Faculty & Staff
Banaian, King
Professor of Economics; Department Chair; Major Advisor
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School
Macroeconomics, money and banking, public choice.
SH 386
320.308.4797
kbanaian@stcloudstate.edu
Bodvarsson, Orn
Professor of Economics; Director, Center for Economic Education
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
Ph.D. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Labor economics; immigration, discrimination and gratuities.
Department Chair, Management CH 439
SH 373
320.308.2225
obbodvarsson@stcloudstate.edu
Edwards, Mary
Professor of Economics
Director, Minnesota Economic Development Center
Ph.D. Texas A & M University
Regional economics, public finance, managerial economics.
SH 328A
320.308.3742
meedwards@stcloudstate.edu
Gallagher, Dan
Professor of Economics; Major Advisor
Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park
Industrial organization, managerial economics.
SH 384
320.308.3051
djgallagher@stcloudstate.edu
Grossman, Philip
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Microeconomics, experimental economics, public & non-profit institutions.
SH 377
320.308.4232
pjgrossman@stcloudstate.edu
Hampton, Nathan Eric
Associate Professor of Economics; Major and Transfer Advisor
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
Microeconomics, natural resources.
SH 383
320.308.3825
nehampton@stcloudstate.edu
Hughes, Patricia
Professor of Economics; Director, Internships
Director, M.S. Public and Nonprofit Institutions
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
Urban economics, public finance, financial management, econometrics.
SH 376
320.308.2076
pahughes@stcloudstate.edu
Kang, Eungmin
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Georgia State University
Money and banking, international finance, econometrics.
SH 382
320.308.5223
ekang@stcloudstate.edu
Komai, Mana
Assistant Professor of Economics; Economics Association Advisor
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Microeconomics, game theory, experimental economics.
SH 381
320.308.2072
mkomai@stcloudstate.edu
Lo, Ming Chien
Associate Professor of Economics; Director, M.S. in Applied Economics
Ph.D. University of Washington
International macroeconomics and finance, time series econometrics.
SH 380
320.308.0143
mclo@stcloudstate.edu
Luksetich, William
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Northern Illinois University
Industrial organization, managerial economics, economics of crime.
SH 379
320.308.4291
waluksetich@stcloudstate.edu
MacDonald, Lynn
Assistant Professor of Economics; Economics Association Advisor
Ph.D. Florida State University
Public finance, labor economics.
SH 356
320.308.2264
lcmacdonald@stcloudstate.edu
MacDonald, Richard
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. SUNY, Binghamton
Monetary economics, banking, economic education.
SH 329
320.308.4781
ramacdonald@stcloudstate.edu
Moghaddam, Masoud
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Econometrics, mathematical economics, monetary economics, international trade.
SH 385
320.308.4209
mmoghaddam@stcloudstate.edu
Qin, Ting
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. University of Alabama
Applied macroeconomics, time series econometrics.
SH 354
320.308.3744
tqin@stcloudstate.edu
Ratha, Artatrana
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Macroeconomics, monetary economics, international trade.
SH 378
320.308.2226
aratha@stcloudstate.edu
Rebeck, Kenneth
Associate Professor of Economics; Omicron Delta Epsilon Advisor
Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Industrial organization, economic education.
SH 375
320.308.2968
kcrebeck@stcloudstate.edu
Switzer, David
Assistant Professor of Economics; Economics Association Advisor
Ph.D. Washington University, St. Louis
Industrial organization, applied microeconomics.
SH 372
320.308.3163
dmswitzer@stcloudstate.edu
