Below: Jane Kollasch, Raymond Robertson, Jeff Evans, Paul Aslanian, Karl Egge, Sarah West, Karine Moe, Vasant Sukhatme, Pete Ferderer, and Gary Krueger (Chair). Not pictured: Amy Damon, Liang Ding and Joyce Minor.

Paul J. Aslanian

Former faculty member and College Treasurer. Returns to Macalester from Swarthmore College. B.A. and M.B.A. University of Washington.

Courses: Economics of Not-for-profit Institutions, Principles of Economics

Amy Damon

Assistant Professor (2008) received her PhD in Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota summer of 2008. Her research interests include investigating the impacts of international migration from Central America to the United States and the impact that this migration process has on families living in Central America.

Courses: Principles of Economics, Economics of Global Food Problems

Liang Ding

Assistant Professor (2006); B.A., Nanjing University, P.R.China, 1999; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006. Interests: financial economics, macro/monetary economics and econometrics.

Courses: Principles of Economics, Capital Markets, Finance

Web page: http://www.macalester.edu/~ding

Karl A. Egge

F.R. Bigelow Professor of Economics (1970); B.A., University of Montana, 1965; M.A., Ohio State University, 1967; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1973. Interests: new ventures and start-ups by entrepreneurs; the economics of litegation.

Courses: Principles of Economics, Capital Markets, Finance, Entrepreneurship: New Ventures

Web page: http://www.macalester.edu/~egge

T. Jeffery Evans

Adjunct Professor (1978); B.B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1974; C.P.A. 1978. Interests: small business consulting.

Courses: Investments, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting

J. Peter Ferderer

Professor of Economics (1996); B.A., University of St. Thomas, 1983; M.A., Washington University, 1985; Ph.D., Washington University, 1989. Interests: macroeconomics, international economics, monetary economics, and time-series econometrics.

Courses: Principles of Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Selected Topics in Macroeconomics, Theory of International Finance, International Finance in Historical Perspective, Behavorial and Experimental Economics

Web page: http://www.macalester.edu/~ferderer/

Gary J. Krueger, Department Chair

Professor of Economics (1989); B.A., University of Illinois- Champaign, 1981; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989. Interests: Comparative economic systems, transition to market in Eastern Europe, industrial organization and applied econometrics.

Courses: Comparative Economic Systems, China, Russia and Central Europe in Transition, Introduction to Econometrics, and Advanced Econometrics

Joyce Minor

Visiting Distinguished Professor (2008) Joyce graduated from Macalester in 1988 and worked at Piper Jaffray until 1990 and earned her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1993. She has worked at several other companies including her last experience at Lehman Brothers in New York as a Senior Vice President, Equity Research.

Courses:Introduction to Investment Banking, Introduction to Securites Analysis

 

Karine S. Moe

Professor of Economics (1995); B.A., St. Olaf College, 1985; M.P.P, Harvard University, 1989; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1992; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1995. Interests: microeconomics, labor and demographic economics, and public economics.

Courses: Principles of Economics, Economics of Gender, Labor Economics, and Economics of Poverty

Web page: http://www.macalester.edu/~moe/

Raymond Robertson

Associate Professor of Economics (1999); B.A., Trinity University; 1991; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1997. Interests: international economics, labor economics, Latin America.

Courses: Principles of Economics, Introduction to International Economics, Economic Restructuring in Latin America, and Topics in International Trade, Econometrics, and Honors Seminar

Web page: http://www.macalester.edu/~robertson/

Vasant A. Sukhatme

Edward J. Noble Professor of Economics (1978); B.A., University of Calcutta, India, 1965; M.A., University of Southern California, 1971; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1977. Interests: world food problems and prospects, agricultural trade and economic problems of less-developed countries, applied microeconomics.

Courses: Intermediate Microeconomics, Adam Smith & Karl Marx, International Economic Development, and Selected Topics in Microeconomics.

Sarah E. West

Associate Professor of Economics (1999); B.A., Macalester College, 1991; M.A. Latin American Studies, University of Texas; M.S. Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 1997; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1999. Interests: public finance, environmental and natural resources, urban economics.

Courses: Principles of Economics, Environmental Economics and Policy, Public Finance

Web page: http://www.macalester.edu/~wests/

Jane Kollasch

Department Coordinator (1999).

Jane has been the Department Coordinator since Fall of 1999. She has been at Macalester College for fourteen years having previously worked in the Purchasing Department and also Telecomm. She enjoys working with the econ students on a daily basis and the challenges of the academic side of the college. Jane is also very involved on campus, serving on the board of the Wellness, Health at Macalester (WHAM). She also works for the Athletic Dept. keeping score for the Macalester Men's & Women's Basketball teams. When not at Macalester, Jane enjoys gardening, quilting, biking, and golfing.