Dr. Gail A. Hawks received her B.S. in Comprehensive Social Studies from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics and Economics Education from Ohio University. She has taught in Public Schools for 11 years in Ohio and has more than twenty years of collegiate teaching experience in Ohio and Florida. She has worked in an import/export business in Philadelphia, PA and as a private consultant in Florida.

Dr. Hawks initiated the Center for Economic Education at Miami-Dade Community College in 1987. This was the first Center in Economic Education at a community college in the nation to be affiliated with the National Council on Economic Education and the Florida Council on Economic Education. The Center works with teachers K-12 in Monroe and Miami-Dade Counties. Since the Center’s beginning, it has had state and national winners in teacher competitions.

Within the Business Studies Department, Dr. Hawks, has written curriculum competencies for the Micro and Macro economics courses, and developed a curriculum for the Business Logistics course. She served, as Faculty Senate Vice President for years, is the United Faculty for MDCC Vice President for the Wolfson Campus. She served as Chair for the Re-Engineering Committee for Budget and Planning. She serves on the Graduation Committee, Environmental Ethics Institute, Miami Book Fair International Logistics Committee for Home Improvements, and Student Enhancement Committee. She served on numerous screening and other committees as appropriate.

Dr. Hawks has served on several State Committees appointed by the Florida Department of Education and is on the International Committee for the National Council on Economic Education. She is on the Editorial Review Board of Directors for the professional journal, Journal of Economics, and Economic Education Research.