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About Charlie Harrington

Mr. Harrington joined Nova Southeastern University in 1986 as an adjunct faculty member teaching Statistics and Economics for the MBA and executive MBA in Banking programs. In later years he developed and taught Real Estate Economics for the MBA in Real Estate program and Macroeconomics and Comparative Economic Systems for the MIBA program. He joined the Undergraduate Business Administration department in the Farquhar Center on a full time basis in November of 1988 as a faculty coordinator and lecturer in Economics. 

After joining the Huizenga School in 2003 as a full time faculty member, he became the lead instructor for all undergraduate economics courses and developed the B.S. in Economics degree for HSBE. In addition to his undergraduate responsibilities, he also teaches Economic Thinking in the MBA program. In December of 2005 Mr. Harrington was recognized as the "Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher of the Year" in the Huizenga School. 

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mr. Harrington is actively involved in academic research. With Dr. Rebecca Abraham, Mr. Harrington has published articles in the Journal of Hedge Funds and Derivatives, the Journal of Business and Leadership and the Review of Accounting and Finance. They have co-authored chapters in Volumes 4 through 8 of Advances in Business and Management Forecasting since 2006. They have also presented numerous papers at a variety of conferences primarily in the area of finance. 
Mr. Harrington is Vice-President of the South Florida Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), which presents three workshops per year at HSBE on topics ranging from real estate market issues to international trade issues and their impact on the South Florida Region. and a member of The Economics Roundtable at The Economic Research Data Institute (ERDI) of Palm Beach and Martin Counties. 

Mr. Harrington graduated with a BS degree in Business Administration with a minor in Economics from Lowell Technological Institute in 1973. That year he received a graduate fellowship to Northeastern University in Boston, MA where he began to pursue his graduate studies in Human Resource and Urban / Regional Economics. In 1975 he completed all coursework and examinations for the Ph.D. in Economics and joined the faculty at Northeastern University on a full time basis. Here he taught Statistics, Mathematical Economics, and Macro and Microeconomics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In addition to his teaching duties, he was a member of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University where he contributed to numerous publications that evaluated the economic and non-economic outcomes of various Federal and State employment and training programs. In 1977 he accepted a two-year appointment to the Economics faculty at Bentley College in Waltham MA. During this same period he was appointed by Governor Francis Sargent to serve a two-year period as a member of the Board of Trustees of Lowell Technological Institute and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Lowell Technological Institute Research Foundation. Upon completing these terms he was appointed by Governor Michael Dukakis to serve a two year term as a member of the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Vocational / Technical Education. 

In 1978 he accepted a position with the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was assigned as legislative assistant to the Chairman of the Committee on Urban Affairs. Here he assisted in researching and evaluating the economic impact of proposed legislation that came before the committee, specifically legislation on housing finance issues. After a two-year period working with the Committee on Urban Affairs he returned to Northeastern University to continue to teach and pursue his research interests until 1985 when he moved to Florida. 

Positions

Present Adjunct Professor, Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2006 - Present Co-Author, Volumes 4 through 8 of Advances in Business and Management Forecasting
1998 - Present Faculty Adviser, Nova Southeastern University, Economics and Finance Association Student Chapter
Present Vice President, South Florida Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE)
Present Member, The Economics Roundtable at The Economic Research Data Institute (ERDI)
2010 - 2011 Member, Nova Southeastern University, Graduate Curriculum Committee
2007 - 2011 Faculty Advisor, Finance and Economics Association
2007 - 2011 Member, Nova Southeastern University, Undergraduate Core Curriculum Committee
2007 - 2008 Volunteer, Cardinal Gibbons H.S., Taught AP Macroeconomics
2007 - 2008 Faculty Adviser, Nova Southeastern University, Farquhar College for Arts and Sciences Student Research Colloquium
2006 - 2007 Faculty Advisor, Nova Southeastern University, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Student Research Symposium
2005 - 2006 Faculty Advisor, Nova Southeastern University, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Student Research Symposium
2005 - 2006 Co-Advisor, Nova Southeastern University, Finance Club
2004 - 2004 Faculty Advisor, Nova Southeastern University, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Student Research Symposium
1998 - 2003 Member, Faculty Peer Review Committee
1995 - 2002 Advisor, Catholic Campus Ministry
1995 - 2002 Member, Nova Southeastern University, Search Committee for Associate Dean Farquhar Center
1987 - 2002 Member, West Boca Kiwanis Club
Article Author, Journal of Business and Leadership
Article Author, Journal of Hedge Funds and Derivatives
Article Author, Review of Accounting and Finance
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Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher of the Year - Nova Southeastern University (2005)

Education

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1976 Ph.D. (ABD), Human Resource Economics/ Urban Regional Economics, Northeastern University
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1975 M.A., Economics, Northeastern Univer
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1973 B.S., Business Administration, Lowell Technological Institute
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Articles (9)

Books and Book Contributions (4)

Presentations (6)