or tenured
Associate Professor of Economics, Catawba College, NC since January 2002 (tenured)
Associate Professor of Economics, Concord University, WV Fall 2001
Associate Professor of Economics & Statistics, Reinhardt University, GA 1996-2000 (tenured)
Assistant Professor of Economics & Finance, Tennessee Wesleyan University, TN 1994-1996
Academic Teaching Appointments, adjunct
Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Maryland Global Campus, since 2011
Adjunct Instructor of Economics, Buena Vista University, IA since 2006
Adjunct Instructor of Economics, Troy University, 2000-2013
Academic Appointments in Administration
Associate Dean of External Affairs & Marketing, Business School, Catawba College, NC 2016-2018
Dean, Business School, Catawba College, NC 2010 & 2011 (two full calendar years January-December)
Economics Program Coordinator, Catawba College, NC 2001-2010
Vice Chair of the Faculty, Reinhardt University, GA 1998-2000 (elected by faculty vote)
Co-Chair of the Business School, Reinhardt University, GA 1998-2000

Other Appointments in Economics
Graduate Teaching Associate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1992-1994
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1991-1992
Graduate Assistant, Academic Advisor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1990-1991
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Old Dominion University, VA, 1989-1990
Economics Internship at James City County Department of Economic Development, VA, Jan-July 1989
Academic Committees
Chair, Academic Policies Committee, Catawba College, NC since 2019
Member, Academic Policies Committee, Catawba College, NC since 2018
Member, Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Finance, Catawba College, NC 2016-2017
Member Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Catawba College, NC 2016-2017
Member, Admissions Committee, Catawba College, NC 2014-2017
Member, Academic Policies Committee, Catawba College, NC 2013-2014
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on General Education Restructuring, Catawba College, NC 2010-2013
Chair, Search Committee, Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics, Catawba College, NC 2010-2011
Member, General Education Assessment and Review, Catawba College, NC 2009-2010
Member, Admissions Committee, Catawba College, NC 2008-2009
Member, Academic Policies Committee, Catawba College, NC 2006-2008
Member, Faculty Senate Subcommittee on Faculty Committee Restructuring, CC, NC 2005-2006
Member, Academic Planning and Budgeting, Catawba College, NC 2003-2006
Member, Instructional Support Committee, Catawba College, NC 2002-2003
Member, Instructional Resources Committee, Concord University, WV Fall 2001
Vice Chair of the Faculty, Reinhardt University, GA 1998-2000 (elected by faculty vote)
Member, Search Committee, VP of Academic Affairs, Reinhardt University, GA 1998-1999
Member, Curriculum Enhancement, Reinhardt University, GA 1997-1998
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Marketing, Tennessee Wesleyan University, TN 1995-1996
Chair, Library Acquisitions Committee, Tennessee Wesleyan University, TN 1995-1996
Member, Library Acquisitions Committee, Tennessee Wesleyan University, TN 1994-1996
Presentations and Publications
Explaining Theories of Rationality Via Classroom Experiment, Academy of Economics and Finance,
Annual Meeting, February 2020
Business School Accreditation and the Place of Economics, Academy of Economics and Finance, February
2012
Re-thinking Motivation: Self-Interest versus Others-Directed Models of Human Behavior, Co-Author with
Dr. Andrew Morris, and Dr. John C. Urbanski. Business Education Innovation Journal, Vol 2, No. 1, 2010
All Economics is Local, Rowan Magazine, Issue 2, Salisbury, NC May 2009
Overcoming Bad Management Theory: Rediscovering Moral Sentiments, with Drs. Andrew Morris, Jason
Hunt and John Zerger. Academy of Management, Annual Meeting, August 2006
Polanyi, Forms of Economic Integration and the Southern Appalachian Economy in the late 19th Century,
Academy of Economics and Finance, Annual Meeting, February 2005
A Mathematical Treatment of the Lamoreaux-Raff-Temin Hypothesis, Dr. John Zeger, Co-Author,
Academy of Economics and Finance, Annual Meeting, February 2004
Using the Multi-User Domain to Test the Assumptions of Economic Theory of Consumer Behavior,
Academy of Economics and Finance, Annual Meeting, 2003
The Statewide Development Credit Corporation in North Carolina, Academy of Economics and Finance,
Annual Meeting, February 2001
Mud-Character Behavior and Economic Theory, Journal of Virtual Environments, Vol. 5, No.1, 2000
Pigs-In-A-Box: Introducing Students to Game Theory, Georgia Academy of Economics and Finance,
Annual Meeting, March 1999
The Business Development Corporation of North Carolina, 1955-1981: A record of the first statewide
development credit organization in the South, doctoral dissertation, May 1995
Hazardous Materials Projections for EPA Region IV, 1992-1997, Research Assistant, EPA Funded Report
by the Energy, Environment and Resources Center of The University of Tennessee Knoxville, June 1991
James City County Industrial Site Directory, (author) James City County Department of Economic
Development, VA, 1989

Professional Service
Editorial Review Board, Business Education Innovation Journal, since 2013 (Economics)
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 2003-2005 (Economics)
Session Moderator, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2015 (Jacksonville, FL)
Session Moderator, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2012 (Charleston, SC)
Session Moderator, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2005 (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Session Moderator, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2004 (Biloxi, MS)
Session Moderator, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2001 (Biloxi, MS)
Paper Discussant, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2012 (Charleston, SC)
Paper Discussant, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2005 (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Paper Discussant, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2004 (Biloxi, MS)
Paper Discussant, Academy of Economics and Finance, February 2001 (Biloxi, MS)
Paper Discussant, Tennessee Economics Association, February 1995 (Nashville, TN)
Discipline Related Community Service
Allocation Panel Member, United Way Rowan County, NC 2016-2018
Public Speaker, Financial Crisis of 2008, several community engagements, NC 2008-2009
First UMC Lexington NC, Milford Hills UMC Salisbury NC, The Country Club of Salisbury NC,
Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Catawba College Young Republicans Club Salisbury, NC
Panel Member, Presidential Election 2008, Public Discussion, Catawba College, NC October 2008
Chair, Church Finance Committee, Milford Hills United Methodist Church, 2007-2009

Memberships
Academy of Economics & Finance, since 2001
American Economic Association, since 1994
Association for Evolutionary Economics, since 1994

Honors
J. Fred Holly Scholarship, Department of Economics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1992-1994
Alpha Chi National Honor Society, BA in Economics, Christopher Newport University, 1989
Magna Cum Laude, BA in Economics, Christopher Newport University, 1989
Omicron Delta Epsilon, The International Honor Society for Economics, Christopher Newport University,
1987-1989
Dean’s List, Christopher Newport University, Spring Semester of 1987 through Spring Semester of 1989