BRUCE PIETRYKOWSKI, PH.D.
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Teaching Experience and Interests

My primary commitment is to teaching economics at the undergraduate level.  My areas of specialization are labor, urban and regional economics.  I also teach required core courses in macroeconomics and economic statistics.  In addition I've taught a first-year seminar on the history, economics and politics of food, with a special focus on fast food.   

My teaching experience and interest extends beyond the formal classroom.  I teach in labor education programs and have provided training to community researchers in qualitative research design and implementation.   

Several years ago I helped to create the first on-line degree program at UM-Dearborn.  The degree, available to all students, was targeted at adult workers, primarily those employed in automobile plants throughout the U.S.  In 1999 the project (UAW-Ford University) was recognized by Computerworld/Smithsonian for its innovative use of technology and for its creative curriculum that connected workplace issues and experiences to a critical understanding of technological and global change. 

Courses Taught
Introductory Economics                                       
Principles of Macroeconomics
Labor in the American Economy 

Economics of the Labor Sector 
Economic Statistics 

Urban Economics
Regional Economics

Heterodox Economics
Economics of Fordism and Post-Fordism 
Urban and Regional Studies: Theory and Practice
Economic Geography
Labor and Literature
Consumer Behavior in the Twentieth Century (Honors Seminar)
Western Culture III (Honors Program)
Foundations of Academic Success in Distance Learning
First-Year Seminar: Fast-Food Nation
Creative Class/Working Class (Master of Liberal Arts Seminar)




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