UW-Milwaukee Graduate Alumni

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. Bahmani 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.

More information on the UWM Alumni Association.

Here's the list we have so far:*

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

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

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

Yanal Almanasir (MA, 2008), Senior Analyst, Office of the Prime Minister of Jordan

Janardhanan Alse (PhD, 1993), 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 Ambassador to Iceland.

Benjamin Artz (PhD, 2008), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsn-Oshkosh  

Sahar Bahmani (PhD, 2007), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Michael P. Barry (PhD, 1998), Associate 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), Associate Professor of Management, North Dakota State University

Marzieh Bolhassani (PhD, 2008), Assistant Professor of Economics, Penn State University-Hazelton.

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

Ford J. Brown (PhD, 1998), Manager of Quantitative Risk Analysis, XCEL Energy, Denver, CO (email)

U. Sarat Chandran (PhD, 1992), Advisor, Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.

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

Miao Chi (PhD, 2011), Assistant Professor, Drew University, New Jersey

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

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

Michael Coon (PhD, 2012), Assistant Professor of Economics, Hood College, Maryland

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

Chad Cotti (PhD, 2006), Associate Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Tristan Coughlin (Ph.D. 2009), Economist, Federal Housing Finance agency, Devision of Bank Regulation, Washington DC. (e-mail)

Ali Dadpay (PhD, 2007), Assistant Professor of Economics, Clayton State University, Georgia

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

Charles Decrucq (MA, 2010), Catastrophic Risk Manager, Chartis Insurance (email)

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

Denis Drechsler (MA, 2004), Policy Analyst, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 

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

Claire Economidou (PhD, 2004), Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics , Piraeus University, Greece.

Paul Emrath (PhD, 1989), Assistant Vice President of Housing Policy Research, National Association of Home Builders, Washington, DC.

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

Daniel Fuhrmann (PhD, 2010), Associate Scientist and Statistician, Center for Applied Behavioral Health Research, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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

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

Abera Gelan (PhD, 1993), Associate Professor, Department of Africology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Juan Gelves (PhD, 2009), Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX

Ian Glenn (MA, 2008), Research Consultant, The Lewin Group, Eden Prairie, Minnesota (email)

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

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

Pat Hallinan (PhD, 1994), Professor of Economics, Edgewood College, Wisconsin.

Massomeh Hajilee (PhD, 2010), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Houston-Victoria

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

Hanafiah Harvey (PhD, 2005), Assistant Professor, Penn State University-Mont Alto

Scott W. Hegerty (PhD, 2007), Assistant Professor of Economics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. 

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

Hans Isakson (Ph.D. 1977), Professor of Economics, University of Northern Iowa

Brian Jacobsen (PhD, 2002), Associate Professor of Economics, Wisconsin Lutheran College

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

Albert Beckford Jones (BA, 1981; MA, 1982), Chairman Emeritus & CEO of Trading & Consulting International, Inc and Senior Advisor to the President of the U.S. Civilian Research Development Foundation

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

Muge Karacal (PhD, 2005), Assistant Professor of Economics, Izmir University of Economics, 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), Director of Global Business Learning, Adjust Associate Professor of Economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee

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

Swati Kumari (PhD 2013), Credit Risk Analyst, Trans Union, Chicago Illinois.               
           Email: skumari@transunion.com

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

Murat Mercan (PhD, 2009), Assistant Professor, Gebze Institute of Technology (Turkey).

Hamid Milani (PhD, 1986), Professor of Economics, UW-Marathon County.  (email: hamid.milani@uwc.edu)

Laurie A. Miller (PhD, 2012), Assistant Professor of Economics (practice), University of Nebraska – Lincoln

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

Rajarshi Mitra (PhD, 2009), Lecturer, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University, Japan. (email)

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

Konar Mutafoglu (MA, 2001; PhD in Economics TU Berlin) KfW Development Bank, Germany

Kyriakos Neanidis (PhD, 2005), Senior 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), Associate Professor of Economics, Lakeland College, Wisconsin

Judex Oberholzer (PhD, 1984), Partner, Urban Econ -- Development Economists, Pretoria South Africa

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

Maharouf Oyolola (PhD, 2007), Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Vermont

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), Associate Professor of Economics, Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota

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

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

Kristen Roche (PhD, 2011), Assistant Professor, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee

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

Stefan Ruediger (PhD, 2008) Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

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

Joshua Shindell (Ph.D., 2010), Quantitative Analyst, Ashford Consulting Group, Wilmington, DE.

John S. S. Ssozi (PhD, 2011), Lecturer of Economics, Baylor University

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

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

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

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

Yongqing Wang (PhD, 2005), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha

Kenneth Wilson (PhD, 1991), Professor of Economics and Director of the UAE National Research Foundation, Zayed University, Dubai

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

Martin A. Wurm (PhD, 2009), Assistant Professor of Economics, Pacific Lutheran University

Jia Xu (PhD, 2010), Assistant Professor of Economics, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Guangliang Ye (PhD, 2006), Associate Professor, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Renmin University of China

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