Front Row: Jeff Evans, Karine Moe, Sarah West, Raymond Robertson & Liang Ding.

Back Row: Brad England, Gary Krueger (Chair), Karl Egge, Pete Ferderer, Vasant Sukhatme, Matt DalSanto, Bob Rebelein & Jane Kollasch. (Not pictured: Paul Aslanian)

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: Liang Ding

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

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

 

Brad England

Visting Professor of Finance (2006); finished his first two years at Macalester College and completed his B.A. University of Minnesota, 1977; M.B.A. Finance and Accounting, Northwestern Universtiy, Kellogg School. After his MBA he worked for General Mills, Inc, as the Director of Administration, Manager of Corporate Finance and Financial Analyst. He then moved onto Merrill Lynch working out of ML?s Chicago, London and Palo Alto offices. Since 2002 he has worked for Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis as Head of Investment Banking, and Capital Markets.

Courses: Introduction to Investment Banking

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

Associate 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

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 twelve 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.