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Steven L. Cobb

Title: Academic Associate Dean

Department: Dean's Office

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987
    Major: Economics
  • BS, Southwestern University, 1982
    Major: Social Sciences: Economics and Political Science

Current Scheduled Teaching

HIST 4750.001Social Studies Teaching MethodsSpring 2025
HIST 4750.001Social Studies Teaching MethodsFall 2024 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001Social Studies Teaching MethodsFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

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UCRS 4800.004College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences InternshipSpring 2021
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ECON 4900.713Special ProblemsSpring 2017
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ECON 5900.713Special ProblemsSpring 2012
UCRS 4900.001Special ProblemsSpring 2011
ECON 4100.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2010 Syllabus
ECON 5070.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2010
ECON 5950.713Master's ThesisSpring 2010
ECON 5900.713Special ProblemsSpring 2010
ECON 1110.011Principles of MacroeconomicsFall 2009 Syllabus
ECON 4100.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2009
ECON 5070.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2009
ECON 1110.019Principles of MacroeconomicsFall 2008
ECON 4100.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2008
ECON 5070.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2008
ECON 5900.713Special ProblemsSpring 2008
ECON 1110.019Principles of MacroeconomicsFall 2007
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ECON 1100.003Principles of MicroeconomicsSummer 5W1 2007
ECON 5900.713Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2007
ECON 4100.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2007
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ECON 1110.019Principles of MacroeconomicsFall 2006
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ECON 1110.001Principles of MacroeconomicsSummer 3W1 2006
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ECON 4100.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2006
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ECON 5000.001Economic ConceptsFall 2005
ECON 1110.019Principles of MacroeconomicsFall 2005
ECON 5900.706Special ProblemsFall 2005
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ECON 1110.001Principles of MacroeconomicsSummer 3W1 2005
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ECON 4100.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2005
ECON 5070.001Comparative Economic SystemsSpring 2005
ECON 1110.021Principles of MacroeconomicsFall 2004
ECON 5900.713Special ProblemsFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Cobb, S.L., , D. (1988). "The Effect of Maquiladoras on Income Distribution of Hispanics on the Texas-Mexican Border". Social Science Perspectives Journal. 3 (1) 115-126.
  • Book Chapter

  • Cobb, S. (2010). Cooperative Education Exchange Program Multi country Review - Mexico. A Comprehensive Review of the Cooperative Education Exchange Program 1994-2009. New York, New York, Council for Economic Education.
  • Cobb, S.L., Bikse, V., Watts, M., Walstad, W. (2002). "Economic Education in Latvia: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow". Reforming Economics and Economic Education in the Transition Economies: From Marx to Markets in the Classroom. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Cobb, S.L., Bikse, V. (2002). Economic Education in Latvia: YEsterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Reforming Economics and Economic Education in the Transition Economies: From Marx to Markets in the Classroom. Chelterham Glos, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Cobb, S.L., Molina, D.J., Slottje, D. (1992). "The Effect of Maquiladoras on Income Distribution in Sixteen Texas Border Counties: an Empirical Application of the Kappa Criterion". Research in Economic Inequality II. JAI Press.
  • Cobb, S.L., Molina, D.J., Davila, A.F. (1991). "Texas-Mexico Trends in Maquiladora Investment". La Apertura Comercial y las Relaciones Economicas de la Frontera Mexico-Texas.
  • Book Review

  • co-author. (1992). Review of Private Lending to Sovereign States: A Theoretical Autopsy by Daniel Cohen. Social Science Quarterly. 73 (2)
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T., Sturdivant, V.A. (2002). "Cultural Diversity in the Workplace". Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resources Conference.
  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T. (2001). "Labor Costs in the Airline Industry". Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resources Conference.
  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T., Sturdivant, V.A. (2000). "The Friendly Skies? Airline Labor Relations". Proceedings of the 21st Annual Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resources Conference.
  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T., Sturdivant, V.A. (1999). "Labor and the State of the Economy". Proceedings of the 20th Annual Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resources Conference.
  • Cobb, S.L., Molina, D.J. (1991). "Implications of North American Free Trade for Infrastructure and Migration on the Texas-Mexico Border". North American Free Trade. Proceedings of a Conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
  • Journal Article

