G Dirk MateerDirk Mateer has been teaching college economics for 17 years and he is currently a Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Undergraduate Studies Program in Economics at Penn State University where he regularly teaches large principles sections. He isthe author of Economics in the Movies (South-Western, 2005). He uses a variety of methods (film clips, music videos, songs, demonstrations, group work, and other active learning processes) to stimulate students to think about economics. As a result, Dr. Mateer's teaching efforts have been recognized by his students, colleagues and nationally on more than twenty occasions. He was the winner of the inaugural Economic Communicator Contest sponsored by the Association of Private Enterprise Education and the Market-Based Management Institute. Prior to joining Penn State he taught high school mathematics and science for two years and then worked at Goucher College (MD) and Grove City College (PA). Read More Read Less