Michael C. Daley, Ph.D.

Dr.  Daley  graduated in 1984 from the University of Maine, Orono with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Daley earned a M.A. in Economics in 1988 and a Ph.D. in Economics in 2000 from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, Durham, New Hampshire. 

Dr. Daley started working at the University of New England in fall 2004. He teaches principles courses in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and Business and Economics, as well as upper level courses in Ecological Economics, Environmental Economics, U.S. Economic Development, and Health Economics. Dr. Daley also offers a course entitled Economics in Context in the Green Learning Community, an integrated learning experience linking courses in Environmental Studies, Nature and Literature, Biology, and Economics for first-year environmental studies, marine biology, and business students. While at UNE, Dr. Daley has established an economic minor.

Dr. Daley’s research interests are primarily in environmental economics, ecological economics, macroeconomics and the pedagogy of economic education. He is a regular presenter at conferences held by professional associations, including the U.S. Ecological Economics Society and the Midwestern Business Administration Association International.  Dr. Daley was part of an interdisciplinary team working on a Maine EPSCoR research grant entitled “Sustaining Quality of Place in the Saco River Estuary through Community Based Ecosystem Management.”

While at the University of New England, Dr. Daley has been instrumental in creating and co-chairing the UNE Environmental Council and chairing the committee responsible for developing the Paul D. Merrill Business Ethics Lecture Series. Dr. Daley served on the Presidents Climate Committee Action Team, and the Graduate Program of Public Health Advisory Committee.  Dr. Daley as also served as an elected representative on the University Faculty Assembly and chaired the College of Arts and Sciences Student Affairs Committee.   

Prior to working at the University of New England, Dr. Daley taught Macroeconomics as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He also taught Natural Resource Economics as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Maine and courses in Microeconomics at University of Southern New Hampshire.

In addition to his experience in academia, Dr. Daley has worked both full and part time as an environmental engineer and consultant since 1995. Dr. Daley was a founding partner at MacMillan & Donnelly Environmental Consulting in Falmouth, Maine.