Kim Holder

Senior Lecturer of Economics and Director, Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy
Department of Economics Richards College of Business

678-839-5423
kholder@we2JndS5FSHds7I6qxYir1ljeHCB8h6wg7aKJrUFyFW3IRistga.edu

Roy Richards Sr. Hall - Room 339
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Kim Holder

Kim Holder is the Director of the University of West Georgia’s Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy and Senior Lecturer of Economics in the Richards College of Business where she teaches undergraduate economics courses, serves as a faculty research mentor for undergraduate students, and facilitates regional, state, national, and international outreach to K-16 students, teachers, and their surrounding communities. She’s an alumna of UWG and Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and the immediate Past-President of the National Association of Economic Educators.

Holder’s academic research focuses on developing creative tools and techniques in economics education that broaden the reach of economics to diverse audiences. She created the National Rockonomix® Contest (Journal of Economic Education) which uses music to teach economics and has been instrumental in integrating popular media into economic education through the use of selfies (International Review of Economic Education), the arts (Journal of Economics and Finance Education), television, and movies (International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education). She writes instructional resources for teaching economists and authored The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Macroeconomics (W.W. Norton), the Digital Implementation Guide for Mankiw’s Principles of Economics (Cengage), and edited Off-Campus Study, Study Abroad, and Study Away in Economics: Leaving the Blackboard Behind (Springer). Her award-winning work has been featured in Georgia Trend magazine and recognized by the National Economics Teaching Association, the National Association of Economic Educators, and the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.

Holder helped establish the Journal of Economics Teaching as a founding board member and serves on the boards of the Journal of Private Enterprise, Huntington Junior College, the Association of Private Enterprise Education, the National Association of Economic Educators, the Network Advisory Council of the Council for Economic Education, and the UWG Athletic Foundation. In the past 7 years, she has raised and directed approximately $1.8 million in grants and gifts focused on providing inclusive and unique pathways to economics and financial literacy.

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Fall 2021 Sections

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Fall 2020 Sections

Summer 2020 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Financial Decis. Making) Section: E01
  • ECON-3400 (Consumer Economics) Section: E01

Spring 2020 Sections

  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: 05
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: 06

Fall 2019 Sections

  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: 07

Summer 2019 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Finc Decision Marking) Section: N01
  • ECON-3400 (Consumer Economics) Section: N01

Spring 2019 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Financ. Decision Making) Section: 01D
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: 01D
  • ECON-3400 (Consumer Economics) Section: N01

Fall 2018 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Fin Decision Making) Section: 01D
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: 01D

Spring 2018 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Financial Decis. Making) Section: 03D
  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Financial Decis. Making) Section: 04D
  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Financial Decis. Making) Section: 05D

Fall 2017 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Fin Decision Making) Section: L2X
  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Fin Decision Making) Section: LXX
  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Fin Decision Making) Section: 02D
  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Fin Decision Making) Section: 03D

Summer 2017 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Financ. Decision Making) Section: N01
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: N01

Spring 2017 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Finc Decision Making) Section: 01D
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: E01
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: E02

Fall 2016 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYRKA Fin Decision Making) Section: 01D
  • XIDS-2002 (WDYRKA Fin Decision Making) Section: 02D
  • ECON-2106 (Principles of Microeconomics) Section: E01
  • ECON-2106 (Principles of Microeconomics) Section: E02

Summer 2016 Sections

  • XIDS-2002 (WDYRKA Finc Decision Making) Section: E02
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: E01

Spring 2016 Sections

  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: N01
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: N02
  • ECON-4485 (Economics of Spain) Section: 01S

Fall 2015 Sections

  • ECON-2100 (Economics for Everyone) Section: 01
  • ECON-2100 (Economics for Everyone) Section: 02
  • ECON-2106 (Principles of Microeconomics) Section: N06
  • ECON-2106 (Principles of Microeconomics) Section: N07

Summer 2015 Sections

  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: N01

Spring 2015 Sections

  • ECON-2100 (Economics for Everyone) Section: 01
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: N07
  • ECON-2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) Section: N06

Hall, J. and Holder, K. (Eds.). (2021). Off-Campus Study, Study Abroad, and Study Away in Economics: Leaving the Blackboard Behind. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73831-0 [View Publication External Resource]

Holder, K. and Niederjohn, M.S. (2020). Understanding Poverty and Inequality in Canada and Around the World: Classroom Lesson Plans. The Fraser Institute. [View Publication External Resource]

Geerling, W., Coppock, L., O’Roark, B., Sackett, H., Tierney, J., Holder, K. and Yetter, E. (2021). The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Macroeconomics. (3rd ed.) W.W. Norton & Company.

