Thomas More Smith
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998
Phone: (312) 355-3983 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:TomSmith@uic.edu
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Fields of Interest : Economics of the Arts, Economic Education, Sports Economics, Labor, Non-profit Industry
Selected Research :
Occupational Attainment and Mobility of Hispanics in a Changing Economy, (with Maude Toussaint and Ludovic Comeau), Pew Hispanic Trust, (forthcoming), 2004.
Moving Up-Stage: An Economic Perspective of Nonprofit Theater Companies, National Endowment for the Arts (forthcoming), 2004
Raising the Barre: The Geographic, Financial, and Economic Trends of Nonprofit Dance Companies, Seven Locks Press, 2003.
"The Effect of NEA Grants on the Contributions to Nonprofit Dance Companies," Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, August 2003.
"The Economic Condition of Nonprofit Dance Companies 1986-2000: Evidence from the National Endowment for the Arts-Dance Applicant Database", National Endowment for the Arts Research Report, Washington, D.C. (ERIC), 2002.
"Integrating Technology in the Economics Classroom", Proceedings from the International Conference on Technology and Teaching in Higher Education, INEAG, Samos, Greece, 2000.
Current Research Interests:
Non-profit theater industry
Economic Education
Occupational mobility and attainment of immigrants
Religion and Philanthropy
Other Significant Accomplishments :
Co-Principal Investigator:
Pew Hispanic Trust study on the occupational attainment of Hispanics (2003)
Principal Investigator: National Endowment for the Arts/Urban Institute Study on Nonprofit Theater (2001-2002)
National Endowment for the Arts Study on Nonprofit Dance (2000-2001)
S. A. Walton Fellowship, 1999-2001
Recipient Oscar Miller Teaching Award, 1998, UIC
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