Publications
- “Cold Reality: The Cost and Challenge of Compulsory Home Electrification in New York.” Empire Center for Public Policy. November 8, 2023. .
- “You’re No Einstein, Einstein.” American Institute for Economic Research. October 23, 2023.
- “If You Had to Choose Between Affirmative Action and School Choice, Which Would You Choose?” American Institute for Economic Research. July 17, 2023.
- “The Affirmative Action Game.” American Institute for Economic Research. July 11, 2023.
- “The Tyranny of the Vanguard.” American Institute for Economic Research. June 29, 2023.
- “Can Artificial Intelligence Solve the Socialist Calculation Problem?” American Institute for Economic Research. June 18, 2023.
- "The Spurious Efficiency of Dishwashers.” American Institute for Economic Research. June 2, 2023.
- “Sanguine about the State: A Critique of Political Science.” American Institute for Economic Research. May 2, 2023.
- “The Market Can Drive Electric Vehicle Sales.” Empire Center for Public Policy. December 31, 2022.
- “Charging Forward: New York’s Costly Rush to Electrify School Buses.” With Gillian K. Perry. Empire Center for Public Policy. November 4, 2022.
- “Is the Inflation Reduction Act Really a Climate Policy Game-Changer?” American Institute for Economic Research. August 16, 2022.
- “Cheap, Reliable, and Renewable Energy: New York Can’t Have It All.” Empire Center for Public Policy. July 7, 2022.
- “Review: The Great Experiment by Yasha Mounck.” American Institute for Economic Research. July 5, 2022.
- “The ‘Unlivable” World of Global Warming Is Much Wealthier than Today.” American Institute for Economic Research. June 20, 2022.
- “The Lesson of Joe Biden’s Disappearing Presidency.” American Institute for Economic Research. May 19, 2022.
- "A Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Rent-granting and Rent-extraction." The Independent Review. Fall 2022.
- “James M. Buchanan’s Constrained Vision in Cost and Choice.” With Art Carden, Audrey Redford, and M. Scott King. 2021. The Journal of Private Enterprise 36(3): 91-909.
- “James M. Buchanan and the Public Choice Tradition,” With Art Carden, M. Scott King, and Audrey Redford. Forthcoming in edited volume published by Fundacion Libertard.
- “Cold and Dark? New York’s Risky Energy Future.” Empire Center for Public Policy. May 3, 2022.
- “Do We Have a Climate Crisis Only Because We’re So Comfortable?” American Institute for Economic Research. February 12, 2022.
- “Africa Needs Carbon Fuels.” American Institute for Economic Research. January 23, 2022.
- “Institutions, Incentives, and the Impending Death of the Senate Filibuster.” American Institute for Economic Research. January 14, 2022.
- “Critical Race Theory Does Not Dismantle but Reinforces Social Power Structures.” American Institute for Economic Research. Jan. 6, 2022.
- “Green Scheme: The Climate Action Council’s Climate Transition Cost Analysis.” Empire Center for Public Policy. Nov. 22, 2021.
- “Green Jobs Are a Cost, not a Benefit.” American Institute for Economic Research. Nov. 1, 2021.
- “All Value Is Subjective, and That’s a Good Thing.” American Institute for Economic Research. Oct. 26, 2021.
- “Will We Accept Nuclear Fusion When It Comes?” American Institute for Economic Research. Sept. 24, 2021.
- “The Great Ivermectin Flap Reveals the Tribalism of American Politics.” American Institute for Economic Research. Sept. 21, 2021. .
- “Do Not Trust the Cargo-cult Science.” American Institute for Economic Research. Sept. 13, 2021.
- “Why Almost Nobody Knows Anything about Critical Race Theory.” American Institute for Economic Research. Sept. 2, 2021.
- "There Is No Non-Profit Work." Libertarianism.org.
- "Smithian Exchange Among Non-human Animals," Adam Smith Works, The Liberty Fund. Feb. 2021.
- "Adding Detail to Paul Romer's Simplistic Plan for Reopening America." American Institute for Economic Research, July 2020.
- “Final Resolution of the Belize/Guatemala Boundary Dispute?” Latin American Advisor, The Inter-American Dialogue. May 31, 2019.
- “The Guerrilla War against the Perverted Textbook Market.” Foundation for Economic Education. April 28, 2019.
- “Save Amazon from Elizabeth Warren.” Foundation for Economic Education. April 1, 2019.
- “The Role and Functions of the Presidency,” in Executive Orders. Greenhaven Press. 2018.
