Robert Van Horn, Ph.D.
Department of Economics
Curriculum Vitae
Robert D. Van Horn
University of Rhode Island
Office: University of Rhode Island, Economics Department
10 Chafee Rd / Kingston, RI 02881
Email: rvanhorn@mail.uri.edu
Education:
Duke University, 2008-2009, Fellow in History of Political Economy
University of Notre Dame, 2003-2007, Ph.D. in Economics
University of Notre Dame, 2001-2003, M.A. in Economics
Malone University, 1997-2001, B.A. in Law & Society (Phi Kappa Delta)
Malvern Public High School, 1993-97
Academic Positions:
Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island , 2009-present
Department of Economics
Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University, 2008-2009, academic year
Center for the History of Political Economy
Assistant Professor at Holy Cross College, 2007-2008, academic year
Social Science Division
Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2007
Department of Economics and Policy Studies
Publications
Book:
Van Horn, Robert, Philip Mirowski, and Thomas Stapleford (eds). 2011. Building Chicago Economics: New Perspectives on the History of America’s Most Powerful Economics Program.Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
14) Van Horn, Robert. Forthcoming. “A Note on Henry Simons’ Death” History of Political Econom.y
13) Nik Khah, Edward and Robert Van Horn. Forthcoming. “Inland Empire.” Journal of Economic Methodology.
12) Van Horn, Robert and Matthias Klaes. 2011. “Chicago Neoliberalism versus Cowles Planning: Perspectives on Patents and Public Goods in Cold War Economic Thought.” Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 47(3), pp. 302-321.
11) Van Horn, Robert. 2011. “Chicago’s Shifting Position on Concentrations of Business Power.” Seattle University Law Review. 34(4), pp. 1527-1544.
10) Van Horn, Robert and Matthias Klaes. 2011. “Intervening in Laissez-Faire Liberalism: Chicago’s Shift on Patents.” Building Chicago Economics. Robert Van Horn, Philip Mirowski, and Thomas Stapleford (eds).Cambridge University Press.
9) Van Horn, Robert. 2011. "Jacob Viner’s Critique." Building Chicago Economics. Robert Van Horn, Philip Mirowski, and Thomas Stapleford (eds.). Cambridge University Press.
8) Van Horn, Robert and Philip Mirowski, and Thomas Stapleford. 2011. "Blueprints: An Introduction." Building Chicago Economics. Robert Van Horn, Philip Mirowski, and Thomas Stapleford (eds.). Cambridge University Press.
7) McIntyre, Richard and Robert Van Horn. 2011. “Contending Perspectives in One Department.” International Journal of Pluralism and Economic Education. 2(1): 69-81.
6) Van Horn, Robert. 2010. “Harry Aaron Director: The Coming of Age of a Reformer Skeptic.” History of Political Economy. 42(4): 601-630.
5) Van Horn, Robert and Philip Mirowski. 2010. “Neoliberalism and Chicago.” The Elgar Companion to the Chicago School of Economics. Ed. Ross Emmett. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
4) Van Horn, Robert. “Aaron Director.” 2010. The Elgar Companion to the Chicago School of Economics. Ed. Ross Emmett. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
3) Van Horn, Robert. 2009. “Reinventing Monopoly and Corporations: The Roots of Chicago Law and Economics.” The Road from Mont Pelerin. Eds. Philip Mirowski and Dieter Plehwe. Harvard University Press.
2) Van Horn, Robert and Philip Mirowski. 2009. “The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics.” The Road from Mont Pelerin. Eds. Philip Mirowski and Dieter Plehwe. Harvard University Press.
1) Mirowski, Philip and Robert Van Horn. 2005. “The Contract Research Organization and the Commercialization of Science,” Social Studies of Science, 35 (4): 503-48.
