Curriculum Vitae
Joseph Zoric
Department of Accounting, Business and Economics
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Steubenville, Ohio 43952
740-284-5801
jzoirc@franciscan.edu
EDUCATION:
Ohio University, BBA, 1969
Ohio University, MA, 1970 (Economics)
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Study in Economics, 1973-74
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Franciscan University of Steubenville Campus Leadership and Teaching
Award 1995
Sam Walton Fellow 1991-2002
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
National Association of Business Economists
Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions – Board of Academic
Advisors
PUBLICATIONS:
“Inflation Ravages Poor in Tri-State”, Steubenville Herald-Star, Oct. 15,
1978.
“Why Royalty Recipients Prefer Lower Prices”, Great Ideas for Teaching
Economics, Harper & Row, 1978.
“Are the Good Times Really Over for Good”, Wheeling News Register,
August 29,1982.
“Corporate Social Responsibility in the Steel Industry – The Case of
Weirton Steel”, with Eileen Kelly, Academy of Management Proceedings,
1984.
“Reindustrialization And Employee Stock Ownership Plans: The Case of
Weirton Steel Corporation”, with Eileen Kelly, Southern Ohio Business
Review, Fall 1986, Vol.4, No. 2, p.12.
“Employee Ownership and Industrial Democracy: The Pursuit of Free
Enterprise”, with Eileen Kelly, Proteus, Fall 1988, Vol.5, No.2, p.18.
“Technology Limits Government”, Steubenville Business News, Sept.
1992.
“Lane Wolf at Weirton: Ernest Tenor Weir”, with Eileen Kelly, Journal
of Management Issues, Spring - 1994.
“The Economic Impact of Franciscan University of Steubenville”, with
Michael Welker, 1995.
Can Ohio Cities Become Contract Cities?” Published in The Morning
Journal, Lorain, Ohio, The Chillicothe Gazette, and The Dayton Business
Reporter, October 1996.
“The Economic Impact of Franciscan University of Steubenville”, with
Michael Welker, 2000.
“(re)Distributionism (re)Considered”, The University Concourse, Vol. V,
Issue 6, March 6, 2000.
“Ohio’s Corporate Welfare: Stealing from the Taxpayers to Save Big
Steel”, The Columbus Dispatch, April 2, 2001.
“Tax Reform for Ohio”, Testimony before the Ohio State House Ways and
Means Committee, August 14, 2002.
“Steel Tariffs May Harm Ohio’s Economy”, Columbus Business First,
March 26, 2002.
“Social Credit is No Alternative”, with Michael Welker, The University
Concourse, VII, Issue 2, January 13, 2003.
“Steel Tariffs Leveling firms Despite Claims of No Damage”, Columbus
Business First, October 17, 2003.
“Ohio’s Dependence on Foreign Trade”, “NAFTA and Ohio”, and
“Outsourcing: Its Affects on Ohio”, for the Buckeye Institute for Public
Policy Solutions, August 2004.
“Economic Impact of Franciscan University of Steubenville”, with
Michael Welker, November 2005.
“Ohio and NAFTA Revisited” Buckeye Institute,
www.buckeyeinstitute.org. March 31, 2008
SLECTED PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHES:
“Parental Choice in Education”, Wintersville, Ohio Rotary Club,
September 19, 1991.
“Changes in the Banking Industry in the 1990s”, Wintersville Methodist
Church Men’s Club, February 18, 1991.
“Economic Outlook for 1992”, Steubenville Kiwanis Club, September
1992.
“Parental Choice: Good for Business”, Upper Ohio Valley Business News,
Jan. 1992.
“Panelist: Jefferson Technical College symposium, “Brave New World –
Implications for Educators”, September 24, 1993.
“Economics and the Church” EWTN – Franciscan University Focus,
October 1993.
What Community Leaders Should Know About Economics”, Steubenville
Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program, March 23, 1993.
“ “Ethical Health Care Reform”, Steubenville Kiwanis Club, August 23,
1994.
“The North American Free Trade Agreement”, Steubenville Serra Club,
January 20, 1994.
“Arguments for a Flat-Rate Income Tax”, The Dennis Palmer Show,
WTOV TV, January, 5, 1995.
“Prospects for the Economy”, Steubenville Kiwanis Club, February 13,
1996.
“ The Immorality of the War on Drugs”, The Dennis Palmer Show,
WTOV TV, June 22, 1995.
“Economic Prospects for 1996”, Weirton Rotary Club, January 30, 1996.
“Privatizing Social Security” Moneyline, WSTV Radio, February 13,
1996.
“ “The Crisis in Medicare” Moneyline, WSTV Radio, June 15, 1996.
“Contract Cities”, Interview on WTVN Radio, Columbus, Ohio,
September 26, 1996.
“Issues in the Ohio Economy”, Steubenville Rotary Club, July 25, 1997.
“The Crisis in Russia”, Moneyline, WSTV Radio, August 29, 1998.
“Problems of the Asian Economies”, Moneyline, WSTV Radio, October 3,
1998.
Prospects for the Economy” Calcutta, Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Annual Banquet, March 7, 1998.
““Issues in the Economy”, Dateline 9, WTOV TV, January 17, 1999.
Clinton’s State of the Union Speech”. Moneyline, WSTV Radio, January
23, 1999.
“The Crisis in Social Security and Medicare”, Steubenville Kiwanis Club,
September 9, 2003.
“Lost Steel Jobs”, Pat Campbell Show, WSTV Radio, October 28, 2003.
Moneyline, WSTV Radio, “GDP, Productivity, and the Local Economy”.
“The Future of the Steel Industry”, Steubenville Kiwanis Club, May 21,
2002.
“The Economic Implication of the Election”, Moneyline, WSTV Radio,
November 9, 2002.
Moneyline, WSTV Radio, “The Bush Tax Cuts”, January 11, 2003
Moneyline, WSTV Radio, “ State and Federal Taxes”, March 1, 2003
“Solutions to the Social Security Crisis”, Weirton Rotary Club, August
17, 2005.
“Prospects for the New Congress” Steubenville Rotary Club, December
23, 2006.
“The Financial Meltdown: What to Do” Steubenville Kiwanis Club,
December 2, 2008.