Graduate Alumni Page

Welcome to the Graduate Alumni page of the UWM Department of Economics. We would like this page to be a resource for both Ph.D. and M.A. graduates of the department. Please send your ideas to the Department's web coordinator.

One thing we would like to do is generate a list of alumni with links to their current employment. If you would like to be included (or excluded) from this list, please contact Prof. Bender with information of your degree and year of graduation, your current employer and position and contact information (if you want that published). We are also happy to link to an official webpage, if you wish to share that information.

For more information on the UWM Alumni Association, click here.

Here's the list we have so far:*

Sumit Agarwal (PhD, 1998), Financial Economist, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank

Jacqueline Agesa (PhD, 1996), Professor of Economics, Marshall University, West Virginia

Saif Alhakimi (PhD, 2002), Assistant Professor of Economics, Hodeidah University, Yemen (email)

Janardhanan Alse (PhD, 1993), Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, Indiana University Southeast

Seyhan Arkonac (PhD, 1993), Adjunct Professor of Economics, New York University (email)

Harjit K. Arora (PhD, 1984), Professor of Economics, Le Moyne College, New York

Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas (PhD, 1981), US Department of State, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in Panama

Sahar Bahmani (PhD, 2007), Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Georgia Southern University (email)

Michael P. Barry (PhD, 1998), Assistant Professor of Economics, Mount Saint Mary
University, Maryland

David Bashaw (PhD, 1998), Director of Economic Education, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.

Najiba Benabess (PhD, 2007), Assistant Professor of Economics, Norwich University, Vermont

David J. Bernstein (PhD, 1996), Managing Economist, LECG, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia

John Bitzan (PhD, 1997), Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University

Dominic J. Brewer (UWM MA, 1989; PhD Cornell) Professor of Education, Economics and Policy, University of Southern California

Romkaew (Punruckwong) Broehm (PhD 1992), Principal, The Brattle Group, Cambridge, Mass.

Taggart J. Brooks (PhD, 1999), Associate Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Yvonne Chen (PhD, 1998), Associate Professor of Economics, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia

I-Ming Chiu (PhD, 2000), Assistant Professor of Economics, Rutgers University - Camden, New Jersey

Souphala Chomsisengphet (PhD, 2000), Financial Economist, Office of the Controller of the Currency, Treasury Department, Washington DC (email)

Sarah (Eckenrod) Cosgrove (PhD, 2003), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Chad Cotti (PhD, 2006), Clinical Assistant Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina

Anusua Datta (PhD, 1999), Associate Professor of Economics, Philadelphia University, Pennsylvania

Susan (Donohue) Davies (PhD, 1997), Assistant Director, Graduate Program in Human Relations and Labor Relations, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Ilker Domac (PhD, 1994), Regional Head of Economics, Citigroup, Istanbul Turkey (email)

Denis Drechsler (MA, 2004), Policy Analyst, OECD, Paris.

Bjorn Eberhardt (PhD, 2006), Financial Economist, Cantonal Bank of Lucerne, Switzerland (email)

Claire Economidou (PhD, 2004), Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics & Research Member of T.J. Koopmans Institute, Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Kenneth Fjell (PhD, 1998), Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration

Alejandro Gallegos (PhD, 1986), Professor of Economics, Winona State University, Minnesota

Lori A. Geddes (PhD, 2002), Assistant Professor of Economics, Eastern Washington University

Gour Goswami (PhD, 2003), Associate Professor of Economics, North South University, Bangladesh

Steffen Habermalz (PhD, 2002), Lecturer in Economics, Northwestern University, Illinois

Martin Hart-Landsberg (PhD, 1974), Professor of Economics, Lewis and Clark College, Oregon

Hanafiah Harvey (PhD, 2005), Assistant Professor of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Richland Center (email)

Scott W. Hegerty (PhD, 2007), Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Beloit College

A. Michael Heimert (PhD, 1988), CEO and President of Ceteris Group, Chicago

Ali Hekmat (PhD, 1993), Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics, College of Eastern Utah

Brian Jacobsen (PhD, 2002), Chief Economist, Capital Market Consultants, Milwaukee

Jim Jin (UWM MA, 1988; PhD from Purdue), Senior Lecturer, School of Economics and
Finance, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Orhan Kara (PhD, 2002), Assistant Professor of Economics, West Chester University, Pennsylvania

Muge Karacal (PhD, 2005), Assistant Professor of Economics, Bahcesehir University, Turkey

Russ Kashian (PhD, 1999), Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Vicki Knoblauch (PhD, 1991), Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut

Heather Kohls (PhD, 2003), Visiting Assistant Professor, Marquette University, Milwaukee

Akbar Komijani (PhD, 1983), Vice Governor, Central Bank of Iran and Associate Professor of Economics, University of Tehran

Anne (Barrow) Lowrey (UWM MA, 1982; PhD, Mississippi State), Dean and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Mobile, Alabama

Nabil Ben Ltaifa (PhD, 1993), Senior Economist, International Money Fund, Washington DC (email)

Margaret Malixi (PhD, 1988), Professor of Economics, California State University - Bakersfield

Richard McGregory (PhD, 2004), McNair Scholars Program and Lecturer in Economics at UW-Whitewater

Ida A. Mirzaie (PhD, 1999), Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Ohio State
University

Ilir Miteza (PhD, 2001), Associate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan - Dearborn

Madhu S. Mohanty (PhD, 1990), Professor of Economics and Statistics, California State University - Los Angeles

Kristen Monaco (PhD, 1998), Professor of Economics, California State University - Long Beach

Hosne Mridha (PhD, 2002), Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University

Kyriakos Neanidis (PhD, 2005), Lecturer in Macro Economics, Manchester University, England

Pascal T. Ngoboka (PhD, 1987), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin - River Falls

Scott M. Niederjohn (PhD, 2003), Assistant Professor of Economics, Lakeland College, Wisconsin

Patrick O'Halloran (PhD, 2003), Assistant Professor of Economics, Monmouth University, New Jersey

Nisit Panthamit (PhD, 2002), Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (email)

Sayeed Payesteh (PhD, 1993), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Fond du Lac

Mohammad Pourheydarian (PhD, 1989), Professor of Business, Lindsey Wilson College,
Kentucky

Gregory N. Price (PhD, 1993) Charles E. Merrill Professor & Chair, Department of Economics, Morehouse College, Georgia

Artatrana Ratha (PhD, 2002), Assistant Professor of Economics, Saint Cloud State
University, Minnesota

Hyun-Jae Rhee (PhD 1994), Professor of Economics, Cheongju University, Korea

Lynn Riggs (PhD, 1998), Economist, Bureau of Economic Studies, US Bureau of the
Census

Rosemary Rossiter (PhD, 1980), Professor of Economics, Ohio University

Keith R. Sherony (PhD, 1982), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin - La
Crosse

Altin Tanku (PhD, 2005), Research Director, Central Bank of Albania (email)

Geoffrey K. Turnbull (PhD, 1983), Professor of Economics, Georgia State University

Jeffry Valentin-Mari (PhD, 1999), Associate Professor of Economics, University of Puerto Rico

Bin Wang (PhD, 2005), Assistant Professor, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas

Kenneth Wilson (PhD, 1991), Professor of Economics, Zayed University, Dubai

Shee Q. Wong (PhD, 1983), Professor of Finance, University of Minnesota - Duluth

Guangliang Ye (PhD, 2006), Associate Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China

*Note that links to outside websites do not imply any endorsement of those websites by UWM and the UWM Department of Economics, and we take no responsibility for the information that might be contained in those websites.

Last updated May, 2008