John L. Neufeld, Ph.D.
Professor
Economics
Bryan School of Business
john_neufeld@uncg.edu
Academic/Professional Background
Degrees Attained
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Public Finance and Comparative Systems, 1975
M.A. University of Michigan, , 1973
A.B. Yale University, Economics, 1970
Teaching
Teaching Activities
Other Teaching Activities
2008 - Other Teaching Activities. Guest Lecturer for ECO 101, October, 2008.
Intellectual Contributions
Refereed Journal Articles
Hausman, W. J. & Neufeld, J. L. (in press, 2013). Multilateral and Bilateral Aid Policies and Trends in the
Allocation of Electrification Aid, 1970-2001. Utilities Policy.
Hausman, W. J. & Neufeld, J. L. (in press, 2011). How Politics, Economics, and Institutions Shaped Electric
Utility Regulation in the United States: 1879-2009. Business History.
Neufeld, J. L. (2008). Corruption, Quasi-Rents, and the Regulation of Electric Utilities. Journal of Economic
History, 68 (4), 1059-1097.
Layson, S. K., Leyden, D., & Neufeld, J. L. (2008). To Admit or Not to Admit: The Question of Research Park
Size. Economics of Innovation and New Technology.
Neufeld, J. L., Hausman, W., & Wilkins, M. (2007). Global Electrification: Multinational Enterprise and
International Finance in the History of Light and Power, 1880s-1914. Revue Economique, 58 (1), 175-190.
Neufeld, J. L. & Hausman, W. J. (2002). The Market for Capital and the Origins of State Regulation of Electric
Utilities in the United States. Journal of Economic History, 47 (3), 693-709.
Books
Neufeld, J. L. (2004). Learning Business Statistics with Microsoft Excel 2003. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt
Publishing Company. [Status: Published] [Scope: InsDev Book]
Invited Articles
Neufeld, J. L. & Holland, S. (2009). Brokering Power. IEEE Power and Energy, 7 (5), 36-43.
Published] [Acceptance Date: ]
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Book Chapters
Refereed
Neufeld, J. L., Hausman, W. J., & Wilkins, M. (2008). The Invention and Spread of Electric Utilities, with a
Measure of the Extent of Foreign Ownership. In Press, In William J. Hausman, Peter Hertner, and Mira Wilkins
(Eds.), Global Electrification: Multinational Enterprise and International Finance in the History of Light and
Power, 1878-1978. Cambridge University Press. [Status: InPress]
Neufeld, J. L. & Hausman, W. J. (2006). Time-of-Day Pricing at the Turn of the Century. In Ray Rees (Ed.),
The Economics of Public Utilities, Vol. II (pp. 116-245). Northampton: Edward Elgar. [Status: Published]
Refereed Presentations
International
Neufeld, J. L. (2004, June). The Economics of Electricity Networks and the Evolution of the U.S. Electric Utility
Industry, 1882-1935. 2004 Annual Meeting of the Business History Conference, Le Creusot, France. [Status:
Presented] [Refereed]
Neufeld, J. L. (2003, May). Transformaing the World: Data on the Global Spread of Electrification.
Globalization of Electricity Conference, Paris, France. [Status: Presented] [Refereed]
Neufeld, J. L. & Hausman, W. J. (2002, July). World Electrification--a Statistical Overview. XIII International
Economic History Association Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Status: Presented] [Refereed]
Local
Neufeld, J. L. (2006, September). The Organization of the Electric Utility Industry-Why Has it Been So Hard to
Get Right? Energy & Environmental Studies Ph.D. Program North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro,
North Carolina. [Status: Presented] [Refereed]
Research and Curriculum Development Grants
Pending
2000: Neufeld, J. L. Data Warehousing and Data Mining Grant, Principal Investigator, SAS Institute. I applied
(unsuccessfully) for a grant on behalf of the departments of economics, information sciences and operations
managmenet, and mathematical sciences for $53,000 of in-kind services from the SAS Institute in a program
administered by UNC-GA. The grant would have provided training and support services for programs using
data warehousing and data mining. [Status: Pending] [Source: External]
Readings
Neufeld, J. L. (2010). Blackouts. In Kenenth T. Jackson (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of New York City. New
Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Neufeld, J. L. (2010). Electric Bond and Share. In Kenneth T. Jackson (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of New York
City. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Neufeld, J. L. (2010). Sydney Z. Mitchell. In Kenneth T. Jackson (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of New York City.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Non-Refereed Presentations
National
Neufeld, J. L. (2009, October). Toward a More Perfect Grid. 42nd Annual Frontiers of Power Conference,
Stillwater, Oklahoma. [Status: Presented] [Non-Refereed]
Description: Keynote Address
Regional
Neufeld, J. L. (2003, March). Historical Interaction Between Public Policy and the Structure of the US Electric
Power Industry. Advanced Energy Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. [Status: Presented]
[Non-Refereed]
Other Research Activities
Discipline-Based Scholarship
2009: , ., . 'Review of Martin Chick, Electricity and Energy Policy in Britain, France and the United States since
1945,' EconomicHistory.Net Economic History Services, June 2, 2009.
