Brent Kreider's Home Page

                  Department of Economics
                  460C Heady Hall
                  Iowa State University
                  Ames, IA 50011-1070
                  (515) 294-6237 (ph)
                  (515) 294-0221 (fax)
                  Email: bkreider "at" iastate.edu

Brent Kreider

Professor of Economics, Iowa State University
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

My wonderful wife, four amazingly sweet (from their mother's side) daughters, and problem pet:

Recent articles written by my sister-in-law, Esther Kreider-Verhalle, on some of the world's pressing topics

Research Interests: Public Economics, Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, Health Economics

CV (pdf)

Publications and Working Papers (downloadable)

Academic Honors/Awards:

Cassling Family Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State, 2010
Nominated as an outstanding faculty member (with others) by the LAS student council, Iowa State, 2007
Economics Department's Best Teacher Award, University of Virginia, 2000
Economics Department's Best Teacher Award, University of Virginia, 1998
First Place, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award:
John R. Heinz National Academy of Social Insurance, 1995
Bullis Fellowship for Doctoral Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distinguished Teaching Assistant award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wall Street Journal Award
Phi Beta Kappa / Summa Cum Laude

Course Information:

Microeconomics 101
Graduate Public Economics 545

External Competitive Grants:

UKCPR Research Program on Childhood Hunger, funded by the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2011-2012
($75,000, with John Pepper)
National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, funded by the U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2011
($20,000, with Craig Gundersen and John Pepper)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Competitive Grants, 2007-2009
($140,000, with Craig Gundersen)
Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2006
($23,000, with Craig Gundersen)
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2005
($30,000, with Craig Gundersen)
Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, University of Michigan, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2004-2005
($100,384, with Helen Jensen and Sonya Huffman)
Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University / University of Chicago, funded by the U.S. Census Bureau, 2002
($30,000, with John Pepper)
Steven H. Sandell Grant Program, Center for Retirement Research, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002
($25,000, with John Pepper)
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research grant, 2001
($5000, with John Pepper)

Internal Grants:

Iowa State University TEACH grant, 2003
Bankard Fund for Political Economy, 1999
Bankard Fund for Political Economy, 1998

External Presentations:

American Economic Association meetings (scheduled)
Econometric Society, July 2011
UKCPR conference on childhood hunger, University of Kentucky, July 2011
Purdue University, December 2009
Southern Economic Association meetings, San Antonio, Nov. 2009
American Economic Association meetings, San Francisco, Jan. 2009
Southern Economic Association meetings, Wash., DC, Nov. 2008 (session organizer)
W.E. Upjohn Institute conference on health, health insurance, and the labor market, Kalamazoo, MI, Oct. 2008
Georgia State University, April 2008.
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) meetings, Washington, DC, Nov. 2007
American Economic Association meetings (Econometric Society), Chicago, January 2007
Southern Economic Association Meetings, Charleston, SC, Nov. 2006 (Chair)
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) meetings, Madison, WI, Nov. 2006
Georgetown, December 2005
Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 2004 (Chair)
University of Virginia, October 2004
Syracuse University, April 2004
University of Michigan, Conference for the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, July 18-19, 2004
Econometric Society Meetings, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, July 2003
International Health Economics Association World Conference, San Francisco, June 2003
University of Michigan, March 2003
Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research,
Census Bureau Research Development Grants Conference, Suitland, MD, September 2002
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), May 2002
Midwest Economic Association Meetings, Chicago, March 2002
Southern Economics Association Meetings, Tampa, November 2001
American Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, January 2001
Econometric Society Meetings, New Orleans, January 2001
University of California-Davis, 2000
University of Kentucky, 2000
Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., 2000 (Chair)
University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 2000
Virginia Tech, 2000
Virginia Commonwealth, 2000
Duke University, 2000
Iowa State University, 2000
Econometric Society Meetings, Madison, WI, 1999
International Health Economics Association World Conference, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1999
George Washington University, 1999
University of Pittsburgh / Carnegie-Mellon, 1999
Virginia Tech, 1998
Johns Hopkins University, 1997
Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., 1996
Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, 1995
American Economic Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., 1995
Seventh Biennial Conference of the Economics of Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 1994
University of Virginia, 1994
McMaster University, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, 1994
Mathematica Policy Research, 1994
Bucknell University, 1994
Sixth Biennial Conference of the Economics of Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 1992

