Laurence O'Connell (Larry) has been teaching at Bronx Community College for the past twenty years: Macroeconomics and Macroeconomics. His teaching philosophy reflects the idea that the study of Economics is much more than the memorization of equations and graphs; rather, we trace the historical thread of ideas and philosophies that make the study of Economics informative, relevant and rewarding.

In addition to BCC, he has taught at other CUNY campuses as well as at New York University, Fordham University, Columbia University, The State University of New York (various campuses), UC-Berkeley and U.C.LA among other universities. In addition to Economics courses, he taught Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Management Science and Operations Management.

Larry has thirty years’ experience in the corporate, government and non-profit sectors of our economy, mainly in finance, budgeting, grant proposal writing, and project management and enjoys sharing these experiences with students and colleagues.

Larry's outside activities include: Copresident of a nonprofit environmental institution, mentor and provide college-readiness information to high school students in Yonkers, NY, mentor students in South Africa using Adobe Connect, taught financial literacy to incarcerated, and worked with the Director of an NGO to setup a hospital and university in Cameroon (and he hopes to return this summer.

Education

The Johns Hopkins University M.A. in non-profit management (estimated completion 6/28)
Harvard University: Certificate in Business Analytics with focus on Artificial Intelligence
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Certificate in Business Sustainability
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: M.S. in Management Science
The New School for Social Research: M.Phil. in Economics
The New School for Social Research: M.A. in Economics
Fordham University: M.B.A. in Management and Finance
Manhattan College: B.S. in Business Administration

Paper / Discussant Presentations

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February, 2018, Boston, “Housing Exclusion in Westchester County, New York”

International Atlantic Economic Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May, 2018, paper accepted on Exclusionary Zoning in the Hudson Valley

International Atlantic Economic Conference in Montreal, Canada, October 2017, paper accepted on Exclusionary Zoning in the Hudson Valley

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February, 2017, New York, “A Tale of Three Universities: Student Perception of Their Capabilities”

Presented with Professors Leon Battista, Maxwell Agyemaxtin and Jawied Nawabi from The City University of New York

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February, 2017, New York “Improving Student Learning and Achievement” – served as a discussant

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February, 2017, New York, “Quantitative Analysis of Market and Consumer Behavior”, served as discussant

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February, 2017, “Labor and Economic Vulnerability Issues”, served as a discussant

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February, 2017, New York, “Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market”, served as a discussant 

Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2017, New York, Zoning and Exclusionary Practices in the Hudson Valley of New York

Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2016, Washington, D.C. Presented Paper on Affordable Housing in Westchester County, NY

Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2016, Washington, D.C. Presented Paper on Zoning

And Affordable Housing in Westchester County, NY

Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2015, New York, NY Presented Paper on Social Capital – An Analysis of Neighborhoods in Bronx, NY

Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2015, New York, NY Presented Paper Information Capital and Income and Wealth - A Comparison Between Students in Two Universities

Eastern Economic Association Conference, 2013, New York, NY.  Presented a paper on “Operationalizing the Capability Approach”

New Left Forum Conference, March, 2011, New York, NY, Presented a paper on “Environmental Land Use and Pigouvian Taxes”

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February 2011, New York, NY.  Presented a paper on “The Just Price”

Eastern Economics Association Conference, February 2011, New York, NY.  Presented a paper on “Amartya Sen’s Capabilities Approach”

International Atlantic Economic Society, April, 2008, Warsaw, Poland.  Presented a paper on the history of finance with implications of the “just price”

International Atlantic Economic Society, March, 2007, Madrid Spain.  Presented a paper on the role of nonprofit organizations in economic development

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February 2007, New York, NY.  Chaired a session on Education and Economics

Eastern Economic Association Conference, March, 2005, New York, NY  Presented paper on teaching Economics

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February 2003, New York, NY.  Presented a paper on the role of enhancing the distance learning experience.

Eastern Economic Association Conference, February 2003, Washington DC         Topic to have been discussed was living wages.

Union of Radical Political Economists     August, 2003, New Haven, CT   Topic was how students participated in passage of living wage / increased minimum wage in New York State