- “Master and Commander’s Prize Money.” Foundation for Economic Education. April 24, 2017.
- “Private Police and Crime.” Cato Unbound. October 2015. . Republished at PolicingInsight.com.
- “The Continuing Growth of Executive Power: The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012.” Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Policy Brief #58. September 2012.
- “A Portion of the People: Islam in a ‘Christian’ America.” With Jon Rowe. ISPU Policy Report, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. April 2011.
- “Losing the Republic: The Threat of Executive Power.” Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Policy Brief #33. June 2009.
- “The Causes of and Response to the Financial Panic of 2008: A Cautionary Tale.” Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Policy Brief #29. January, 2009.
- “The Next President and Foreign Policy.” Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Policy Brief #26. October, 2008.
- “A Primer on Applying to the Liberal Arts College,” PS: Political Science and Politics. Pp. 809-12. October, 2008.
- “Strong and Competitive: The American Economy in the Free Trade Era.” Institute for Social Policy and Understanding Policy Brief #22. July, 2008.
- “Evolutionary Psychology and a More Satisfactory Model of Human Agency.” With Jason Hartwig, Tomonori Morikawa, and John Orbell. In Cooperation: The Political Psychology of Human Interaction. Edited by Brandon A. Sullivan, Mark Snyder, and John L. Sullivan. Malden MA: Blackwell Publishing. 2007.
- “The Consequences of 9/11: Decline and Resurgence of International Students in the United States.” With Jeffrey S. Schroeder. Muslim Public Affairs Journal. July, 2006.
- “Putting the Immigration Debate into Context.” Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Policy Brief #16. June, 2006.
- “Institutional Failure in the Response to Hurricane Katrina.” Muslim Public Affairs Journal. Jan. 2006. Republished by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding.
- Review of Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics, Edited by Ian Shapiro, Rogers M. Smith, and Tarek Masoud. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Perspectives on Politics, Dec. 2005.
- “‘Machiavellian’ Intelligence as a Basis for the Evolution of Cooperative Dispositions.” With John Orbell, Tomonori Morikawa, Jason Hartwig, and Nicholas Allen. American Political Science Review, February 2004.
- “Author’s Response: Modeling Cognitive Evolution. With John Orbell and Tomonori Morikawa. Politics and the Life Sciences, Sept. 2003.
- “Conflict, Interpersonal Assessment, and the Evolution of Cooperation: Simulation Results.” With John Orbell and Tomonori Morikawa. In Trust and Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lessons from Experimental Research, edited by Elinor Ostrom and James Walker. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2003.
- “Cognitive Requirements for Conflict of Interest Games: A Functional Analysis for Evolutionary Design.” With Tomonori Morikawa and John Orbell. Politics and the Life Sciences, March 2002, 21(1): 2-10.
- “The Cost of Mis-Information in Deadly Conflicts: Hawk-Dove Games and Suicidal Terrorism.” With John Orbell and Tomonori Morikawa. Politics and the Life Sciences, March 2002, 21(1): 11-15.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PANELS
- "Party, Ethnicity, and Corruption in Belize." Prepared for the 75th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 6-9, 2017, Chicago, IL.
- Professional and Career Development Roundtable: “Early Career at Teaching Institutions: Getting and Keeping a Teaching-focused Faculty Position,” at the 74th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10, 2016. Chicago, IL
- “The Prince Cannot Be Tamed,” at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, October 15-17, 2015. Boise ID.
- Professional and Career Development Roundtable: Teaching Research and Research Methods in the Undergraduate Classroom, at the 73rd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 16-19, 2015. Chicago, IL.
- “Teaching Democracy Through a Semester-Length Constitutional Convention,” at the 12th Annual American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, January 16-18, 2015. Washington, D.C.
- “Limitations on the Use of Citizens Scientists in Knowledge Production: Evidence from a Water Quality Monitoring Program.” With Jim Martin, Associate Professor of Biology, Adrian College, at the Annual Conference of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Oct. 13-15, 2011. Cincinnati, OH.
- “Volunteer Stream Quality Monitoring in the River Raisin Watershed: The Problematic Role of Citizen-Science,” with Jim Martin, Associate Professor of Biology, Adrian College, at the 69th annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, March 31-April 3, 2011. Chicago, IL.
- “Comparing Two Non-Western Models of Economic Development: The Cases of Syria and Dubai,” at the 67th annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2009. Chicago, IL.
- “Explaining Variation in Economic Development between Two Middle East Autocracies: Syria and Dubai,” at the annual meeting of the Michigan Political Science Association, Oct. 2008. Ypsilanti, MI.
