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Economics/Business

Karl Egge

Entrepreneurship/Finance

Egge specializes in finance, small business and entrepreneurship. He is also an expert in forensic economics, which deals with economic implications in court cases. Egge recently received Macalester's Thomas Jefferson Award for lifetime teaching excellence, research and service to the college.

J. Peter Ferderer

International Trade/WTO/Economic History

Ferderer's work focuses on international trade and finance issues including the World Trade Organization. He also specializes in macroeconomics as well as economic history and the effect of uncertainty on the economy.

Roberto Ifill

Blacks and Economics/Nonprofit Organizations

Ifill is a resource on the economics of nonprofit organizations and teaches a course examining the economic condition of African Americans since slavery. In addition, he is an assistant to the president.

Gary Krueger

Russian/East European Economies

An expert on international economies, Krueger specializes in Russian and East European development issues. He is studying reforms in Russian industrial enterprises and the behavior of central planners. He also teaches courses on econometrics and comparative economic systems.

Karine Moe

Family Economics/Women in the Economy

Moe can discuss economic growth issues as well as labor and demographic economics and the economics of the family. She is currently investigating the role of women in economic development. She teaches a course that explores how gender differences lead to different economic outcomes for women and men, both within families and the marketplace.

Roger Mosvick

Corporate Communications/Political Rhetoric

Communication and Media Studies Department

Mosvick, who has served as a communications consultant to corporations, specializes in organizational communication. He is the co-author of We've Got to Start Meeting Like This: A Guide to Successful Business Meeting Management. He has conducted communication seminars in Europe, Australia and South America. He is currently studying comparative communication styles between European businesses and managerial communication practices of multinational organizations.

Peter Rachleff

Labor Issues

History Department

Rachleff is a nationally known labor historian, specializing in labor relations. He is a frequent author and commentator on a wide range of current labor and work issues, including the strike by pilots at Northwest Airlines, the walkout by UPS workers, the future of the U.S. labor movement, union mergers, the growth in the number of part-time workers and the push to internationalize unions. He has been quoted in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor and American Demographic magazine. His books include, Hard-Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement, a first-hand account of the dramatic strike by workers at Hormel Company in Austin, Minn., which helped change the character of the labor movement, and Black Labor in Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1890.

Raymond Robertson

Economics in Latin America/International Economics

Robertson teaches courses in macro- and international economics. He specializes in Latin American economic policy, particularly economic development issues in Mexico, Central America and the U.S. He can discuss a range of issues including the effects of NAFTA on Mexio, unskilled workers and foreign investment in Mexico.

Jack Rossmann

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Psychology Department

Rossmann has consulted with private organizations on leadership development for middle- and upper-level managers. He can discuss hiring trends, retaining and motivating employees and other labor force issues. He teaches courses on industrial/organizational psychology, psychological measurement and aging and adult development.

Vasant Sukhatme

Developing Countries/Microeconomics

Sukhatme is chairman of the Economics Department. He is interested in microeconomics and the economic prospects of developing countries. He contributed a chapter to Aid and Development, a new book analyzing the economic impact of foreign aid to developing countries. Sukhatme is a former World Bank economist.

Jack Weatherford

History of Money

Anthropology Department

Weatherford can discuss the history and culture of money as well as the future of "electronic cash." He is the author of The History of Money: The Struggle Over Money From Sandstone to Cyberspace, which describes the world's three monetary revolutions. He has also written about a variety of money issues for numerous newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and USA Today. He has appeared on ABC's "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" and on the FOX News Channel's "FOX on Money" program. Weatherford's research and writing also focuses on the cultures and issues of indigenous peoples around the globe, including Native Americans.

Sarah West

Environmental and Urban Economics/Public Finance

West specializes in public, environmental and urban economic policies and issues. Her research on using market incentives to control car pollution was funded by the Public Policy Institute of California. West is also interested in congestion, policies to contain urban sprawl and water management. She is developing courses on environmental and natural resource economics, public finance issues including taxation and social expenditures as well as urban economic policies.