Dorina Tila, PhD
Associate Professor
Dorina Tila has completed the Ph.D. in Economics and post-doctoral through the selection and funding of the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) established by Nobel Laureate Dr. Vernon Smith at George Mason University. After working in international transfer pricing and international taxation in large accounting firms, such as Deloitte and Ernst & Young, she returned to academia as a full-time faculty member at Kingsborough Community College in 2014. Since then, she has been focusing on how to improve teaching and student learning in various teaching modalities, using technological tools, impelementing economic experiments and research activities into classroom, adopting Open Educational Resources, adopting efficient and ethical use of generative artificial intellegince, as well as nurturing growth mindset. She has been inquiring systematically into student learning and how the variations in pedagogical tools could improve teaching practices in higher education.
Contact
(347) 692-0722 | (718) 368-4762 | | [email protected]
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University(2005-2007)
- M.A. in Economics, George Mason University (2003-2005)
- B.S. in Economics, University of La Verne (1998 – 2003)
Publications
| Tila, D. (2024). A Microeconomic Analysis of the OER Textbook Market. Modern Economy, 15, 667-677. https://doi.org/10.4236/me.2024.156033 Tila, D. (2024). OER Adoption and Assessment: A Success Story at Kingsborough Community College. Open Journal of Leadership, 13, 108-115. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojl.2024.131007 Tila, D. (2023). Recommendations on the Use of OER in Designing a Course. Economics & Education, 8(4), 63-66. https://doi.org/10.30525/2500-946X/2023-4-10 Tila, D. (2023). Open Pedagogy, Renewable Assignments, and Course Content Creation in Economics. Creative Education, 14(12): 2394-2404. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2023.1412153 Tila, D. & Levy, D. (2023). Curating OER Content through AI and ChatGPT. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 11(12): 510-527. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2023.1112035 Tila, D. & Levy, D. (2023). Increasing Students’ Growth Mindset and Learning Perception by Allowing Online Revision and Resubmission in a Community College. Social Education Research, 5(1), 23–38. https://doi.org/10.37256/ser.5120243499 Tila, D. (2023). Impact of OER Material during COVID-19: Survey of Students Enrolled in City University of New York (CUNY) Kingsborough Community College. American J Sci Edu Re: AJSER-128. Tila, D. & Levy, D. (2022). Open Educational Resources Adoption Reduces Textbook Costs without Sacrificing Student Performance in Business and Economics Courses at a Community College. Social Education Research, 4 (1), 122–130. https://doi.org/10.37256/ser.4120231842 Tila, D. (2022). Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Assignment in Macroeconomics: Collect, Analyze, Interpret and Implement Policies based on Economic Indicators. Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, 6 (2). https://doi.org/10.31719/pjaw.v6i2.99 Levy, D. & Tila, D. (2022). An Overlooked Benefit of OER: Showing Students We Care. International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce, 3(3): 199 – 204. Tila, D. (2021). Economic experiments in a classroom improve learning and attitudes toward economics: A case study at a community college of the City University of New York. Journal of Education for Business, 96(5): 308-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2020.1812489 Tila, D. (2020). Shifting to blended online learning and its impact on student performance: A case study for students enrolled in economic courses prior to COVID-19 emergency remote instruction. e-mentor, 4(86), 62-71. https://doi.org/10.15219/em86.1483 Tila, D. & Levy, D. (2020). Revising Online Assignments and the Impact on Student Performance at a Community College. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 44(3): 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2018.1564089 Tila, D. (2015). Transfer pricing: A multistate tax issue. Journal of State Taxation, 34(1), 25-30. Dickhaut, J., Houser, D., Aimone, J. A., Tila, D., & Johnson, C. (2013). High stakes behavior with low payoffs: Inducing preferences with Holt–Laury gambles. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 94, 183–189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.03.036 Tila, D., & Porter, D. (2008). Group Prediction in Information Markets with and Without Trading Information and Price Manipulation Incentives. IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc. Oprea, Ry., Porter, D., Hibbert, C., Hanson, R., & Tila, D. (2008). Can Manipulators Mislead Prediction Market Observers? IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc. Tila, D. (2007). The relevance of information and information costs for market, non-market, and experimental institutions. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. |
Positions
Projects
2024 – 2025 Faculty Fellowship on Promotion
2024 – 2025 Faculty Fellow for CUNY Building Bridges of Knowledge
2024 – 2025 Teaching on the Commons Fellowship
2017 – 2024 Faculty Achievements Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievements
2021 – 2022 PSC-CUNY Research Award for Cycle 52
2020 – 2021 Open Educational Resources (OER) Research Fellowship
2018 – 2019 Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award
Academic Interests
Open Educational Resources, Open Pedagogy, Generative Artificial Intelligence in Economics & Academia, Experimental Economics.
