Subject Areas: Economic Education, Information Technology, Economics of Sports
Professor Harmon is associate professor of economics at the University since 1994. His work has been published in journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Sports Analytics, National Tax Journal, Public Finance Review, and Real Estate Economics. His current research interests are sports economics, developing teaching innovations, and measuring their effect on learning outcomes. He served as a member of the American Economic Associations’s Committee on Economic Education (2017-19), as a member of program committee of the annual national Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE) 2018, currently serves as chair of the Committee on the Economic Status of the Profession, for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) 2016-p, and is Treasurer of the Uconn Chapter of the AAUP 2020-p. He has contributed to development of the UConn Master of Science in Quantitative Economics (MSQE) program since 2017.
He is a recipient of the AAUP Career Excellence Teaching Award (2022), the UConn University Teaching Fellow Award (2021), and the UConn Chancellor’s Information Technology Award (2000)
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Rutgers University
M.A., Economics, Rutgers University
B.A. Economics, Clark University
Honors and Appointments:
— 2022 Career Excellence Teaching Award, The AAUP-UConn Chapter
— 2021 University Teaching Fellow, The UConn Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
— 2018 American Economic Association, Committee on Economic Education
— 2018 American Association of University Professors, Committee on the Economic Status of the Profession
— 2015 Service Learning Fellow, Uconn Institute of Teaching and Learning
— 2012 Grillo Family Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
— 2000 UConn Chancellor’s Information Technology Award
— 1998 Neato.com CD Design Award
— 1979 Dissertation Research Award, Rutgers University
— 1975 University Scholar, New York University
Courses Taught:
— Econ 2447 Sports Economics
— Econ 2327 Information Technology for Economics
— Econ 1201 Principles of Microeconomics Online
— Econ 2311Q Empirical Methods in Economics I
Research Interests: Sports Economics, Online Instruction
Recent and Selected Publications
“Schedule Inequity in the National Basketball Association”, Journal of Sports Analytics, (2022) Volume Pre-press, Issue Pre-press. (with A. Bowman, and T.Ashman)
“Learning Tableau- A Data Visualization Tool”, Journal of Economic Education, (2020) Volume 51, Issue 3-4. (with S. Batt, T. Grealis, and P. Tomolonis), currently most read all time article in the Journal of Economic Education, and most cited article in the last 3 years
“Social Media as an Online Course Discussion Forum – Engagement and Results of a Randomized Trial” International Review of Economic Education, (2019) 30, January (with P. Tomolonis)
“Use Google Drawings to Create Homework Exercises and Essays with Graphs”, Journal of Economics & Teaching, (2018) 2(2), 68-78 (with R.Szarka)
“A Randomized Assessment of Online Learning”, American Economic Review, (2016) 106(5), 378-302 (with W. Alpert; K. Couch)
“Are Online Exams an Invitation to Cheat?,” The Journal of Economic Education (2008) 39(2) (with J. Lambrinos).
“The Optimal State Tax Portfolio Model: An Extension” National Tax Journal (1994), 47, 2, 395-402: (with R. Mallick).
“A New View of the Incidence of the Property Tax,” Public Finance Review (1989) 17(3), 323-348.
“The Income Elasticity of Demand for Single-Family Owner-Occupied Housing: An Empirical Reconciliation,” Journal of Urban Economics (1988) 24(2), 173-185.