- "A Survey of Local Residents' Attitudes Towards Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in One Rural Michigan County," with Josh Emington and Matt Stiller, at the annual meeting of the Michigan Political Science Association,” Oct. 2008. Ypsilanti, MI.
- “Cooperate, Fight, Defect, or Flight: A Game Choice Experiment,” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007. Chicago, IL.
- “Bio-Fuels, Fish, and Food. The Environmental Impact of Growing Crops for Energy," at the annual meeting of The Association for Politics and the Life Sciences.” Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Oct. 2006. Bloomington Indiana
- “Rationality and the Design Environment.” American Political Science Association, 2005. Washington D.C.
- “All (International) Politics is Local: Economic Development and Intellectual Property Rights Regimes.” With Jeffrey S. Schroeder. Midwest Political Science Association, 2004. Chicago IL.
- “Conflict Induced Cooperation and Social Intelligence.” With Tomonori Morikawa. American Political Science Association, 2002. Boston MA,
- “Sexual Discrimination as Reproductive Colonization: An Evolutionary Perspective.” Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, 2001. Charleston, SC.
- “The Evolution of Cooperation in an Ecology of Diverse Games: Simulation Results.” With John Orbell and Tomonori Morikawa. Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, 2001. Charleston SC.
- “Conflict, Interpersonal Assessment, and the Evolution of Cooperation: Simulation Results.” With John Orbell and Tomonori Morikawa. Western Political Science Association, 2001. Las Vegas NV.
- “The Role of Non-Cooperative Games in the Evolution of Cooperation.” American Political Science Association, 2000. Washington, D.C.
- “The Role of Inter-Agent Perception in the Evolution of Cooperation.” International Society of Political Psychology, 2000. Seattle WA,.
- “The Evolution of Political Intelligence: Simulation Results.” With John Orbell, Tomonori Morikawa, and Nicholas Allen. Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, 2000. Portland, OR.
- “Civil Society as Non-Coerced Cooperation in the Prisoner’s Dilemma: Reinterpreting the Game Theoretic Structure of the Hobbesian State of Nature.” American Political Science Association, 1999. Atlanta GA.
- “Why States Take: Property Rights as a Social Dilemma.” American Political Science Association, 1999. Atlanta GA.
- “Manipulation, Mindreading, and Rationality in Ecologies of Hawk-Dove Games.” With Tomonori Morikawa, John Orbell, Nicholas Allen and Cian Montgomery. Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, 1999. Eugene OR.
- “Human Evolution and the Origin of Property Rights.” Human Behavior and Evolution Society, 1998. Davis CA.
- “Public Choice and Private Property: Defining Property Rights and Takings.” Law and Society Association, 1998. Snowmass CO.
- “Designing a Political Robot.” With John Orbell and Ruth Bennett. Conference on Evolution and It’s Critics: Toward a Better Understanding of Ethnic Conflict. Utah State University, 1997. Logan UT.
GUEST TALKS, WORKSHOPS, AND PUBLIC FORUM PRESENTATIONS
- “The Belize Field Experience,” talk to the Lenawee International Club, Adrian, MI. September 15, 2016.
- “On Filling the Supreme Court Vacancy,” Constitution Week talk, Des Moines Area Community College, Boone, IA. Sept. 12, 2016.
- Panelist, “Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities: What can we learn from Flint?” Adrian College Institute for Ethics forum. April 14, 2016.
- “The Imperial Presidency: What Can Be Done?” College of Western Idaho. October 15, 2015.
- Panelist, “Police Authority: Uses and Abuses.” Adrian College Institute for Ethics forum. March 31, 2015.
- “The Management of Common Pool Resources.” Workshop for the Michigan Lake and Stream Leaders Institute, Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Ralph A. McMullen Conference Center, Roscommon, MI. May 17, 2013.
- Guest talk on academic performance as career preparation, Theta Chi fraternity, Adrian College. March 20, 2013.
- “Presidential Powers in Times of Crisis (Lincoln, Bush, and the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11).” 2011. William G. Thompson House Museum and Gardens. Sept. 12. Hudson, Michigan.
- Panelist, “Pat Boone Forum.” Sponsored by the Adrian College Institute for Ethics. April 24, 2012.
- “The Nicaragua Class: Creating an Opportunity for Students to Experience an International Service Learning Trip.” With Marcia Boynton, Director of the Adrian College Institute for Health Studies. Presented for the Adrian College Center for Effective Teaching, Dec. 2, 2011.
