Gustavus Adolphus
College
Minnesota Board of Teaching
Program Approval 2006

Dr. Henry Hays

FACULTY VITA FORM

 

Name of Faculty Member:              Henry M. Hays, Jr.

 

Name of Institution:             Gustavus Adolphus College

 

Title or Rank:             Visiting Professor         Field:             Economics

 

Earned Degrees: List date earned, institution, and major and minor/supporting field for each degree earned.

 

            Ph. D.     Economics:  Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 1973.

                           (Dissertation: “The Organization of Staple Food Grain Marketing System in Northern                                                          Nigeria:  A Study of Efficiency of the Rural-Urban Link”)

            M. A.      Economics:  Kansas State University, 1968.

                           (Masters Thesis: “Inequalities in International Trade and Income Among Developing Nations”)

            B. A.       Economics (with a minor in Political Science):  Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, 1966.

            B. B. A.            (Bachelor of Business Administration):  Washburn University, 1965.

 

 

Professional Experience: (including preK-12 teaching or administration and college/university experience):

List name, location, dates, and field or function for each professional experience.

 

Professor of Economics: (1999-present), Economics-Management Department, Gustavus Adolphus College,

            St. Peter, MN 56082.

 

Professor of Economics and Business:  (1987-1999), Chairman of Social Science Division (1986-1999), Chairman of Economics-Business Department (1978-1991), Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas.

 

Research Associate:  (Spring, 1977), Kansas State University, Department of Economics, in Socioeconomic Research.

 

Assistant Professor/Research Fellow:  (1973-1976), Rural Economy Research Unit, Economics Department, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M. B. 1044, Zaria, Nigeria (position partially funded by the Ford Foundation

 

Assistant Professor/Research Fellow:  (1973-1976), Rural Economy Research Unit, Economics Department, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M. B. 1044, Zaria, Nigeria (position partially funded by the Ford Foundation

 

Assistant Professor/Research Fellow:  (1970-1972), Kansas State University, United States Agency for

International Development (USAID) contract at Ahmadu Bello University, Economics Department, Zaria, Nigeria.

 

 

 

Assignment:  Fill in percentages for all that apply.

100% Full-Time in Institution                                _____% Part-Time in Institution

0% Assignment in Education                                 _____% Assignment Outside Education

100% Undergraduate Assignment                 _____% Graduate Assignment

_____% Administration                                    _____% Other (specify)_________________

 

Load: (including teaching and administrative assignments):    For Academic Year  2004-05

 

List course numbers, titles, and credits for each semester.  Specify whether courses are undergraduate or graduate level.

Fall Semester:

 

EM101-001 Principles of Macroeconomics  1.0 Course

EM101-003 Principles of Macroeconomics  1.0 Course

EM284 Economic Development and World Resources 1.0 Course-Writing course

 

Spring Semester:

 

EM101-001 Principles of Macroeconomics 1.0 Course

EM101-002 Principles of Macroeconomics 1.0 Course

EM283 International Trade and Finance            1.0 Course

 

Interim (January) and/or Summer Sessions:

 

India and China: Development of Two Emerging Powers 1.0 Course


NCATE Vita

Name: Henry M. Hays, Jr.

 

Title: Visiting Professor Economics

 

Appointment Date: Fall 1999

 

1.              Non-class duties – committees, responsibilities, etc.

Faculty sponsor to Gustavus Investment Club

Economics Department liaison with the Library

Economics Department Search Committees

Academic advisor to large number majors

Work closely with admissions visiting with prospective students

 

2.              Current Professional and Academic Associate Memberships:

African Studies Association

Midwest Economics Association

 

3.              Current Professional Activities

            Consultant/Evaluator:  North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

      Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, Chicago, Illinois, 1996-

      present.

 

4.              Sample Publications

 

            “Active Learning Strategies for Economics Instruction,”  Eleventh Annual Teaching Economics Conference

            Proceedings, Irwin McGraw Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2000.   

 

            Active Learning Strategies For Economics Instruction: A Manual For Classroom Use. (Project in

             progress).

 

Instructor’s Manual for The Economics of Developing Countries, 3rd ed., by E. Wayne Nafziger, Prentice-Hall, 1997.

 

            Nigeria:  A Country Study.  Bethany College, sponsored by the Millennium Institute and the Department

             of Environmental Stewardship and Hunger Education, Division of Church and Society, Evangelical

             Lutheran Church in America, 1995.  75 pp.

 

            Report on Relocating the Liberian Cuttington College Study Abroad Program in West Africa,

             Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Division for Higher Education and Schools, Chicago, Illinois,

             1992.  53 pp.

 

            Farming Systems in the Nigerian Savanna:  Research and Strategies for Development, Westview

            Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1982.  275 pp.

 

            “Developing a Suitable Technology for Small Farmers,” Modern Government and National

             Development, April, 1979, pp. 67-75.

 

            “Food Grain Marketing in Northern Nigeria:  Spatial and Temporal Performance,” Journal of

             Development Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, January, 1978, pp. 182-192.

 

5.              Sample Papers Presented

 

            Presenter: Robert Morris College and Irwin McGraw Hill, Tenth Annual Teaching Economics

            Conference,” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 17-19, 2000.

 

6.              Current Research Emphases

 

Poverty and income inequality in developing countries