GEORGE C. GEORGIOU, Ph.D.


 

Address:        9509 Linden Avenue                                                                                               

                        Bethesda, MD  20814                                                                                             

Phone:            (301) 897-8902 (home)                                                                                           

                        (410) 704-2145 (office)

                        (443) 386-8562 (mobile)

                        (410) 704-3424 (fax)

E-Mail:            ggeorgiou@towson.edu

Website:  http://www.towson.edu/~georgiou/   

 

ACADEMIC TRAINING:

 

            The George Washington University, Ph.D., Economics, 1979

            Areas of Concentration:  International Economics, Economic Development

            Doctoral Dissertation:  "Alternative Trade Strategies and                                                           Employment in Cyprus"

 

            The George Washington University, M.Ph., Economics, 1978

 

            Fulbright Scholar, 1969-1973

 

            Drew University, B.A., Economics, 1973

            With Specialized Honors in Economics

            Thesis:  "Oil and State in the Middle East:  A Study in Economic and Political Controversy"

 

            University of Brussels, Institute for European Studies, 1972

            Course of Study:  European Economic Integration

 

            London School of Economics and the Royal Commonwealth Society, 1971

            Course of Study:  British Political Economy

 

ADMINISTRATION:

 

            Chairman, Department of Economics

            Towson University

            Since September 1995

 

Member of the College of Business and Economics Management Committee

Towson University

Since September 1995

 

            Director, Towson University Center for Economic Education

            January 1982 to December 2004

 

            Co-Chair of the Council of Chairpersons

            Towson University

            May 1996 to August 2001

           

Member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Economic Studies Institute (RESI)

Towson University

Since 1999

 

Member of the Faculty Council (CUSF) of the University System of Maryland (USM)

            Sept. 1997 to Aug. 2000

 

Member of the Faculty Advisory Council (FAC) of the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)

            Sept. 1997 to Aug. 2000

 

            Chair, University Promotions and Tenure Committee

            Towson University

            1987-95

 

            Chair, University Research and Development Committee

            Towson University

            1983-87

 

TEACHING:

 

            Professor and Chairman, Department of Economics

            Towson University – University System of Maryland

            Since September, 1980

            (Tenure 1986, Full Professor 1991, Chairman since 1995)

           

            Adjunct Professor of Economics

            University of Maryland University College

             1990 to 2004

           

            Professorial Lecturer in Economics and International Affairs

            The George Washington University

            1978 to 1997

           

            Professor of Economics  (GS-110, Grade 15, Step 10)

            Industrial College of the Armed Forces

            National Defense University

            U.S. Department of the Army

            Washington, D.C.

            August 1990 to August 1991

 

            Assistant Professor of Economics

            St. Mary's College of Maryland


            August 1979 to May 1980

 

            Visiting Lecturer in Business

            Marymount University of Virginia

            September 1977 to May 1978

 


            Teaching Fellow

            The George Washington University

            January 1977 to May 1978

 

            Courses taught:     Principles of Microeconomics

                                                Principles of Macroeconomics

                                                Macroeconomic Theory

                                                Price Theory

                                                Survey of Microeconomics (graduate)

                                                Survey of Macroeconomics (graduate)

                                                Money and Banking

                                                International Economics

                                                International Monetary Theory and Policy

                                                Comparative Economic Systems

                                                Economics for Educators

                                                Energy Economics

                                                Multinational Financial Management (graduate)

                                                International Trade Policy (graduate)

                                                International Financial Management (graduate)

Managing in a Competitive International Environment (graduate)

                                                Economics in a Global Context (graduate)                       

                                                           

RESEARCH:

 

            Area of Research: International Trade and Finance Policy (particular expertise in the areas of trade competitiveness and U.S. comparative advantage, international resource flows and mobility, foreign direct investment and unfair trade practices of major U.S. trade partners); Energy Resources and National Energy Policy (particular expertise in the areas of petroleum and OPEC); Regional Economic Analysis and Policies (particular expertise in Middle East and Persian Gulf development, Latin American Economic Integration, and European Economic Integration), and Regional Economic Development.  Most recent research has been in the area of Economics of Education, having served as the leading investigator in a multi-year study of the effects of integrating economics into the curriculum on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) economics outcome scores; and, the role of the Economics discipline as it relates to undergraduate programs, particularly those with business programs.

