Faculty Profile

Steven Cobb

Steven Cobb

Title
Academic Associate Dean
Department
Dean's Office
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Associate Professor
Economics
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

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 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2024 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2024 Syllabus

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4800.004, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Internship, Spring 2021
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2020 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2020 Syllabus
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4800.004, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Internship, Spring 2019 SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 4900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2017
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2015 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2015 Syllabus
ECON 4900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2015
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2014 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2014 Syllabus
ECON 4900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2014
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2014 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2014 Syllabus
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2013 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2013 Syllabus
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2013 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2012 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Fall 2012 Syllabus
HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2012 Syllabus
UCRS 4700.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, Spring 2012 Syllabus
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2012
UCRS 4900.001, Special Problems, Spring 2011
ECON 4100.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2010 Syllabus
ECON 5070.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2010
ECON 5950.713, Master's Thesis, Spring 2010
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2010
ECON 1110.011, Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2009 Syllabus
ECON 4100.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2009
ECON 5070.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2009
ECON 1110.019, Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2008
ECON 4100.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2008
ECON 5070.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2008
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2008
ECON 1110.019, Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2007
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2007
ECON 1100.003, Principles of Microeconomics, Summer 5W1 2007
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2007
ECON 4100.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2007
ECON 5070.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2007
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2007
ECON 1110.019, Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2006
ECON 1110.021, Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2006
ECON 4900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2006
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2006
ECON 1110.001, Principles of Macroeconomics, Summer 3W1 2006
ECON 4900.713, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2006
ECON 4100.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2006
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2006
ECON 5000.001, Economic Concepts, Fall 2005
ECON 1110.019, Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2005
ECON 5900.706, Special Problems, Fall 2005
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2005
ECON 1110.001, Principles of Macroeconomics, Summer 3W1 2005
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2005
ECON 4100.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2005
ECON 5070.001, Comparative Economic Systems, Spring 2005
ECON 1110.021, Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2004
ECON 5900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2004

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

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
Cobb, S. L. (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. . (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.
Cobb, S. L. (1993). "Competitiveness Through Cultural Adaptation". Competitiveness Review. 3(2), 34-36.
Cobb, S. L. (1993). "Tax Policy and Location Decisions by Input Suppliers: A Case Study of the Industrial Development Factors Along the U.S.-Mexican Border".
Cobb, S. L., Nieswiadomy, M. L. (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.
Cobb, S. L., Glaser, D. (1992). "Education, Training, and Global Competitiveness". Competitiveness Review. 2(2), .
Cobb, S. L., Barker, T. (1992). "A Model of Cross-Cultural Training in the Transfer of Technology". Journal of Technology Transfer. 17(4), .
Cobb, S. L. (1992). "An Organizational Behavior Analysis of Teacher Attitudes About Teaching High School Economics". Theory and Research in Social Education. XX(4), 421-439.
Cobb, S. L., Luker, W., Witter, W. (1992). "The Effect of Instruction on Interventionist/Non-interventionist Attitudes". 10(1), 57-76.
Cobb, S. L., Molina, D. . (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. ., 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
Cobb, S. L. (1997). Student Workbook for Appleyard and Field International Economics 3rd ed..
Cobb, S. L. (1995). Student Workbook for Appleyard and Field International Economics 2nd ed.. Irwin Publishers.
Testbank
Cobb, S. L. (1992). " Test Bank" to accompany Roger N. Waud's Macroeconomics, fifth edition.
Cobb, S. L. (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.
Cobb, S. L. (2002). 2002 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (2002). 2002 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. Stipes Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (2001). 2001 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (2001). 2001 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (2000). 2000 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (2000). 2000 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (1999). 1999 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (1999). 1999 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (1997). 1997 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook.
Cobb, S. L. (1997). 1997 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook.
Cobb, S. L. (1995). 1995 Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.
Cobb, S. L. (1995). 1995 Principles of Microeconomics Workbook. It Works Publishing.

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract
Cobb, S. L., "YouthWin through Economic Participation," Sponsored by USAID, International, $5825165.53 Funded. (March 22, 2017 – Present).
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Overall
Summative Rating
Challenge and
Engagement Index
Response Rate

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out of 7
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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