Time Away From NKU!

An update on life

Heading to Washington DC: SEA Conference 2024

I'm excited to return to the Southern Economic Association Conference (SEA) in Washington, DC, this weekend! It's my first time back since 2018, and I'm looking forward to reconnecting with colleagues from across the country.

Conference Presentation

I will be in the “Teaching Effectively to a Diverse Student Audience” session hosted by CSMGEP and organized by Monica Garcia-Perez. My talk, "Building Community and Belongingness Through Experiential Learning Programs," will showcase initiatives we've developed at Haile College of Business:

• Haile Research Lab

• Haile Fellows program

• The Econ Games

The panel will have other great presenters and topics. Here is the list

Chair:

Monica Garcia-Perez, Fayetteville State University

• Hoyt Gail (University of Kentucky): "Pedagogic Strategies for Promoting Inclusion and Community Partnership in the Economics Classroom"

• Abdullah Al-Bahrani (Northern Kentucky University): "Building Community and Belongingness through Experiential Learning Programs"

• Jill Caviglia-Harris (Salisbury University): "From Basics to Videos: Effective Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners"

• Jadrian Wooten (Virginia Tech): "Making Principles Relevant Again"

• Tisha Emerson (East Carolina University): "Classroom Experiments and Principles of Economics"

• Monica Garcia-Perez (Fayetteville State University): "Using Jigsaw Activities to Discuss Contemporary and Controversial Topics"

Weekly Updates

Since I am traveling this week, I thought I would share some interesting links and thoughts from the week with you.

1. Retirement Planning: How much do you need to retire? According to Fidelity, that’s 10X your salary.

2. Campus Life: We had our first snow of the season, and my Instagram feed was filled with beautiful snow images from NKU. Is anyone else ready for the holiday season?

3. Social Media Update: I dropped Twitter for the Blue Sky App. Connect with me here.

4. Haile Research Lab News: The Haile Research Lab had a successful fall 2024 semester and is gearing up for a strong Spring 2025. Applications for students to join the community are open. Reach out to me (albahrania1@nku.edu). Thanks to our excellent speakers for taking the time to share their research with us. We are building our Fall 2025 speaker list; please reach out if you are interested in presenting. We are interested in “Business and Economic Research”.

Have a safe weekend and a Happy Thanksgiving break. If you will be at the SEA conference, please reach out. I would love to have a cup of coffee with you.

Best,

Dr. A