Rebecca Achee Thornton, PhD

Department of Economics
University of Houston
204 McElhinney Hall
Houston, TX 77204-5019

Phone: (713) 743 3820
Fax: (713) 743 3798
E-mail: rthornton@uh.edu
 

Personal Information

• Date of Birth: January 5, 1966

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Houston, May 2000

• M.A. in Economics, University of Houston, May 1996

• B.S. in Economics, Texas A&M University, May 1989

• B.B.A. in Finance, Texas A&M University, December 1989

Professional Experience

• Director of Undergraduate Advising and Affairs, Department of Economics, University of Houston, August 2002-present

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Houston, August 2002- present

• Post-Doctoral Fellow (funded by the National Science Foundation), Department of Economics, University of Houston, August 2000-August 2002

• Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Houston, May 2000-August 2002

Publications

"Learning from Experience and Learning from Others: An Exploration of Learning and Spillovers in Wartime Shipbuilding" The American Economic Review, 91(5):1350-1368, December 2001.

Teaching Experience

• Economic Growth Theory (Undergraduate , University of Houston - Fall 2005, Fall 2007)

• Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate,  University of Houston - Summer 1998, Summer 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2007)

• Principles of Macroeconomics - "Hybrid" lecture/online version (Undergraduate, University of Houston - Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005)

• Principles of Macroeconomics  (Undergraduate , University of Houston - Summer 1996, Summer 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003)

References

(Available on request)