This fall, several faculty members in the Missouri State University College of Humanities and Public Affairs were given an opportunity to share their expertise and research:

• C. Patrick Scott, assistant professor of economics, received the Distinguished Student Paper Award from the Missouri Valley Economic Association for his paper “Are Central Bank Preferences Asymmetric When Policy Targets Vary Over Time?” On Nov. 5, Scott presented a public lecture as part of the CHPA Research Forum. He discussed the Federal Reserve’s response to change in the economy when its target inflation rate changes over time in his lecture titled “‘It’s Not You, It’s Me:’ The Fed’s Problem with Commitment.”
• Bernie McCarthy, professor of criminology, had his eighth edition of “Justice, Crime and Ethics” published. McCarthy is the co-author and wrote a chapter for the book on justice, crime and terrorism. McCarthy will also be attending the U.S. State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council’s Annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
• Diane Leamy and Patti Salinas, criminology faculty members, participated in a roundtable discussion on experiential learning and internships at the Midwestern Criminal Justice Associations’ annual meeting in Chicago.
• David Mitchell and Terrel Gallaway, professors of economics, recently traveled to England to present their own separate research papers at the second annual “Artificial Light at Night” conference in Leicester. Mitchell’s paper examined the economic impact of tourism on dark skies within the Colorado Plateau. Gallaway’s paper used satellite data to create an index of artificial light at night for different cities.
• Ardeshir Dalal, professor of economics, delivered lectures on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership as well as several microeconomic theories while at the University of Applied Sciences, Aachen Germany, as part of the Magellan Exchange Program.

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