Amanda Stype
Office Hours
Fall 2022
Mon/Weds 2-3 pm
Or by appointment
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, 2016
- MA, Economics, Bowling Green State University, 2010
- BS, Mathematics/Statistics, Ohio Northern University, 2009
- BSBA, International Business and Economics, Ohio Northern University 2009
Interests and Expertise
Dr. Stype's research and teaching interests are in the fields of:
- Health Economics
- Public Economics
- Public Policy
- Business Economics
- Defense Economics
- Aging and Demography
- Economics Education
Courses
Undergraduate:
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics Honors
- Health Economics
- Economic Analysis of Business
- Government Finance
Graduate:
- Microeconomic Analysis
- Health Economics
- Public Finance: Analysis and Policy
- Managerial Economics
Publications and Presentations
Refereed Journal Articles
- "Health Insurance Patterns of Older Veterans: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study," Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15, no. 8: 333, 2022.
- “Medicaid Expansion and infant mortality: the (questionable) impact of the Affordable Care Act,” with Amanda Cook. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Volume 75, 10-15, 2021.
- "An Examination of Veteran Health Around The Medicare Eligibility Age," Contemporary Economic Policy, 36(3):554–565, July 2018.
- "Seeking Permission: The Effect of Changing the Opt Out Procedure for The Military Survivor Benefit Plan," National Tax Journal, 70(1): 133–152, March 2017.
Book Chapters
"Fighting the Civic Desert: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Empowering Educators," with Brigid Beaubien, Amanda Maher, and Jeff Bernstein, in R. Martin Reardon, Jack Leonard, (Eds.), School-University-Community Collaboration for Civic Education and Engagement in the Democratic Project, Vol. III, Information Age Publishing, pp. 55-76.
Advising
Dr. Stype is currently the departmental honors advisor.
Grants, Honors and Awards
2022 Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Award (Teaching I)
Additional Information
Dr. Stype is passionate about teaching and learning and was a 2021 participant in the AEA Expanding Diversity in Undergraduate Classes with Advancements in (the) Teaching (of) Economics (EDUCATE) Workshop. She has also presented pedagogy work at the St. Louis Fed Professors Conference. Her courses draw students from a wide variety of majors, and she loves teaching economics to non-economists as well as working with future economists and future social studies teachers.