Canadian Studies Center

Professor Emeritus, Canadian Studies and Economics 1991- 2007

Contact Information:

Email: mark@kasoff.net

Education: 
    

• Ph.D., Indiana University
• M.A., Indiana University
• B.A., City College of New York

Grants:

• Program Enhancement Grants, Government of Canada, 1997-2006.
• Reddin Symposium Fundraising of $80,000 to establish Endowment Fund (includes $10,000 matching Grant from Government of Canada received March, 1997).
• Library Matching Grants, Canadian and Québec Governments, 1994-2006.
• Pallister French-Canadian Lecture Series, matching grant from the Government of Canada to establish an endowment.
• Jointly awarded (with University of Akron) $6,650 grant from Government of Canada to test the feasibility of establishing a “virtual” Canadian studies roundtable, 2000.
• $2,500 grant from Government of Canada for Ohio Canadian Studies Roundtables Assessment, 1998.
• $6,000 Canadian Embassy Research Grant to study Canadian trade with the U.S. and Asia, 1997.

Research/Teaching Specializations:

• Research:  Canadian economy; U.S.-Canada trade and Foreign Direct Investment; Teaching Canadian Studies in the U.S. Teaching: CAST 201 - Introduction to Canadian Studies, CAST 400-NAFTA and the North American Economy.

Conference Activities/Seminars:

• Participant, National Security Studies Seminar, Canadian Forces College (Toronto), April-May, 2007.
• “East Meets West in the Canadian Oil Sands,” ACSUS Colloquium, Anchorage, September, 2006.
• Participant, National Security Studies Seminar, Canadian Forces College (Toronto), April-May, 2006
•  Moderator, Beyond Borders: A Workshop on Trends in Secure Trade, Toledo, June 6, 2006.
• “Growing Under Glass: Analyzing the Greenhouse Industry in Canada and the U.S.”, 18th ACSUS Biennial, St. Louis, November 2005.
• “Walking Through the Chapters of a Canadian Studies Text,” 18th ACSUS Biennial, St. Louis, November 2005.
• “Homeland Security at the Local Level,” Midwest Legislative Conference, Regina, SK, July 31, 2005.
• “The Failure of the Third and Triumph of the Third Option,” ACSUS Colloquium, Vancouver, BC, October 2004.
• “Homeland Security in Ohio,” Center for Regional Development (BGSU), State of the Region Conference, April 25, 2005.
• “Canada 101 in One Lesson,” Owens Corning Multicultural Network, Toledo, April 26, 2005.

Recent Publications:

• Canadian Studies in the New Millennium, co-edited, (University of Toronto Press, 2008).
• “The Canadian Economy,” coauthored, in Canadian Studies in the New Millennium, (University of Toronto Press, 2008).
• “East Meets West in the Canadian Oil Sands,” American Review of Canadian Studies, 37, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 177-183.
• The Elections of 2000: Politics, Culture, and Economics in North America, co-edited, University of Akron Press, 2005.
• “The Economic Environment of the 2000 National Elections,” in The Elections of 2000, University of Akron Press, 2005.          
• “The Importance of International Business at the Local Level,” coauthored, Business Horizons, Volume 43, Number 3, May-June 2000, pp. 35-42.
• “Ohio-Canadian Agricultural Trade: A Flourishing Partnership,” coauthored, Ohio’s Challenge: Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Fall 1998/Winter 1999, published by the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, pp. 15-18.
• “Estonia in Transition,” coauthored, The Journal of Economic Issues, Volume 33, Number 4, December, 1999, pp. 919-931.
• “The Canadian Economy,” coauthored, Introducing Canada, Washington DC: National Council for the Social Studies, 1997, pp. 75-90.
• “Canadian Direct Investment in the United States: An Ohio Perspective,” coauthored, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Volume 14, Number 2, June 1997, pp. 178-187.
• “NAFTA Sets Course for U.S./Canada Trade,” FORUM for Applied Research and Public Policy, Summer, 1995, pp. 38-42.
• “Canada-Ohio Economic Relations,” Economic Development Review, Spring, 1993, pp. 46-50.
• “Canada-Ohio Cross-Border Business Directory,” published eleven editions.
• “Ohio Canadian Studies Roundtable Annual Report,” coauthored 1993-2006.
• Proceedings from annual Reddin Symposia, BGSU, coedited, 1993-2006.
• “A Comparison of Business Costs in Northwest Ohio, Ontario, and Québec,” coauthored, September, 1997.