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Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming-0025 College of
Business Administration Phone: (775)
784-1442
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STUDY OF GAMBLING AND COMMERCIAL GAMING
William
Eadington is
Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the
Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of
Nevada, Reno. He is an internationally recognized authority
on the legalization and regulation of commercial gambling,
and has written extensively on issues relating to the
economic and social impacts of commercial gaming. Professor Eadington has served as the organizer of the 1st through 13th International Conferences on Gambling and Risk Taking between 1974 and 2006. He has edited or co-edited a variety of publications, including Finding the Edge: Mathematical Analysis of Casino Games, (2000). The Business of Gaming: Economic and Management Issues (1999); Gambling: Public Policies and the Social Sciences, (1997); Gambling Behavior and Problem Gambling, (1993); Gambling and Commercial Gaming: Essays in Business, Economics, Philosophy and Science, (1992); Tourism Alternatives, (1992) Gambling and Public Policy: International Perspectives, (1991); Indian Gaming and the Law, (1990); and Gambling and Society, (1976). Dr. Eadington has served as a consultant and advisor for governments and private sector organizations throughout the world on issues related to gaming laws, casino operations, regulation, legalization and public policy. He is a founding member of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, and a former Associate Editor of the Annals of Tourism Research and the Journal of Gambling Studies. Eadington has been with the University of Nevada since 1969. He has served as an Academic Visitor to the London School of Economics, as a Visiting Professor at the Center for Addiction Studies, Harvard Medical School, and as a Visiting Lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also is on the faculty of the Centre for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Salford (U.K.). He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Santa Clara University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Claremont Graduate School.
Judy
Cornelius has been
the Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of
Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada,
Reno since its formation in 1989.
As Associate Director of the Institute, Cornelius provides day-to-day
direction of the activities of the Institute including responses to
public information and research requests, contact with domestic and
international media, as well as directing coordinating efforts for the
annual Executive Development Program and coordinating gaming management
curriculum and programs for the College of Business Administration. Cornelius has served as the Conference
Coordinator of the International Conferences on Gambling and Risk-Taking since
1989; the North American Conference on the Status of Indian Gaming; and as
Assistant Conference Coordinator of the Seventh International Conference on
Gambling and Risk Taking. She has extensive knowledge and background in gaming
research and has co-edited six books with William Eadington: Gambling and Public
Policy: International Perspectives, (1991); Gambling and Commercial Gaming:
Essays in Business, Economics, Philosophy and Science, (1992); and Gambling
Behavior and Problem Gambling, (1993); Gambling: Public Policies and the Social
Sciences, (1997); The Business of Gaming: Economic and Management Issues,
(1999); and Finding the Edge: Mathematical Analysis of Casino Games, (2000). She
also provided substantial assistance and direction in the publication of Indian
Gaming and the Law (Eadington, 1990); and Gambling Research: Proceedings of the
Seventh International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking (Eadington, 1988).
John
Mills has been a
Professor of Accounting at the University of Nevada, Reno
since 1982, specializing in financial accounting and
disclosure. In 1991, he developed a course entitled "Basic
Accounting Controls, Procedures and Financial Analysis of
the Gaming Industry," which has been incorporated into the
Gaming Management program for the College of Business
Administration. Mills has published gaming related articles in: Management Accounting (1995, 1993); Accountants' Journal (1992); Journal of Gambling Studies (1991); CPA Journal (1991); Gambling and Public Policy: International Perspectives (1991); Indian Gaming and the Law (1990); Nevada Review of Business and Economics (1989, 1986); and the Journal of Gambling Behavior (1989). Mills holds a B.S. and an M.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Doctorate of Business Administration from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Mark W.
Nichols joined the faculty of
the College of Business Administration at the University of
Nevada, Reno in July, 1996. Nichols came to Nevada from the
University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee where he
taught economics for the prior two years. Previously, he
taught economics at Florida State University where he
received his Ph.D. in Economics as well as awards as
Outstanding Teacher.
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