Agnieszka Kwapisz, Ph.D.

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Curriculum Vitae
Agnieszka Kwapisz

Education:

  • Ph.D., Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 2000 (ranked 5th in Public Finance and Budgeting by U.S. News and World Report’s 2005 ranking of graduate programs)
  • M.S., Mathematics, University of Gdansk, Poland, 1993

    Other:

  • Six Sigma White Belt Certification, January 2012

    Work Experience:

  • Visiting Professor, Montana State University, College of Business, Bozeman, Montana, (2011 - present)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Montana State University, College of Business, Bozeman, Montana, (2005 - 2011)
  • Research Associate, Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana, (2001 - 2007)
  • Adjunct Professor, Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana, (2001 – 2004)
  • Research Assistant, Georgia State University, School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, (1996 - 1997)
  • Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Economics, (1995)
  • Assistant Professor, University of Gdansk, Poland, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Informational Systems (1993 - 1994)

    Papers in Refereed Journals:

  • “Is Higher Better? Determinants and Comparisons of Performance on the Major Field Test-Business”, (with Brown F.W. & Semenik R.J.), Journal of Education for Business 87 (3): 159-169, 2012
  • “Interpreting Standardized Assessment Test Scores and Setting Performance Goals in the Context of Student Characteristics: The Case of The Major Field Test in Business” (with F. William Brown and Richard J. Semenik), Journal of Education for Business 87 (1):7-13, 2012
  • “What Determines Excise Tax Rates?”, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 09(1), February 2011
  • “Alcohol Consumption and its Adverse Effects in Poland in Years 1950-2005” (with Zofia Mielecka-Kubien), Economics Research International, vol.2011, May 2011
  • “Alcohol prices, consumption and traffic fatalities” (with Douglas J. Young), Southern Economic Journal 72(3), January 2006
  • “Sufficiency in Blackwell’s theorem”, Mathematical Social Sciences 46(1), August 2003
  • “Alcohol Consumption, Beverage Prices and Measurement Error” (with Douglas J. Young), Journal of Studies on Alcohol 64 (2), March 2003
  • “Alcohol Taxes and Beverage Prices”, (with Douglas J. Young), National Tax Journal LV-1: 57-74, March 2002

    Working Papers:

  • "The Impact of Intellectual Diversity On Academic Performance” (with F. William Brown)
  • “Published, not Perished, but Has Anybody Read It? Citation success of finance research articles.”
  • “Organizational Change: testing the deceleration hypothesis on the example of state excise taxes"
  • “Differential Gender Performance on the Major Field Test—Business” (with F. William Brown)
  • “Success in the Business Software Applications Course as an early indicator of performance on the Major Field Test in Business.” (with Harry C. Benham and F. William Brown)

    Teaching Experience:

  • Business Research Methods (Mgmt 231) – Montana State University, Bozeman
  • Undergraduate Research (Mgmt 490R) – Montana State University, Bozeman
  • First Year Seminar (Bus 101) – Montana State University, Bozeman
  • Managerial Accounting (BUS 222) – Montana State University, Bozeman
  • Public Finance (Econ 320) - Montana State University, Bozeman
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics (Econ 302) - Montana State University, Bozeman
  • Introductory Microeconomic Theory (Econ 201) - Montana State University, Bozeman
  • Principles of Economics (undergraduate) - State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Computer Programming and Information Systems (graduate) - University of Gdansk, College of Business, Poland

    Research Support:

  • MSU Retention Initiative 2011 Grant; Role: Co-Investigator, 2011 - 2012
  • 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 Summer Research Grants, College of Business
  • Summer 2010 Bracken Faculty Professional Development Grant
  • National Academy of Sciences “Alcohol Policy – The U.S. and Poland” Z3160 Bielinska-Kwapisz – PI 2003–2007
  • National Institutes of Health “Taxes, Prices, Consumption, and Traffic Fatalities”. R03 Young – PI 2001 –2003 Role: Co-Investigator

    MSU Service:

  • Member of the Assessment of Learning Commeette, COB MSU
  • Organizer and leader of the MSU COB Research Group
  • Mentor for new MSU tenure track faculty members
  • Administrator and organizer of the COB Teaching Blog

    Professional Service:

  • Referee for
    Contemporary Economic Policy, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Economic Theory, Southern Economic Journal, Public Finance Review, Economic Inquiry
  • Textbook reviewer:
    “Public Finance and Public Policy” by Jonathan Gruber
    “Microeconomics” by R.G. Hubbard and A.P O’Brien
    “Research Methods and Statistics for Business” by Lussier

    Papers Presented and Invited Talks:

  • “Differential Gender Performance on the Major Field Test-Business” (with F. William Brown), The 11th International Academy of Management and Business (IAMB) Conference, San Francisco, California, November, 2011.
  • “The Impact of Intellectual Diversity On Academic Performance” (with F. William Brown), Global Business Development Institute’s 14th International Conference for Business and Economics, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2011
  • “Is Higher Better? Determinants and Comparisons of Performance on the Major Field Test-Business”, the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada. (with Brown F.W. & Semenik R.J.), August, 2010
  • “Interpreting Standardized Assessment Test Scores and Setting Performance Goals in the Context of Student Characteristics: The Case of The Major Field Test in Business” (with F. William Brown and Richard J. Semenik) 2010 Global Business & International Management Conference, Portland, OR, August, 2010
  • “The Impact of Intellectual Diversity On Academic Performance In Student Cohorts” (with F. William Brown) the annual meeting of the International Academy of Business And Public Administration Disciplines, New Orleans, LA, 2010
  • “Collaboration and Performance in Finance Research”, University of Gdansk, Poland, Summer 2007 (invited talk)
  • “When Do States Change Beer Excise Taxes?” Ponicki, W.R., Bielinska-Kwapisz, A., and Young, D.J. (2007) Research Society on Alcohol Annual Scientific Meeting; Chicago, July 2007
  • “When Do States Change Excise Taxes?”, Polish Banking Academy, Gdansk, Poland, Summer 2005 (invited talk)
  • “The U.S. Tax System and Excise Taxes”, University of Gdansk, Poland, Summer 2005 (invited talk)
  • “Alcohol Prices, Consumption and Youth Traffic Fatalities”, the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, Riverside, California, May 2005, (with Douglas J. Young)
  • “When Do States Change Alcohol Taxes?”, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana 2004
  • “Sufficiency in Blackwell’s theorem”, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana 2002
  • “Substitution effects between beer, wine, and spirits – an AIDS system approach”, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana, 2001
  • “Alcohol Consumption, Beverage Prices, and Measurement Error”, annual meeting of the Western Economics Association, San Francisco, July 2001, (with Douglas J. Young)
  • “Alcohol Taxes and Beverage Prices”, annual meeting of the Western Economics Association, San Diego, CA, July 1999, (with Douglas J. Young)

    Awards:

  • Winner of the 2007 MSU President’s Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Nominated for the 2011 and 2007 MSU James and Mary Ross Provost’s Award for Excellence
  • Nominated for the 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011 MSU President’s Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Graduate Academic Scholarship, SUNY and GSU, 1995-1997
  • Student Scholarship, Mathematics Department, Gdansk University, 1989-1993

    Other Information:

  • U.S. Citizen
  • Foreign Languages: Polish, Russian
  • Computer Skills: Familiarity with both MS Windows and Unix operating systems. Extensive experience with statistical packages including R, Limdep, EViews, and Gauss. Working knowledge of SAS, HTML, Mathematica, C, and Pascal
  • Hobbies: skiing, windsurfing, biking, hiking

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