Dr. Jim Fain
Professor

jim.fain@okstate.edu
339 Business Building

405-744-5196 (office)
405-744-5195 (department)
405-744-5180 (fax)

Academic, Military, and Professional Positions

Oklahoma State University, Department Head, August 2008
Oklahoma State University, Professor, July 1999
Oklahoma State University, Graduate Coordinator, August 2004 - August 2008
Oklahoma State University, Associate Professor, July 1991 - June 1999
Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor, August 1986 - June 1991

Awards and Honors

Kenneth and Leitner Greiner Undergraduate Teaching Award (1997)
Merrick Foundation Teaching Award (1995)

Education

Ph D, Purdue University, Economics, 1986
MS, Purdue University, Economics, 1983
BA, University of Texas, Economics, 1982

Courses Taught

ECON 3513
- Labor Economics and Labor Problems (Fall 2009)
ECON 2203
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Spring 2009)
ECON 4993
- Economics Honors Thesis (Spring 2009)
ECON 5003
- Research Report (Spring 2009)
ECON 2203
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Fall 2008)
ECON 2203
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Spring 2008)
ECON 5003
- Research Report (Spring 2008)
ECON 5543
- Labor Market Theory and Analysis (Spring 2008)
ECON 2203
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Fall 2007)
ECON 3513
- Labor Economics and Labor Problems (Fall 2007)
ECON 5003
- Research Report (Fall 2007)
ECON 2203
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Spring 2007)
ECON 3113
- Intermediate Microeconomics (Spring 2007)
ECON 6123
- Seminar in Economic Theory (Spring 2007)
ECON 2203
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Fall 2006)
ECON 3513
- Labor Economics and Labor Problems (Fall 2006)
ECON 2203
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Spring 2006)
ECON 5543
- Labor Market Theory and Analysis (Spring 2006)
ECON 2203
- INTRO TO MACRO ECON (Fall 2005)
ECON 3513
- LABOR ECON & PROB (Fall 2005)

Publications

Jim Fain, Timothy O. Bisping, "Gender, Race, Region and Disparities in the Impact of Monetary Policy on Unemployment," Southern Business and Economic Journal, 27 (3 & 4)

Jim Fain, Timothy O. Bisping, 2008, "Monetary Policy and Labor Market Transitions," Eastern Economic Journal, 34 (2), 238-251.

Jim Fain, Timothy O. Bisping, 2005, "The Current State of the Labor Queue: National and Regional Evidence," Journal of Labor Research, 26 (2)

Presentations Given

Market Simulations With Genetic Learning And Search
78th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International
Western Economic Association International
San Francisco - July 2003