- “Nuclear Weapons and Power.” With Michael Claus, Associate Professor Chemistry, Adrian College. Presented for the Adrian College Institute for Ethics, Oct. 13, 2011.
- “U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Lebanon and the Middle East,” in Dr. Imad Salamey’s course, Lebanese Domestic and International Affairs, Lebanese American University, Beirut Lebanon. Nov. 5, 2010.
- Panelist, Gaza Forum: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Siena Heights University (Adrian, MI). Jan. 26, 2009.
- “Comparing Two Non-Western Models of Economic Development: The Cases of Syria and Dubai.” Brownbag talk at Adrian College, Fall 2008.
- Open Forum: Town Hall Meeting on the Invasion of Iraq. Adrian College, October 7, 2002.
- “Limiting and Enhancing Visions of Bounded Rationality in the New Institutional Economics and Institutional Analysis and Design Literatures.” With Tanya Heikkila and Kimberly Isset. Presented at Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Mini-Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Spring 2002.
- “Of Insects, Intelligence and Institutions.” Presented at Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Mini-Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Fall 2001.
- “Cognitive Requirements for Hawk-Dove Games: A Functional Analysis.” With Tomonori Morikawa and John Orbell. Presented at Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Colloquium, September 17, 2001.
DISSERTATION
The Role of Non-Cooperative Games in the Evolution of Cooperation. University of Oregon, 2000. Committee Chair: John Orbell
SYMPOSIA ORGANIZATION
“The Tragedy of the Commons 40th Anniversary Retrospective,” November 21, 2008. Adrian College, Adrian MI
COURSES TAUGHT
- American Politics: American Federal Government; U.S. Presidency; Constitutional Law; Law and Society; State and Local Government; Public Administration.
- Public Policy and Political Economy: Environmental Politics; Nuclear Weapons and Power; Globalization; Political Economy
- Methods Research Methods for Political Science; Capstone—Senior Research Seminar
- Other: Belize Field Experience Strategic Behavior; Career Seminar; Constitutional Convention; Art and Politics; Global Health Policy/Nicaragua Service-Learning trip.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- Department Chair, Political Science. 2015-present; 2011-12; 2005-2010.
- Faculty Parliamentarian, 2015-present.
- Chair, Curriculum Committee, 2014-16 (member, 2008-2016).
- Survey Construction (consultation), Adrian College Institute for Ethics, February, 2014.
- Interim Collegium II Coordinator, 2014.
- Survey Construction and Delivery, “Parking at Adrian College,” College Environment Committee, Spring 2013.
- Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the International Studies Program, 2013-14.
- Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the Environmental Sciences/Environmental Studies Program, 2013-14.
- Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the Adrian College Academic Integrity Policy, 2012-present.
- Survey Construction and Delivery, Adrian College Association of Professors, “Faculty Response to Exhibit E of the 2012-2016 Contract,” 2011-12.
- Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society, Adviser, 2008-present.
- Adrian College Ribbons of Excellence Day Director, 2009-2010.
- Adrian College Ribbons of Excellence Day Committee, 2008-2012.
- Adrian College Curriculum Committee, 2008-present (secretary, 2008-2009)
- Green Action Committee Adviser, 2008- 2010.
- Ad Hoc Committee to Research and Report on a January Term for Adrian College. 2007-2008.
- Mortar Board Adviser, Adrian College. 2004-2008.
- College Environment Committee, Adrian College. 2004-2008
- Convocation Committee, Adrian College. 2002-2003.
PUBLIC SERVICE
- Michigan YMCA Swim Officials’ Committee, Elections Committee Chair, 2014.
- YMCA Level II Swim Official, 2012-2016.
- YMCA Level I Swim Official, 2010-2012.
- President, YMCA of Lenawee County Alligator Swim Team, 2010-2012.
- River Raisin Watershed Council StreamSearch volunteer, 2008-2014.
- Executive Committee Member, River Raisin Watershed Council, 2009-2011.
- Vice-President, YMCA of Lenawee County Alligator Swim Team, 2008-2010.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Lily Conference on College Teaching (Nov. 18-21, 2004). Miami University, Oxford OH.
GRANTS
- Adrian College Faculty Research Grant . $2709 for travel to Belize to study the relationship between ethnic identity and partisan identification. 2016.
- Adrian College Faculty Research Grant. $1,350 for travel to Belize. 2011.
- Adrian College Faculty Research Grant. $2,075 to travel to Syria and the United Arab Emirates. 2010.
- Adrian College Faculty Research Grant. $1,500 to travel to Syria and the United Arab Emirates. 2008.