Service
Service to the University
Department Assignments
Member:
2006-2007: Computer Committee
Department Assignments
Member:
2010: Department Committee on Promotions: Prepared a memo summarizing the views of the full
professors in the department with respect to the promotion of Ken Snowden
Department Assignments
Member:
2007-2008: Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
School Assignments
Chair:
2003-2004: Information Technology Committee
School Assignments
Member:
2005-2006: Bryan Planning Committee
School Assignments
Member:
2013: Promotion and Tenure Committee
2007-2008: Committee on Faculty Development
2007-2008: Planning Committee
2006-2007: MBA Program Committee
2006-2007: Planning Commitee
2004-2005 – 2005-2006: Planning Committee
School Assignments
Other Institutional Service Activities:
2010: Individual service in support of students: Wrote recommendations for four undergraduates for
study abroad and for positions as tutors with Student Academic Services
University Assignments
Chair:
2005-2006 – 2007-2008: Academic Computing
University Assignments
Chair:
2007-2008: Academic Computing Committee: Under my leadership, the committee brought the problem
of faculty computer backups to the attention of the provost. As a result, all faculty at UNCG are going to
be given Internet backup of UNCG-owned machines starting at the end of the Spring 2009 semester.
University Assignments
Member:
2013: Academic Appeals Committee
University Assignments
Member:
2009-2010: Academic Appeals Committee: Personally handled a dozen cases of appeals from
undergraduates regarding academic suspension and academic probation.
University Assignments
Member:
2012 – 2013: Academic Computing Committee
2011-2012 – 2012-2013: Academic Computing Committee
2010-2011 – 2011-2012: Academic Computing Committee
2009 – 2010: Academic Computing Committee
2008 – 2009: Academic Computing Committee
2008: Academic Computing Committee
University Assignments
Member:
2011-2012: Academic Technology Coordinating Committee
2008-2009 – 2010-2011: Academic Computing Committee: Under my leadership last spring, the
committee brought the problem of faculty computer backups to the attention of the provost. As a result,
all faculty at UNCG are going to be given Internet backup of UNCG-owned machines starting the end of
this semester. Committee met monthly.
University Assignments
Member:
2006-2007
2006-2007
2006-2007
2005-2006
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Faculty Senate
Library
Faculty Senate
Enrollment Management
Enrollment Management Committee
University Assignments
Member:
2005-2006 – 2006-2007: Library Committee
University Assignments
Member:
2006-2007 – 2008-2009: Promotions and Tenure Committee of Faculty Senate
University Assignments
Member:
2007-2008: Teaching and Learning Center Committee: Ex-Officio
2005-2006: University Promotion and Tenure Committee
University Assignments
Member:
2004-2005 – 2005-2006: University Senate
University Assignments
Member:
2005-2006 – 2006-2007: University Teaching and Learning Center Committee
Service to the Profession
Reviewer - Article / Manuscript
2010: Journal of Legal Studies.
2003: Journal of Economic History.
Reviewer - Book / Textbook
2007: Enterprise and Society. Review of James Delbourgo, A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity
and Enlightenment in Early America, Harvard University Press.
2006: Journal of Interdisciplinary History. Book review of Johann Peter Murmann's 'Knowledge and
Competitive Advantage,' Cambridge University Press.
2003: Greenwood Press. Reviewed 'The Telecommunications Industry' by S. E. McMaster.
Reviewer: Referee Journals
2012: Journal of Regulatory Economics.
Service to the Community
Member of a Committee
2007: North Carolina Energy Policy Council
2005: North Carolina Energy Policy Council
2000 – 2004: North Carolina Energy Policy Council
Faculty Development
Honors-Awards-Grants
Award/Honor/Grant
Award
2003: Bryan School Senior Faculty Teaching Award.