Michael F. Patrono

Adjunct Instructor

EDUCATION:

  • M.S. Economics, Florida State University, 1989
  • B.S. Economics, Florida State University, 1980

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

2008 – Present         Adjunct Instructor - Economics

                                    Mercer University

                                    School of Business and Economics

                                    Atlanta, Georgia

 

2007 – Present         Instructor in Economics

                                    Department of Economics and Finance

                                    Kennesaw State University

                                    Kennesaw, Georgia

 

2006 –2007               Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Economics

                                    Department of Business and Computer Technology                                                       

                                    Okaloosa Walton College

                                    Niceville, Florida

                                                        

2003 – 2006              Instructor in Economics and Course Coordinator for Global Economics

                                    Department of Economics and Finance

                                    Kennesaw State University

                                    Kennesaw, Georgia

                            

2002 – 2003              Assistant Professor of Economics

                                    Department of Business and Social Science

                                    Darton College

                                    Albany, Georgia

 

2001 – 2002              Instructor in Economics

                                    Department of Economics and Finance

                                    Kennesaw State University

                                    Kennesaw, Georgia

 

1989 – 2000              Lecturer in Economics

                                    Berry College

                                    Campbell School of Business

                                    Mt. Berry, Georgia

 

1995 – 1998              Director of the Center for Economic Education

                                    (Jointly with Lectureship in Economics)

                                    Campbell School of Business

                                    Berry College

                                    Mt. Berry, Georgia

 

1986 – 1989              Instructor in Economics

                                    Florida State University

                                    Tallahassee, Florida            

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1982 – 1985              Partner

                                    Patrono Construction Company

                                    Miami, Florida

 

1980 – 1982              Portfolio Analyst

                                    Investment Department

                                    Trust Company Bank (now SunTrust Bank)

                                    Atlanta, Georgia

 

PUBLICATIONS:

            Books and Chapters

           

                        “Community, Polity, and Economy: The Importance of Scale” (with J. Wilson

                        Mixon, Jr.), in Dale McKonkey and Peter A. Lawler (eds.), Social Structures,

                        Social Capital, and Personal Freedom.  Praeger: Westport, 2000

           

            Refereed Articles

 

                        “Lessons from the Lorax” (with Michael Hammock and J. Wilson Mixon, Jr.),

                        Journal of Private Enterprise, Volume XVI, Number 3 Fall, 2000

 

                        The Treatment of Economic Regulation in Civics and American Government

                        Textbooks” (with J. Wilson Mixon, Jr.) The Record, Volume XV, Number 2

                        Spring, 1998

 

                        “Chicken Hawks and Corn Chips”, (with J. Wilson Mixon, Jr.) St. Croix

                        Review, vol. 28, 1995

 

                        “Are Nonprofits Natural? or Is It Better to Feel Good Than To Do Good?”

                        (with J. Wilson Mixon, Jr.)  Journal of Private Enterprise, Volume X, Number

                        1 Summer, 1994

 

                        “On the Economics of Tree Farming and Carbon Storage” (with J. Wilson

                        Mixon, Jr. and Noel Uri) Science of the Total Environment, 152(1994) 207-

                        212

 

                        “The Political Economy of the Greenhouse Effect” (with J. Wilson Mixon,

                        Jr.), Economic Planning, Volume 28, Number 2 March-April, 1992

 

            Other Articles

 

                        “Mergers, Conglomerates, and the Experience of Continental Baking

                        Company” (with Dennis Godfrey), a case study for the Georgia Council on

                        Economic Education, 1990

 

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

  • Past Vice-Commodore, Race Committee Member & Treasurer - Rome Sailing Club
  • Member - American Economic Association
  • Member - Academy of Economic and Financial Experts
  • Member - Association of Private Enterprise Education
  • Expert Witness in Bankruptcy Litigation and Advocacy Program of the American Bankruptcy Institute in conjunction with Emory University School of Law
  • Expert Witness on Economic Valuation of Damages in Legal Proceedings
  • Luncheon Speaker for Various Civic Groups