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As the director of the Center for Economic Education, Mike is actively involved in the development of economic education at the K-12 level. In his 12 years as director, Mike has presented over 70 professional development workshops and seminars to over 1350 teachers and has presented his research in economic education at many national and state conferences. In addition, Mike was the primary author and project director for Economics and the Environment: Focus on Land Use and Farmland Preservation published by EconomicsPennsylvania in May 2005. Mike serves on the University's Tenure and Promotion Committee and Academic Theme Committee. Mike is a former member of the University Foundation Board of Directors and a former delegate for APSCUF. Mike is a member of many professional organizations, a board member of the Local Economy Center at Franklin and Marshall College and a member of the Center for Environmental Sciences at Millersville University.
Mike received his BA in Economics (1991) from the State University of New York at Geneseo and his MS and PhD in Economics (1993, 1998) from the Summer 2007 |
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Mike Gumpper is a professor of economics and the
director of the Center
for Economic Education at Millersville University. Mike’s teaching interests
include microeconomic theory, environmental economics, health economics, public
finance, and economic education. Mike’s research interests include environmental economics and
economic education, in particular, the economics of land use and farmland
preservation. In 2000, Mike completed work as the project director on a research
project looking at public farmland preservation for the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
This report, "An Interdisciplinary Approach to Benefit Cost Analysis of Public
Farmland Preservation Programs" (co-authored by Gary Hovinen and Charles Geiger)
was rated the #1 project by the Center's Board of Directors in 1999.