Teaching

Photo of Economics in Action class in front of Economics Building, summer 2022

Courses taught at University of Colorado Boulder:

  • Principles of Macroeconomics, Economics Department, Online and Hybrid
  • Economics in Action, In-Person, a Partnership with Adams 12 (High Schools in north metro Denver)
  • Intermediate Microeconomics, Economics Department, Online
  • Money and Banking, Economics Department, Online
  • Managerial Economics, Economics Department, Online
  • Public Economics: The Economics of the Government Sector, Economics Department, Online
  • Mathematical Tools for Economists 1, Economics Department, Online
  • Mathematical Tools for Economists 2, Economics Department, Online
  • Environmental Public Finance, Masters of the Environment (MENV) graduate program, In-person and Remote
  • Evaluating Food Systems: Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis Module, Masters of the Environment (MENV) graduate program, In-person
  • Environmental Statistics, Masters of the Environment (MENV) graduate program, In-person
  • Essentials of Environmental Economics, Masters of the Environment (MENV) graduate program, In-person and Remote
  • Foundations of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Masters of the Environment (MENV) graduate program, In-person
Photo of Karen Gebhardt with colleagues from the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi, Vietnam

Courses taught internationally:

  • Intermediate Macroeconomics – FTU, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Comparative Labor Economics – VSE, The University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
  • International Trade – FTU, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • International Finance – FTU, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam

Recent Awards, Honors, Grants and Fellowships Related to Teaching Excellence:

  • Selected as a Faculty Leadership Institute (FLI) Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder, 2023-2024.
    • FLI is a program that helps identify, foster and support emerging leaders as they prepare to further their leadership trajectory at the University of Colorado Boulder.
    • A group of 12-15 faculty members are chosen to make up the new leadership class each year.
    • /fds/faculty-leadership-institute-fli
  • Won the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) Excellence in Teaching Award, 2023.
    • This national award recognizes those who have made significant contributions to credit or noncredit programs and who have provided inspirational teaching to professional, continuing, and/or online education students.
    • One award is given annually.
  • Awarded Community Impact Grant from the Office for Outreach and Engagement, University of Colorado Boulder, 2022.
    • Grant was awarded for work with Denver-metro low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented high school students.
  • Selected as an ASSETT Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder, 2021-2022.
    • The Arts & Sciences Support of Education Through Technology (ASSETT) Faculty Fellows Program is a collaborative community of faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences who address teaching, learning, and technology challenges within their individual departments.
    • /assett/2021-2022-faculty-fellows-quality-teaching-initiative
  • Won Stanford Calderwood Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2020.
    • This award recognizes two professors annually for their excellence in teaching in the Department of Economics.

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