Coppock, L., Geerling, W., Holder, K., and Tierney, J. (2017). The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Macroeconomics. (2nd ed.) W. W. Norton & Company.

Abdullah, A., Holder, K., and Patel, D. (2017). Digital Implementation Guide for Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics. (8th ed.) Cengage Learning.

Coppock, L., Geerling, W., Holder, K., and Tierney, J. (2014). The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Macroeconomics. (1st ed.) W. W. Norton & Company.

Holder, K. (2014). Chapter 11: Price Discrimination. In Mateer, G.D. and Coppock, L. (Eds.), Test Bank for Principles of Microeconomics. W.W. Norton and Company.

Holder, K., Niederjohn, M.S., and Wood, W.C. (2023). The Economics of Cryptocurrencies. Social Education, 87(2), 88-95. [View Publication External Resource]

Holder, K. and Niederjohn, M.S. (2021). Pandemic 101: A Roadmap to Help Students Grasp an Economic Shock. Social Education, 85(2), 64-71. [View Publication External Resource]

Fernandez, J.M., Yetter, E.A., and Holder, K. (2021). What Do Economic Education Scholars Study? Insights from Machine Learning. The Journal of Economic Education, 52(2), 156-172, DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2021.1887027 [View Publication External Resource]

Wooten, J., Al-Bahrani, A., Holder, K., and Patel, D. (2021). The Role of Relevance in Economics Education: A Survey. Journal for Economic Educators, 21(1), 11-34. [View Publication External Resource]

Niederjohn, M.S. and Holder, K. (2019). Econs vs. Humans: An Introduction to Behavioral Economics. Social Education, 83(2), 94-99. [View Publication External Resource]

O’Roark, B., Holder, K., and Mateer, G.D. (2018). From The Beatles to Twenty One Pilots: Economics in Music in the Pop Culture Era. Perspectives on Economic Education Research, 11(1), 41-57. [View Publication External Resource]

Holder, K., Mateer, G.D., Rousu, M.C., and Tierney, J. (2017). Beyond Grades: Using Incentives to Motivate Students. Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 16(2), 1-11. [View Publication External Resource]

Acchiardo, C., Al-Bahrani, A., Holder, K., and Mateer, D. (2017). Through the Lens of Life: Teaching Principles of Economics with Humans of New York. Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 16(2), 19-30. [View Publication External Resource]

Mateer, G.D., O’Roark, B., and Holder, K. (2016). The 10 Greatest Films for Teaching Economics. The American Economist, 61(2), 204-216. DOI: 10.1177/0569434516653749 [View Publication External Resource]

Al-Bahrani, A., Holder, K., Moryl, R., Murphy, R., and Patel, D. (2016). Putting Yourself in the Picture with an ‘ECONSelfie’: Using Student-Generated Photos to Enhance Introductory Economics Courses. International Review of Economics Education, 22, 16 [View Publication External Resource]

Al-Bahrani, A., Holder, K., Patel, D., and Wooten, J. (2016). Art of Econ: Incorporating the Arts through Active Learning Assignments in Principles Courses. Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 15(2), 1-16. [View Publication External Resource]

Cleveland, J., Holder, K., and O’Roark, B. (2016). The Economics of The Hunger Games. International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 7(2), 152-169. DOI:10.1504/IJPEE.2016.078860 [View Publication External Resource]

Holder, K., Al-Bahrani, A., Hoffer, A., and Lindahl, S. (2015). Rockonomix. Journal of Economic Education, 46(1), 443. DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2015.1071216 [View Publication External Resource]