           

            Visiting Scholar

            Department of Economics

            The George Washington University

            Research Topic: North American Free Trade Agreement

            May 1993 to January 1994

 

            Visiting Scholar

            Inter-American Development Bank

            Research Topic:  U.S.-Latin American Trade Flows

            January 1987 to August 1987

 

            Senior Energy Economist

            Office of Energy Programs

            George Washington University

            Research Topic: Utility Rate Structure, Thermal Energy Storage and Electric Utility Load Management

            June 1979 to September 1982

 

            Economics Research Associate

            Standard of Living Project

            The George Washington University

            Research Topic: Classifications of Poverty in the U.S.

            July 1976 to June 1977

 

            Economics Research Fellow

            Navy Manpower Project

            The George Washington University

            Research Topic: Factors Affecting Reenlistment Rates for the U.S. Navy

            September 1974 to May 1976

 

            Economics Research Assistant

            Marine Corps Manpower Project

            The George Washington University

            Research Topic: Factors Affecting Reenlistment Rates for the U.S. Marine Corps

            September 1973 to August 1974

 

 

 

ECONOMIC CONSULTANT AND EXPERT WITNESS:

 

            Law Offices of McKenna & Cuneo

            1575 Eye Street, N.W.

            Washington, D.C. 20005

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Economics and Business: David vs. Goliath at Undergraduate Business Schools,” Proceedings of The 2005 International Applied Business Research Conference and The 2005 College Teaching & Learning Conference, March 14-18, 2005. ISSN 1539-8757.

 

“Integrating Economics in the K-12 Curriculum,” International Business & Economics Research Journal.  Volume 2, Number 6, June 2003, Western Academic Press, Inc.

 

“Pre-College Economics Instruction and Outcome Scores,” Journal of Business and Economic Studies. Spring 2003, Volume 9, Issue 1, The Northeast Business & Economics Association.

 

"Economics in the Pre-College Curriculum," International Advances in Economic Research, Volume 2, Number 1, February 1996, International Atlantic Economic Association.

           

"U.S. Energy Security and Policy Options for the 1990's," Energy Policy, Volume 21, Number 8, August 1993, Oxford, UK.

 

"Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.," The World Economy, Vol. 15, No. 6, November 1992, Oxford, UK & Cambridge, USA.

           

"The Persian Gulf Crisis and the Future of OPEC," Mediterranean Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 1992, Duke University Press.

 

            "Oil Market Instability and a New OPEC," INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY: A READER (Edited by Philip King) McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York, 1990.

 

"U.S.-Latin American Trade Flows: 1967-1985," (revised) co-authored with Francisco Thoumi,  Journal of Economic Development, Volume 15, Number 2, December 1990.

 

            "Changing Pattern of U.S.-Latin American Trade," Atlantic Economic Journal, Volume XVII, Number 3, September 1989.

 

            "U.S.-Latin American Trade Flows: 1967-1985," co-authored with Francisco Thoumi, Journal of International Economic Integration, Volume 4, Number 2, Autumn 1989.

 

            "Corrientes Commerciales entre Estados y America Latina: 1967-1985," co-authored with Francisco Thoumi, Integracion Latinoamericana, Volume 14, Number 141, April, 1989.

 

            "The Resurgence of OPEC," Syllogisms, Council on Economic Education, Towson, MD, Winter 1987-88.

 

            "Oil Market Instability and the New OPEC," World Policy Journal, Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 1987, NY.

 

            "The World Oil Crisis," Towson State University Lecture Series, Faculty Development Program, Volume IV, 1986.

 

            Personal Economics:  One Semester-Elective, Cecil County Public School System, Cecil County, MD, 1986.

 

            "The Energy Crisis:  Phase II," Syllogisms, Council on Economic Education, Towson, MD, Spring. 1984.

 

            Economics:  One-Semester Elective, Cecil County Public School System, Cecil County, MD, January 1984.

 

            "The Techno-Socio-Economics of Distributed Thermal Energy As A Part of Load Management," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963; Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, September 1982.

 

            "Alternative Trade Strategies and Employment in Cyprus," Journal of Economic Development, Volume 6, Number 2, December 1981.

 

            "Effects of Distributed Thermal Energy Storage on Electric Utility Load Management:  A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Potomac Electric Power Company," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, September 1982.

 

            "Effects of Distributed Thermal Energy Storage on Electric Utility Load Management:  A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Green Mountain Power Corporation," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, August 1982.

 

            "Effects of Distributed Thermal Energy Storage on Electric Utility Load Management:  A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Virginia Electric Power Company," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, July 1982.

 

            "Utility Rate Structures and Distributed Thermal Energy Storage:  An Empirical Cost-Benefit Analysis.  A Summary Report of Six Case Studies," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, January 1981.

