Economics Undergraduate Faculty
Chairperson
Banaian, King (1984)
Professor of Economics; Chairperson
A.B. 1979, Saint Anselm College; M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1986, Claremont Graduate School
E-mail: kbanaian@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/banaian
Undergraduate Faculty
Banaian, King (1984)
Professor of Economics; Chairperson
A.B. 1979, Saint Anselm College; M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1986, Claremont Graduate School
E-mail: kbanaian@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/banaian
Bardakci, Yasemin (2006)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. 1996, Marmara University (Turkey); M.A. 2002, Ph.D. 2004, Western Michigan University
E-mail: ybardakci@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/ybardakci
Bodvarsson, Orn B. (1988)
Professor of Economics
B.S. 1979, M.S. 1981, Oregon State University; Ph.D. 1986, Simon Fraser University-Vancouver
E-mail: obbodvarsson@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/obbodvarsson
Edwards, Mary E. (1985)
Professor of Economics
B.A. 1981, St. Cloud State University; M.A. 1983, University of Missouri-Columbia; Ph.D. 1988, Texas A & M University
E-mail: meedwards@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/meedwards
Gallagher, Daniel J. (1982)
Professor of Economics
B.A. 1964, La Salle University; M.A. 1967, Ohio University; Ph.D. 1976, University of Maryland College Park
E-mail: djgallagher@stcloudstate.edu
Grossman, Philip J. (1999)
Professor of Economics
B.A. 1977, Washington University; Ph.D. 1984, University of Virginia-Charlottesville
E-mail: pjgrossman@stlcoudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pjgrossman
Hampton, Nathan Eric (1987)
Associate Professor of Economics
B.S. 1976, University of California-Riverside; M.S. 1982, Michigan State University; M.A. 1985, Ph.D. 1989, University of California-Santa Barbara
E-mail: nehampton@stcloudstate.edu
Hughes, Patricia A. Nold (1988)
Professor of Economics
B.A. 1979, M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1991, University of California-Santa Barbara
E-mail: pahughes@stcloudstate.edu
Kang, Eungmin (1990)
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A. 1980, Sung Kyun Kwan University-Seoul (Korea); Ph.D. 1990, Georgia State University
E-mail: ekang@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/ekang
Komai, Mana (2004)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. 1996, Shahid Beheshti University (Iran); M.A. 2001, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. 2004, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
E-mail: mkomai@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mkomai
Larkin, L. Andrew (1982)
Professor of Economics
B.S. 1967, Creighton University; M.A. 1969, University of Notre Dame; M.A. 1980,
Ph.D. 1982, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
E-mail: lalarkin@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/lalarkin
Lo, Ming Chien (2002)
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A. 1995, University of Hong Kong; M.S. 1995, London School of Economics - England; M.A. 1998, University of Washington
E-mail: mclo@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mclo
MacDonald, Lynn (2006)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. 2001, Capital University; M.S. 2003, Ph.D. 2006, Florida State University
E-mail: lcmacdonald@stcloudstate.edu
MacDonald, Richard A. (1989)
Assistant Professor of Economics; Director, Center for Economic Education
B.S. 1983, Alfred University; Ph.D. 1992, SUNY-Binghamton
E-mail: ramacdonald@stcloudstate.edu
Moghaddam, Masoud (1983)
Professor of Economics
B.S. 1974, National University of Tehran (Iran); M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1983, Iowa State University of Science and Technology
E-mail: mmoghaddam@stcloudstate.edu
Qin, Ting (2007)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. 1999, Central South University of Technology; M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2007 University of Alabama
E-mail: tqin@stcloudstate.edu
Ratha, Artatrana (2004)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. 1989, Sambalpur University (India); M.A. 1993, University of Poona (India); Ph.D. 2002, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
E-mail: aratha@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/aratha
Rebeck, Kenneth C. (2001)
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A. 1990, California State University, San Bernardino; M.A. 1993, Michigan State University; Ph.D. 2002, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
E-mail: kcrebeck@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/kcrebeck
Switzer, David (2006)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. 1996, University of California-Berkeley; M.A. 1999, Ph.D. 2004, Washington University-St. Louis
E-mail: dmswitzer@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/dmswitzer
