Curriculum Vitae
Full Name
Mike Urbancic
First Name
Mike
Last Name
Urbancic
Affiliation
Faculty
Title
Senior Instructor II
Phone
541-346-6482
Office
474 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours
Spring 2025: 11:30am - 12:30pm on Tuesdays on Zoom: uoregon.zoom.us/j/92326346653; 9:30 - 10:30am on Wednesdays at the ground floor of the EMU, near the O-shaped information desk
Departments
Economics
SAIL
Interests
Behavioral economics, experimental economics, economic history
Profile Section
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2012
- M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2007
- B.S., B.A., B.A., University of Arizona, 2002
Teaching
- EC 101: Contemporary Issues in Economics
- EC 199: College Connections
- EC 202: Introduction to Economic Analysis: Macro
- EC 327: Introduction to Game Theory
- EC 330: Urban and Regional Economic Problems
- EC 399: Special Topics in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
- EC 451: Topics in Labor Economics
Publications
Stripped-Down Poker: A Classroom Game with Signaling and Bluffing; Journal of Economic Education, 2008
Statement
Mike Urbancic joined the economics department in 2012 and still works as its only full-time non-tenure-track Instructor. Together with Professor Tim Duy he handles and oversees academic advising for the department's 1100+ majors. Mike currently serves as the Vice President for Non-Tenure Track Instructional Faculty Affairs for United Academics, the faculty union for the University of Oregon. Since 2013 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of The Duck Store. His interests include stargazing (when the weather allows), playing tabletop games, and writing song parodies.
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