Jim Leaman

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Office Location: CC 206C

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Fellowship Spent at Bureau of Economic Analysis

Associate Professor

James M. Leaman, Ph.D., is an EMU alum, having graduated with majors in business administration and computer science. After gaining several years’ experience in business management in the local region, Jim enrolled at James Madison University where he earned a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) focusing on nonprofit management and administration. For the next 12 years Jim worked in missions and business in Kenya, providing educational and operational leadership and management with an international non-governmental organization (NGO). Prior to joining the EMU faculty Jim earned a Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Jim teaches undergraduate courses primarily in the areas of economics and organizational management, MBA courses in the area of nonprofit leadership, and he advises the university’s Investment Club. His teaching and research interests lie in the interrelated areas of international development, global political economy, and public policy, all within an overall and integrated perspective of sustainability.

Education

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2009

M.P.A., James Madison University, 1990

B.S., Eastern Mennonite University, 1986

Publications

Leaman, James M. (2012), “Toward Restorative Leadership”, Papers and Proceedings of the inaugural Annual Conference on Sustainability in Business, Issued December, 2012.

Leaman, James M. (2012), “Student Discovery and Active Learning in Economics: Autonomy, Position Papers and Student Debate Yield Engaged, Transformative Learning”, Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty Third Annual Teaching Economics Conference, May issue 2012.

Leaman, James M. (2011), “Why are Gas Prices so Low?”, The Mennonite, May Issue 2011, 05/01/11.

Leaman, James M. (2010), “Management: Current Practices and New Directions”, Book Review in Christian Business Academy Review (CBAR), Spring Issue 2010, vol. V, no. 1.

Scholarly Presentations and Abstracts

Toward Restorative Leadership, Plenary Presentation at the inaugural Conference on Sustainability in Business, Jaipuria Institute of Management (Jaipur Campus), Jaipur, India, December, 2012.

Commentary on the Macro Economy of the United States, Annual Conference of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), Niagara, ON, Canada, November, 2012.

Autonomy, Position Papers and Student Debate Yield Engaged, Transformative Learning, The 23rd Annual Conference for Teaching Economics: Instruction and Classroom Based Research, Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA, February, 2012.