 

            "Utility Rate Structures and Distributed Thermal Energy Storage:  An Empirical Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Virginia Electric Power Company," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, December 1980.

 

            "Utility Rate Structures and Distributed Thermal Energy Storage:  An Empirical Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Potomac Electric Power Company," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, November 1980.

 

            "Utility Rate Structures and Distributed Thermal Energy Storage:  An Empirical Cost-Benefit Analysis of Gulf Power Company," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, November 1980.

 

            "Utility Rate Structures and Distributed Thermal Energy Storage:  An Empirical Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Pennsylvania Electric Company," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, December 1980.

 

            "Utility Rate Structures and Distributed Thermal Energy Storage:  An Empirical Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Green Mountain Power Corporation," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, December 1980.

 

            "Utility Rate Structures and Distributed Thermal Energy Storage:  An Empirical Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company," prepared under DOE contract #DEAC-0178-ET26963, Office of Energy Programs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, November 1980.                                                                       

 

            "Substitution of Civilian for Naval Manpower and Interrupted      Enlistment Options," Serial 1261, 6 October 1975, prepared under a grant from the Office of Naval Research, Department of Economics, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. (Co-author Charles T. Stewart, Jr.)

 

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS:

 

“2006 Economic Outlook,” presented at the Turnaround Management Association and the Commercial Finance Association meetings, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, April12, 2006.

 

“What the Turnaround Community  Should Expect over the Next 18 Months,”  presented at the Turnaround Management Association meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, September 14, 2005.

 

Economics and Business:  David vs. Goliath at Undergraduate Business Schools,” at the 2005 College Teaching & Learning Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, March 14-18-2005.  Recipient of the Best Paper Award.

 

“2004 Economic Trends,” Baltimore County Public Schools, Social Studies Conference, August 25, 2004. 

 

“The Role of Economics in Undergraduate Business Schools,” at the 57th International Atlantic Economic Society Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, March 11, 2004.

 

“Issues in International Finance,” University of Maryland University College Doctoral Management Program, College Park, Maryland, February 28, 2004.

 

“U.S. Economic Activity” presented at the Social Sciences Chairpersons’ Conference,” Baltimore County, Maryland, September 24, 2003.

 

“Integrating Economics in the K-12 Curriculum,” presented and published in the Conference Proceedings of the 2003 International Applied Business Research Conference (Recipient of the Best Paper Award), Acapulco, Mexico, March 17-21, 2003.

           

“The State of the Economy,” presented at the Maryland Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Baltimore County, Maryland, October 18, 2002.

 

“Pre-College Economics and Outcome Scores: 1992-2000,” presented at the National Council on Economic Education Annual Conference, San Diego, October 9-13, 2002.

 

“Non-Majors Education from the Perspective of Chairs and Deans,” presented at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Boston, MA, March 15-17, 2002.

 

“The Plight of the Economics Major in Undergraduate Business Schools,” presented and published in the Conference Proceedings of the 2001 International Business Education & Technology Association, Cancun, Mexico, March 14-21, 2001.

 

“Pre-College Economics and Outcome Scores,” presented and published in the Conference Proceedings of the International Applied Business and Research Association, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, March 13-17, 2000.

           

“A Chairman’s Perspective on Non-Majors Education,” presented at the Eastern Economic Association annual meetings, Crystal City, Virginia, March 24-26, 2000.

 

"Economics Instruction and Outcome Scores," presented at the Eastern Economic Association annual meetings, Boston, March     11-14, 1999.

           

            "The One-Semester Introductory Economics Course: Opportunities and risks," presented at the Eastern Economic Association annual meetings, Boston, March 11-14, 1999.

           

Effect of Integration of Economics in the Curriculum on Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) Economics Outcome Scores: 1992-1997, Working Paper, Council on Economic Education in Maryland, Towson University, 1998.

 

"Economics for Non-Majors," presented at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings, New York, February 27-March 1,    1998.

 

            "Gaining Broader Acceptance of the Economics Principles Course n Non-Majors Education: A Case Study," presented at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Crystal City, Virginia, April 1997.

 

"Economics in the Pre-College Curriculum," presented at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Crystal City, Virginia, April 1997.    

 

Effect of Integrating Economics in the Curriculum and Participation in the Stock Market Game (SMG) on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) Economics Outcome Scores for Base Year 1992, 1994 and 1995, Working Paper, Council on Economic Education in Maryland, Towson University, 1996.

 

            "Effect of Integrating Economics in the Curriculum   and Participation in the Stock

            Market Game (SMG) on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program

            (MSPAP) Economics Outcome Scores for Base Year 1992 and 1994," presented

            at the   International Atlantic Economic Association Conference, October 8-11,

            1995, Williamsburg, Virginia.         