Referee Service:

American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, International Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press, Bulletin of Economic Research, Canadian Journal of Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Economica, FinanzArchiv, Health Economics, Industrial Relations, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Labour Economics, Medical Care, National Tax Journal, Quantitative Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Social Security Bulletin, Southern Economic Journal, NIH, NSF, USDA

Selected Consulting and Outreach:

Social Security Administration
Congressional Budget Office
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Member of Iowa Governor Vilsack's task force to evaluate state tax reform proposals, 2002-2003

Professional Organizations:

International Health Economics Association
National Academy of Social Insurance
Econometric Society
American Economic Association
Virginia Health Policy Center, associate member, 1995-2001

Selected Administrative Service:

2011-12:

Teaching Coordinator
LAS Faculty Development committee
LAS Representative Assembly
Promotion and Tenure committee
Economic Council
Curriculum committee
Department’s Disability Liaison
PhD Micro Qualifier Committee
University Child Care committee
LAS panel on large lecture teaching
Omicron Delta Epsilon undergraduate honor society (Chair)

2010-11:

Teaching Coordinator
LAS Faculty Development committee
LAS Representative Assembly
Promotion and Tenure committee (Chair)
Recruiting committee
Curriculum committee
Department’s Disability Liaison
University Child Care committee
LAS ad hoc committee to study organizational restructuring
Omicron Delta Epsilon undergraduate honor society (Chair)

2009-10:

Teaching Coordinator
LAS Faculty Development committee
LAS Representative Assembly
Curriculum committee
Department’s Disability Liaison
Staff Planning committee
Omicron Delta Epsilon undergraduate honor society (Chair)

2008-09:

Teaching Coordinator
Economic Council
LAS Faculty Development committee
LAS Representative Assembly (Executive Committee)
Recruiting committee (Econometrics Chair)
Curriculum committee
Graduate Programs committee
Staff Planning committee
Omicron Delta Epsilon undergraduate honor society (Chair)
Budget Advisory committee

2007-08:

Teaching Coordinator
Economic Council (Chair)
LAS Faculty Development committee
LAS Representative Assembly
Recruiting committee
Curriculum committee
Graduate Programs committee
Staff Planning committee
Omicron Delta Epsilon undergraduate honor society (Chair)

2006-07:

Teaching Coordinator
LAS Faculty Development committee
Recruiting committee
Curriculum committee
Graduate Programs committee
Omicron Delta Epsilon undergraduate honor society (Chair)

2005-06:

Teaching Coordinator
Economic Council (Vice-Chair)
LAS Faculty Development committee
Recruiting committee
Curriculum committee
Graduate Programs committee
Omicron Delta Epsilon undergraduate honor society (Chair)
Budget Advisory committee
Ad hoc New Horizons Initiative

2004-05:

Teaching Coordinator
Recruiting committee
Curriculum committee
Staff Planning committee
Outcomes Assessments committee
Joint Business Major committee
Ad hoc Advising committee (co-Chair)
Ad hoc Reading Room renovation committee

2003-04:

Teaching Coordinator
Economic Council
Recruiting committee
Curriculum committee
Staff Planning committee
Joint Business Major committee
Ad hoc Undergraduate Teaching and Enrollment committee (Chair)
Preparing Future Faculty mentoring program

2002-03:

Economic Council
Promotion and Tenure committee
Recruiting committee
Curriculum committee
Staff Planning committee
Ad hoc Undergraduate Teaching and Enrollment committee (Chair)
Preparing Future Faculty mentoring program
External Review response

ISU Economics Department

Department of Economics 460C Heady Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-1070 (515) 294-6237 (ph) (515) 294-0221 (fax) Email: bkreider "at" iastate.edu

Department of Economics
460C Heady Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1070
(515) 294-6237 (ph)
(515) 294-0221 (fax)
Email: bkreider "at" iastate.edu