Curriculum Vitae
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2003 to present

Chairperson, Department of Economics and Finance, Southeast Missouri State University

1990 to 2002

Chairperson, Department of Economics, Southeast Missouri State University

1993 to present

Professor of Economics, Southeast Missouri State University; Member of Honors faculty and Graduate faculty.

1996-1998

Assistant to the Provost, Southeast Missouri State University

1983 to 1993

Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Economics, Southeast Missouri State University

1987-1989

Curriculum Director, International Business Institute, Southeast Missouri State University

1983

Ph.D., Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1976

M.A., Economics, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois

1975

B.S., with honors, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois

Kunz, David and Rebecca Summary.  “Ten things to Consider before Developing or Teaching an Online Course,” Proceedings of the Academy of Finance, March, Chicago, Illinois.

1998

Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "Effectiveness of the World Wide Web as an Instructional Tool," Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference Proceedings, April (electronic publication).

1998

Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "Serving Your Constituents Via the World Wide Web," The Department Chair, Winter, pages 4-5.

1997

Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "Creating a Course Homepage," Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference Proceedings, April, pp. 107-116.

1995

Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "The Political Economy of United States Foreign Direct Investment Abroad: An Empirical Analysis," Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Volume 34, Number 3, Summer, pp. 80-91.

1995

Rebecca Summary, Computer Resources for Economists," Southeast Missouri State University.

1995

Study Guide to Accompany International Economics (Parviz Asheghian), West Educational Publishing, January.

1994

Rebecca Summary and Larry Summary, "The Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Developing Countries," Economic Development and Cultural Change, Volume 42, Number 4, July, pp. 817-828.

1992

Rebecca Summary, book review of African Successes: Four Public Managers of Kenyan Rural Development, in Journal of Developing Areas, Volume 26, Number 4, July, 1992, pp. 550-551.

1989

Judith France, Rebecca Summary and Nasser Vasegh-Daneshvary, "The Impact of Economic Education Courses on the Knowledge and Retention of Secondary and Primary School Teachers," The Journal of Economic Education, Volume 20, Number 4, Fall, pp. 346-354.

1989

Rebecca M. Summary, "A Political-Economic Model of U.S. Bilateral Trade," The Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 71, Number 1, February, pp. 179-182.

1987

Rebecca M. Summary, "Tourism's Contribution to the Economy of Kenya," Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 14, Number 4, pp. 531-540.

1987

Sandi Renegar, Becky Summary, Charles Bonwell and James Eison, "Mandatory Teaching Effectiveness Workshops: Lessons Learned the Hard Way," The Journal of Staff, Program and Development, Volume 5, Number 3, pp. 114-118.

1987

James Eison, Charles Bonwell, Sandra Renegar and Rebecca Summary, Teaching Effectiveness Workshop Manual, Southeast Missouri State University, Center for Teaching and Learning, August.

1987

Rebecca M. Summary, "Estimation of Tourism Demand by Multivariable Regression Analysis," Tourism Management, Volume 8, Number 4, pp. 317-322.

1986

Rebecca M. Summary, The U.S. International Trade Deficit: Causes, Effects and Policy Options, abstracted by the Democratic Policy Commission, Regional Roundtable on the Industrial and Entrepreneurial Economy, February.

1985

Rebecca M. Summary, "The Politics of U.S. Foreign Trade," Journal of the Southwestern Society of Economists, Volume 12, pp. 321-326.

1985

Judith France and Rebecca Summary, "The Impact of Comparable Worth Parity Wage on Twenty-six Southeast Missouri Counties," Journal of the Southwestern Society of Economists, Volume 12, pp. 171-176.

1984

Jean Due and Rebecca Summary, "Constraints to Women and Development in Africa," The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 20, Number 1, pp. 155-166.

1998

"Effectiveness of the World Wide Web as an Instructional Tool in Introductory Economics," Southern Economic Association, Baltimore, November.