           

"Economics and the Environment: The Basic Economic Concepts Applied to Current Environmental Issues for Grades 2-3," a Teachers' Guide with Lesson Plans and Activities, Towson Center for Economic Education, 1994.

 

            "The U.S. in a World Economy," International Marketskills Program, Towson University, March, 1994

 

            "Effect of the Level of Integration of Economics in the Curriculum and the Level of Participation in the Stock Market Game on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) Economics Outcome Scores for Base Year 1992," the first of a multi-year study, Towson Center for Economic Education, 1994.

 

            "International Trade and the Balance of Payments," Federal Reserve System Conference, Baltimore Branch of the District Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore, May 3, 1990.

 

            "World Oil Situation and U.S. Energy Security," presented at the 27th Annual International Atlantic Economic Conference, Barcelona, Spain, March 18-24, 1989.

 

            "U.S. Energy Security and Policy Options for the 1990's," presented at the Fifteenth Annual Eastern Economic Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 3-5, 1989.

 

            "U.S.-Latin American Trade Flows, 1967-1985:  An Empirical Analysis," presented at the 24th Annual International Atlantic Economic Conference, London, England, April 15-25, 1988.

 

            "Oil Market Instability and the New OPEC," presented at the 23rd Annual International Atlantic Economic Conference, in Munich, West Germany, April 20-27, 1987.

 

            "The World Oil Crisis," University Lecture Series 1985-86, Towson University, December 5, 1985.

 

            "The Greek Economy," Business Council for International Understanding Institute, The American University, Washington, DC, November 10-13, 1985.

 

            "Meet the Experienced - Directing A Center for Economic Education at the National Conference of the Joint Council on Economic Education/National Association of Economic Educators, San Francisco, CA, October 20, 1985.

 

            "Towards A New World Oil Structure," presented at the Twentieth International Atlantic Economic Conference, Washington, DC, August 29-September 1, 1985.

 

            "Prospects for A Consumer-Producer Oil Dialogue," presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association, Anaheim, CA, June 30-July 4, 1985.

 

            "The Underlying Structural Instability of the World Oil Market," presented at the 11th Annual Convention of the

            Eastern Economic Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March 12-21, 1985           

 

            "The Energy Crisis and U.S. Policy," presented at the Eastern Economic Association Convention, New York, NY, March 1984.

 

            "The Techno-Socio-Economics of Distributed Thermal Energy Storage as Part of Load Management," presented to the Maryland Electric Utility Council, December 2, 1982.

 

            "The Effects of Distributed Thermal Energy Storage on Electric Utility Load Management; A Summary Report of Three Case Studies," presented at the Western Economic Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA, July 17, 1982.

 

            "The Effects of Distributed Thermal Energy Storage on Electric Utility Load Management; A Case Study of the Virginia Electric Power Company," presented at the Eastern Economic Association Conference, Washington, DC, April 30, 1982.

 

            "Trade Policies, Employment, and the HOS Theory," presented at the American Economic Association Conference, Washington, DC, December 29, 1981.

 

            "Utility Rate Structures and Distributed Thermal Energy Storage:  A Summary Report of Six Case Studies," presented at the Western Economic Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 2, 1981.

 

            "Alternative Trade Strategies and Employment in Cyprus," presented at the Eastern Economic Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 10, 1981.

 

            "Cost-Benefit Analysis of Distributed Thermal Energy Storage," presented at the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, December 12, 1980.

 

 

                                                                             

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 

Member of the State of Maryland’s Equal Pay Commission, since September 2005.

 

            IBM Scholars Program, May 2004.        

 

President’s Award for Distinguished Service to the University 2003, Towson University        

 

Academic Leadership and Service Award, University of Maryland University College Graduate School, 2003

 

Elected to the Board of Directors of the Eastern Economics Association,  Spring 2002

 

            Professorial Lecturer Award in International Affairs and Economics, The Elliot School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, 1994.

           

            University Merit Award, 1989-1990; Towson University

 

            University Lecturer Award, 1985-1986:  "The World Oil Crisis;" Towson University

 

            University Merit Award, 1984-1985, Towson University

 

            Fulbright Scholar, 1969-1973, Drew University

 

            Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor Society in Economics, George Washington University

 

            Specialized Honors in Economics, Drew University, 1973

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 

            American Economic Association

            Eastern Economic Association

            Western Economic Association

            Chesapeake Association of Economic Educators

            American Association of University Professors

            Baltimore Economic Association

           

REFERENCES:

            Available upon request