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Department of Economics
Washington College
Chestertown, MD 21620 ahelms2@washcoll.edu
www.andrewhelms.com
(410) 778-8983
EDUCATION
University of Illinois 1995 - 2002
DEGREES : Ph.D. (2002) and M.S. (1997) in Economics
FIELDS : Urban and public economics ; microeconomics
GPA : 3.7 / 4.0
AWARDS : Boltz Fellowship : the Department’s sole fellowship, awarded to one incoming Ph.D. student
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Doctoral Dissertation Grant :
awarded to 30 graduate students nationwide to support one year of dissertation research
DISSERTATION : “The Economics of Housing Renovation”
nominated for best doctoral dissertation, American Real Estate & Urban Economics Assoc.
State University of New York at Binghamton 1991 - 1995
DEGREE : B.S. (1995) with high honors in Economics ; minors in Mathematics and Russian
GPA : 3.7 / 4.0
AWARD : Gitlitz Scholarship : the college’s top merit scholarship, awarded to one incoming student
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor
Washington College, Department of Economics 2008 - present
COURSES : Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Urban Economics
Mathematical Economics
Visiting Assistant Professor
State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Economics 2007 - 2008
Temporary Assistant Professor
University of Georgia, Department of Economics 2002 - 2005
Graduate Lecturer
University of Illinois, Department of Economics 1997 - 2002
AWARDS : University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching : the University’s highest teaching award
College of Commerce Teaching Award : the College’s highest teaching award
Demarest Teaching Award : the Department’s highest teaching award
PUBLISHED RESEARCH
“Understanding Gentrification : An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Urban Housing Renovation”
Published in Journal of Urban Economics (volume 54, issue 3), Nov. 2003. | full text (pdf)
“Keeping Up with the Joneses : Neighborhood Effects in Housing Renovation”
Published in Regional Science and Urban Economics (volume 42, issue 2), Jan. 2012. | full text (pdf)
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
“An Undergraduate Exposition of Krugman’s ‘Core-Periphery’ Model”
Plan to complete and submit to Journal of Economic Education in spring 2012.
October 2011