1998

"Using the World Wide Web in Higher Education," Country Store Technology Conference, Memphis, June.

1998

"Effectiveness of the World Wide Web as an Instructional Tool," Midsouth Instructional Technology Conference, Murphreesboro, TN, April.

1998

Using Instructional Technology, Curriculum and Student Learning Conference, Southeast Missouri State University, April.

1998

"International Economic Relations," Great Decisions Program, Bootheel Education Center, Malden, April 23.

1997

"Creating a Course Homepage," Midsouth Instructional Technology Conference, April.

1997

Presented World Wide Web course material at Computer Fair, Southeast Missouri State University, November.

1996

"Pacific Rim Countries," Great Decisions Program, Bootheel Education Center, Malden, April 11.

1996

"Pacific Rim Countries," Great Decisions Program, Southeast Missouri State University, March 16.

1994

"Argentina, Brazil and Chile," Great Decisions Program, Dyersburg Community College, March 24.

1994

"Argentina, Brazil and Chile," Great Decisions Program, Southeast Missouri State University, March 17.

1993

"Enhancing Classroom Communication Using E-mail," MOREnet conference, Columbia, Missouri, March.

1992

"The Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Developing Countries," Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April.

1991

"The Political Economy of United States Foreign Direct Investment Abroad," Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April.

1991

"An Evaluation of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation," Midwest Economics Association, St. Louis, April.

1989

"Foreign Direct Investment and U.S. Foreign Policy," Midwest Economics Association, Cincinnati, March.

1989

"The Impact of 1992 on U.S. Trade with Europe," Conference on Europe in 1992 sponsored by the Center for European Studies, Limburgh University and the Dutch School of Translation, Maastricht, The Netherlands, April.

1987

"Mandatory Teaching Effectiveness Workshops," National Seminar on Successful College Teaching, Orlando, March.

1987

"A Political/Economic Model of U.S. Foreign Trade," Midwest Economics Association, St. Louis, March.

1985

"The Politics of U.S. Foreign Trade," Midwest Economics Association, Cincinnati, March.

1985

"The Impact of Comparable Worth, Parity Wage on Twenty-six Southeast Missouri Counties," Southwest Society of Economists, New Orleans, March.

1983

"Tourism's Contribution to the Economy of Kenya," African Studies Association, Boston, December.

1983

"The Demand for Kenyan Tourism Services," Midwest Economics Association, St. Louis, April.

2001

Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, July.

2001

American Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January.

2000

American Economic Association Annual Meeting, New York City, January.

1998

American Council On Education, Chair and Deans Workshop, Southeast Missouri State University, July.

1998

Workshop on Assessment, John Gardner, Southeast Missouri State University, March 13.

1997

"Arbitration: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly," sponsored by Gateway Chapter, Industrial Relations Research Association and National Academy of Arbitrators, SIU-Edwardsville, May 8.

1997

Satellite workshop on Distance Learning, February 11, 18 and 23, Southeast Missouri State University.

1997

AACSB teleconference on use of portfolios, February 20, Southeast Missouri State University

1995

Judge at Future Business Leaders of America District 15 Conference, Scott City, MO, February 25.

1995

Facilitator at workshop on teaching portfolios, Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, Southeast Missouri State, April 10.

1995

In conjunction with West Publishers, organized satellite teaching conference for economics department at Southeast.

1993

Discipline and Discharge Workshop, American Arbitration Association, St. Louis, Missouri Strategic Planning Workshop, American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, January, Houston, Texas.

1991

American Council on Education-National Identification Program Workshop, September, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

1989

Collective Bargaining Conference, American Arbitration Association, Memphis, Tennessee.

1989

Issues in Labor Arbitration, American Arbitration Association, December, 1989, St. Louis, Missouri

1987

National Coal Arbitration Conference, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Louisville, Kentucky

1987

Internationalizing the Business Curriculum, sponsored by the American Association of State College and Universities, Orlando, Florida.

