Patricia Parker Francis Professor of Economics
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8393

E-mail: SchoofsP@ripon.edu

Education

• B.A in economics, Loras College, Dubuque
• Ph.D. in economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Awards and Honors

• Patricia Parker Francis Professorship in Economics, Ripon College, 1992-present
• Windway Foundation Grant for research and on-site consulting about the transition from central planning to market processes in Russia and Ukraine, 1992
• The Severy Award, Ripon College, 1982-83, 1990-91, 1996-97
• Fulbright Fellowship (Senior Scholar in Economics) to Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Thailand, 1989-90

Areas of Interest

• Consumer behavior, including the allocations of time
• Pricing by firms
• Transitions from planned economic systems to free-market systems
• Economics of professional sports
• History of economics

Current Courses Taught

• ECON 211-212 Principles of Economics (Macro & Micro)
• ECON 300 Economics of Professional Sports
• ECON 354 Managerial Economics
• ECON 481-82 History of Economic Thought I & II