RESUME AND QUALIFICATIONS OF JAMES D. RODGERS, PH.D. Resume Date: January 17, 2008 ADDRESS: 237 Timberton Circle Bellefonte, PA 16823-9070 PHONE: (814) 355-4944 FAX: (814) 355-0530 CELL: (814) 571-4425 EMAIL & WEB SITE: jdr@psu.edu http://www.jimrodgers.com PERSONAL: Year of Birth: 1943
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS B.A. in Economics, East Texas State University, 1966 (named TAMU-Commerce since Sept. 1996) Ph.D. in Economics, University of Virginia, 1970
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Institution University of Virginia The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University University of York (York England) The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University Rank Graduate Instructor Instructor Assistant Professor Visiting Senior Fellow Associate Professor Professor Head of Economics Dept. & Professor Professor Professor and Graduate Officer Professor Emeritus Dates 1967-69 1969-70 1970-72 1972-73 1972-76 1976-85 1985-94 1994-97 1997-99 1999-
COURSES TAUGHT Microeconomic Theory (G) Public Expenditure Analysis (G & UG) Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (UG) Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (UG) Mathematical Analysis for Economists (G) Welfare Economics (G) Seminar on Uncertainty (G) Economic Analysis of Accident Law (UG) Economics of Collective Bargaining (UG) Industrial Organization (UG) Economics of Regulation (UG) Money and Banking (UG) Public Finance (G) Income Redistribution & Welfare (UG) Principles of Economics (UG) Forensic Economics (UG)
G = Graduate Level Course; UG = Undergraduate Level Course
PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS WHERE MY RESEARCH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED American Economic Review Quarterly Journal of Economics Review of Economics and Statistics National Tax Journal Journal of Legal Economics Journal of Labor Research Litigation Economics Review Public Finance Quarterly Public Finance Eastern Economic Journal Journal of Forensic Economics Proceedings of the National Tax Association The Earnings Analyst
A complete list of my publications appears on my web site.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS ABOUT COMPUTING ECONOMIC DAMAGES: Valuing Economic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Actions: A Reference Guide (coauthored with Thomas R. Ireland and Stephen M. Horner). Tucson, AZ: Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., 2002. “Assessing Economic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of Pennsylvania,” (coauthored with Robert J. Thornton), Journal of Forensic Economics, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 2002, pp. 335-56. Economic Foundations of Injury and Death Damages (co-edited with Roger T. Kaufman and Gerald D. Martin), Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2005. “Fringe Benefit Losses,” Chapter 4 in Michael L. Brookshire, Frank Slesnick and John O. Ward, editors, The Plaintiff and Defense Attorney’s Guide to Understanding Economic Damages, Tucson, AZ: Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co, Inc., 2007, pp. 35-44. OFFICES AND MEMBERSHIPS IN SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS National Association of Forensic Economics, American Economic Association V.P., Eastern U.S., 1994-98 Southern Economic Association President-Elect, 2000, President, 2001-02 Western Economic Association American Academy of Economic & Financial Experts Eastern Economic Association American Rehabilitation Economics Association Society of Labor Economists V.P. External Affairs, 2001-03 Board of Editors, Journal of Forensic Economics, Vol. 15, No. 3 through Vol. 16, No. 3 Associate Editor for Literature Reviews, Journal of Forensic Economics, beginning with Vol. 17, No. 1 Executive Director, National Association of Forensic Economics, 2008HONORS National Association of Forensic Economics, 2005 Past Presidents’ Award for Outstanding Service to the Association
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Research Director on Local Non-Property Taxation, Pennsylvania Tax Commission, 1979-81 I frequently participate on the program at the annual meetings of most of the associations and professional organizations listed in the previous section. My web site has complete details.
TYPES OF CASES FOR WHICH I HAVE PREPARED APPRAISALS OF ECONOMIC DAMAGES Since 1976, I have prepared economic appraisal reports for cases involving: 1) personal injury 2) wrongful death 3) losses of business profits 4) divorce & child support, with valuation of parental earning capacity, pensions, & child rearing costs 5) wrongful termination from employment 6) analysis and critique of appraisals of "hedonic damages,” including preparation of affidavits supporting motions in limine to exclude hedonic damage testimony purporting to measure the lost enjoyment of life 7) assessment of financial losses due to misuse of funds intended for investment 8) assessment of the value of a life estate 9) assessment of loss arising from a death in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in a report to the Special Master
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COURTS IN WHICH I HAVE TESTIFIED AS AN EXPERT WITNESS ON ECONOMIC DAMAGES I have given trial or deposition testimony in the following Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas: Adams County Allegheny County Blair County Bradford County Cambria County Cameron County Centre County Clearfield County Clinton County Cumberland County McKean County Dauphin County Mifflin County Delaware County Montgomery County Elk County Potter County Indiana County Philadelphia County Jefferson County Snyder County Lackawanna County Tioga County Lancaster County Union County Lycoming County York County
I have also given trial or deposition testimony in Federal District Court in the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, for the Federal District Court in Idaho, and for the Superior Court of Jeff Davis County, Georgia. A complete list of my testimony at trials and in depositions appears on my web site.