1984

Staff member at weeklong teacher training workshop, Joint Council on Economic Education, St. Louis, Missouri.

1983

National Teacher Training Workshop (staff training), Joint Council on Economic Education, Boulder, Colorado.

1981

National Teacher Training Workshop, Joint Council on Economic Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

2002

Scott Moyers, Southeast Missourian, Christmas shopping season, November 20

2002

Tod Binaki, KZIM Radio, Federal Reserve Policy , June 26

2001

Eric Stock, KZIM Radio, Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, November 5

2001

Lisa Crane, KFVS TV, decline in stock market and impact on 401ks, September 24.

2001

Lisa Crane, KFVS TV, economic impact of Twin Towers bombing, September 19

2001

Tod Binaki, KZIM Radio, recent GDP figures

2001

Tod Binaki, KZIM Radio, interest rate cuts and the economy

1998

Steve Correll, KRCU Talking Business, regarding international trade, February 27.

1997

Peggy Scott, Southeast Missourian, regarding computing Inflation, December 9.

1997

KRCU Going Public, "Labor day and the history of the labor movement in the United States," August 31.

1997

Michael Wells, Southeast Missourian, regarding the impact of increases in the minimum wage, February 2.

1996

Mark Bliss, Southeast Missourian, changes in the consumer price index, December 5.

1996

Brad Palmer, KZIM radio, the increase in the federal minimum wage, March 6.

1996

Carol Keeler, Talk of Cape, KZIM radio, changes in the consumer price index on December 16.

1995

Carol Keeler, KZIM radio, the international value of the United States dollar, March 9.

1995

Brad Palmer, KZIM radio, the local economy, February 9.

1994

Mike Shane, KFVS TV, interest rates, April 18.

1994

Brad Palmer, KZIM radio, U.S.-Japan trade, January 16.

1994

Heneisan, Southeast Missourian, mortgage interest rates, January 12.

1993

Guest speaker for Eldercare, on The Economies of Africa, June 23, 1993.

1993

Guest speaker in Dr. Tom Harte's class, The Modern Presidency, April 28.

1993

Guest speaker in Dr. Chris Frazier's Women's Studies Course, Transforming the Female Experience, March 3.

1993

Talk of Cape, KZIM with Carol Keeler, Talk of Cape, Clinton's Economic Package, February 18.

1993

Susana Baylon, KFVS TV, the Family Leave Bill, February 5

1993

KFVS TV commentary with Jennifer Johnson on Clinton's Economic Package, February 17.

2001

Executive of the Year, Girardot Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals

1992-2003

Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce

1992-present

Associate Editor, Annals of Tourism Research

1992-2000

Labor arbitration internship, Gerald Cohen, Esq., National Academy of Arbitrators

1998-2001

Board of Directors and Treasurer, Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge

1996-2000

Member of Investment Advisory Review Committee for Office of the Missouri State Treasurer.

1986-present

Regularly review articles for Review of Economics and Statistics, Annals of Tourism Research, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Developing Areas.

1997

Funding for Results Grant, $9,600, "Internet Enhanced Instruction in Economics Courses, Phase Two," Southeast Missouri State University

1996

Funding for Results Grant, $12,800, "Internet Enhanced Instruction in Economics Courses, Phase One," Southeast Missouri State University.

1993

Participant in Greater Missouri, a leadership development program for women.

1987

Outstanding Young Educator of the Year, Cape Girardeau Jaycees

1999- present

Forensic Economist, lost earnings, life care plans, business valuation

2000 - present

Member, Graduate Council

1996 - 1998

Chair of University Sabbatical Leave Committee

1996 - 1998

Chair of University Funding For Results Team

1994 - 1997

Member, University Promotion Committee

1994

Member, University Budget Review Committee

1992

Member, University Planning Committee

1989 - 1994

Chairperson, University Studies Curriculum Committee

1993 - 1994

Moderator of Chairpersons' forum

American Economic Association
National Association of Forensic Economists
American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts
Missouri Valley Economics Association