  • Cobb, S.L., McPherson, M.A., Molina, D.J., Quintanilla, J.A., Rasmussen, E., Rous, J.J. (2018). Teaching Economics to the Masses: The Effects of Student Help Centers on Academic Outcomes. International Review of Economics Education. 27 (January 2018) 16-23.
  • Cobb, S.L., Kwon, J., McPherson, M.A. (2015). Using LinkedIn for Advising and Development. Journal of Modern Education Review. 5 (12) 1097-1104. Academic Star Publishing Company. http://dx.doi.org/10.15341/jmer(2155-7993)/12.05.2015/001
  • Cobb, S.L. (2005). "The Link Between Economic Growth and Economic Freedom". The Econ Exchange. 9 (1)
  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T.S., Sturdivant, V.A. (2003). "Education and Training in a Multicultural Environment". The International Journal of Innovative Higher Education. 17
  • Cobb, S.L., Luker, W., Luker, Jr., B. (2001). "The Competitive Model of American Education: A Recipe for Class, Racial, and Ethnic Discrimination". International Journal of Social Economics. 28 (12)
  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T. (2001). "Internationalization of the Economics Curriculum: A Three State Study". International Education Journal. 31 (1)
  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T. (1999). "A Survey of Ethical and Cultural Dimensions of MNC's". Competitiveness Review. 9 (2)
  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T., Tieslau, M. (1999). "Economic Development and Plant Location: Lessons Learned". Southwestern Journal of Economics. 2 (3)
  • Cobb, S.L., Luker, Jr., B., Luker, B., Brown, R. (1998). "Postmodernism, Institutionalism, and Statistics: Considerations for an Institutionalist Statistical Method". Journal of Economic Issues. XXXII (2) 449-456.
  • Cobb, S.L., Barker, T. (1997). "Ethical or Value Free Economics". Insights to a Changing World. 1 19-28.
  • Steven L. Cobb and Tom Barker. (1993). "Competitiveness Through Cultural Adaptation". Competitiveness Review. 3 (2) 34-36.
  • Steven L. Cobb. (1993). "Tax Policy and Location Decisions by Input Suppliers: A Case Study of the Industrial Development Factors Along the U.S.-Mexican Border".
  • Steven L. Cobb and Michael Nieswiadomy. (1993). "Selectivity of Pricing Structures: The Impact on Urban Water Demand". Contemporary Policy Issues. XI 101-113.
  • Cobb, S.L., Luker, W. (1993). "A Test of Interventionist/Non-interventionist Attitudes: A Question of Market Bias in Microeconomics". Journal of Economic Issues. XXVII (2) 363-371.
  • Steven L. Cobb and Daniel Glaser. (1992). "Education, Training, and Global Competitiveness". Competitiveness Review. 2 (2)
  • Steven L. Cobb and Thomas Barker. (1992). "A Model of Cross-Cultural Training in the Transfer of Technology". Journal of Technology Transfer. 17 (4)
  • Steven L. Cobb and William Foeller. (1992). "An Organizational Behavior Analysis of Teacher Attitudes About Teaching High School Economics". Theory and Research in Social Education. XX (4) 421-439.
  • Steven L. Cobb, William Luker and William Witter. (1992). "The Effect of Instruction on Interventionist/Non-interventionist Attitudes". 10 (1) 57-76.
  • Cobb, S.L., Molina, D.J. (1989). "The Impact of Maquiladora Investment on the Size Distribution of Income Along the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Case of Texas". Journal of Borderland Studies. 4 (2) 100-118.
  • Cobb, S.L., Molina, D.J., Sokulsky, K. (1989). "The Impact of Maquiladoras on Commuter Flows in the Texas-Mexican Border". Journal of Borderland Studies. 4 (1) 71-88.
  • Research Report

  • Cobb, S.L., Molina, D.J. (1991). "Infrastructure: Transportation, Water, and Communications". Lich and McKinney, eds., Free Trade and the United States-Mexico Borderlands: A Report to the Joint Economic Committee.
  • Study Guide

  • Steven L. Cobb (co-author). (1997). Student Workbook for Appleyard and Field International Economics 3rd ed..
  • co-author. (1995). Student Workbook for Appleyard and Field International Economics 2nd ed.. Irwin Publishers.
  • Testbank

  • Cobb, Steve. (1992). " Test Bank" to accompany Roger N. Waud's Macroeconomics, fifth edition.
  • Cobb, Steve. (1992). " Test Bank" to accompany Roger N. Waud's Microeconomics, fifth edition.
  • Cobb, S.L., Battaglia, K. (1989). "Test Bank 1" to accompany Roger N. Waud Economics, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics, fourth edition with earlier contributions by Denslow, Stewart, Morgan, and Salemi. New York, Harper and Row.
  • Hess, P., Cobb, S.L. (1988). "Test Bank B" to accompany Miller Economics Today, sixth edition. New York, Harper and Row.
  • Textbook

  • Appleyard, D.R., Field, Jr, A.J., Cobb, S.L. (2009). International Economics, 7th edition. The McGraw-Hill Companies.
  • Appleyard, D.R., Field, Jr, A.J., Cobb, S.L. (2007). International Economics, 6th edition. The McGraw-Hill Companies.
  • Cobb, S.L., Appleyard, D.R., Field, Jr, A.J. (2006). International Economics, 5th edition. The McGraw-Hill Companies.
  • Textbook supplement

  • Cobb, S.L. (2004). 2004 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook (co-author). Stipes Publishing.
  • co-author. (2002). 2002 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
  • co-author. (2002). 2002 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. Stipes Publishing.
  • co-author. (2001). 2001 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
  • co-author. (2001). 2001 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
  • co-author. (2000). 2000 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
  • co-author. (2000). 2000 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
  • co-author. (1999). 1999 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
  • co-author. (1999). 1999 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
  • Steven L. Cobb (co-author). (1997). 1997 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook.
  • Steven L. Cobb (co-author). (1997). 1997 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook.
  • co-author. (1995). 1995 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
  • co-author. (1995). 1995 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Cobb, S.L., "YouthWin through Economic Participation," sponsored by USAID, International, $5825165.53 Funded. (2017).
  • Cobb, S.L., "YouthWin through Economic Participation," sponsored by USAID, International, Funded. (2017).
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