Book Reviews:
Van Horn, Robert and Richard McIntyre. 2011. Review of The Institutionalist Movement in American Economics, 1918-1947 by Malcolm Rutherford in EH.NET
Van Horn, Robert. 2009. "How Did the University of Chicago Assemble the Chicago School?" Review Essay: The Chicago School, by Johan van Overtveldt. Resesarch in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology.
Working Papers
For Work in Progress: Click Current Research Tab Above
Research Grants and Awards:
Center for the Humanities Grant, University of Rhode Island, 2012
University of Rhode Island Seed Grant 2010-2011
Research Grant, Truman Presidential Library, 2010
Young Scholar Award, History of Economics Society, 2009
Teaching Innovations Program Travel Grant, ASSA, 2009
Hayek Fund Travel Award, Institute for Humane Studies, 2008
History of Political Economy Fellowship, Duke University, 2008
Conference Travel Grant, International Center for Advanced Studies, New York University, 2005
University of Notre Dame Summer Faculty Collaboration Research Grant, June 2004
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2003
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2002
Other Honors:
Spengler Book Prize Committee Member, 2012
Online Teaching Fellow, University of Rhode Island, Summer 2011
Teaching Fellow, University of Rhode Island, 2010-2011
Pi Kappa Delta National Debate Champion, 2001
Presentations:
[1] “The Antitrust Project and Chicago Law & Economics,” History of Economics Society Conference at the session on Chicago Economics, University of Puget Sound, June 2005.
[2] “The Rise of Neoliberalism at Chicago,” American Economic Association Conference at the session on Chicago Economics, Boston, MA, January 2005.
[3] “The Antitrust Project and Chicago Law & Economics,” Neoliberalism Workshop , New York University, April 2005.
[4] “Chicago Neoliberalism Makes Its Legal Mark,” History of Economics Society Conference at the session on Chicago Law and Economics, Grinnell College, June 2006.
[5] “Chicago Neoliberalism Makes Its Legal Mark,” Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Conference at the session on Neoliberal International Networks, Paris, France, June 2006.
[6] “Aaron Director and the Reformulation of Classical Liberalism” George Mason Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economic Thought at the session on Classical Liberalism, July 2006.
[7] “The Roots of Chicago Law and Economics,” University of Notre Dame Conference on Rethinking the Chicago School, September 2007.
[8] “Intervening in Laissez Faire Liberalism,” Duke University, Duke University Luncheon, December 2008.
[9] “Harry Aaron Director: The Coming of Age of a Transcendental Skeptic,” History of Economics Society Conference, University of Colorado Denver, June 2009.
[10] “ Chicago and Intellectual Property,” History of Economics Society Conference, University of Colorado Denver, June 2009.
[11] ““How Market Ideology Absorbed Cold War Planning and Concentration.” European Society for the History of Economic Thought Conference, University of Amsterdam, March 2010.
[12] “Comrades in Arms,” History of Economics Society Conference, University of Syracuse, June 2010.
[13] “Chicago’s Shifting Position on Concentrations of Business Power,” Berle Center Symposium, University of Seattle, January 2011.
[14] w/ Edward Nik-Khah, “Inland Empire,” Conference on “Economics Made Fun in the Face of Crisis,” University of Rotterdam, December 2010.
[15] “Aaron Director and the Labor Education Movement,” HISRECO, Duke University, April 2011
[16] “Using Music to Teach the History of Economic Thought,” National Conference on Teaching Economics, Stanford University
[17] Teaching the History of Economic Thought Roundtable, History of Economics Society Conference, University of Notre Dame
[18] w/ Edward Nik-Khah, “Inland Empire,” History of Economics Society Conference, University of Notre Dame
[19] “Aaron Director on Democracy and Economics” Southern Economics Association Conference, Washington DC, November 2011
[20] “Chicago School(s) of Democratic Capitalism” ASSA Conference, Chicago
Professional Affiliations
History of Economics Society
Dr. Robert Van Horn
University of Rhode Island
814 Chafee Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
rvanhorn@mail.uri.edu