Cyrus Bina
Professor
Distinguished Research Professor
- Ph.D. The American University
- M.A. Ball State University
- M.A. Ball State University
- B.S. Institute of Advance Accounting (Tehran, Iran)
- Morris Faculty Distinguished Research Award
Contact
- Office: Camden 206
- Phone: 320-589-6193
Areas of Expertise
- Economic Theory and Methodology
- Energy and Environmental Economics
- Political Economy
- Technological Change & Skill Formation
- History of Economic Thought
- Globalization & Strategy
- Iran's Economy & Polity
- International Relations & US Foreign Policy
Editorial Boards and Editorships
- Journal of Critical Studies of Business and Society (2008- present)
- Review of Radical Political Economics (1980-1990, 2001-2004)
- Journal of Iranian Research & Analysis (Associate Editor: 1998-present)
Stephen Burks
Associate Professor
- Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
- M.A. University of Massachusetts
- M.A., Indiana University
- B.A., Reed College
Contact
- Office: Camden 203
- Phone: 320-589-6191
Areas of Expertise
- U.S. trucking industry
- Behavioral economic field experiments
- Behavioral personnel economics
External Research Affiliations
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
- Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Center for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), University of Nottingham
- Trucking Industry Program, Georgia Institute of Technology
Deb Economou
Lecturer
- J.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Contact
- Office: Camden 16
- Phone: 320-589-6194
Areas of Expertise
- Business Law
Bart Finzel
Professor
Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Dean
- Ph.D., Cornell University
- M.A., Cornell University
- B.A., Valparaiso University
- Alumni Association Teaching Award
- Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award
Contact
- Office: Behmler 315
- Phone: 320-589-6015
Areas of Expertise
- Long-term planning
- Liaison to faculty and administration of the campus
- Create funding mechanisms
- Establish partnerships with other community development organizations throughout the upper Midwest
Clayton Forester
Assistant Professor
Contact
- Office: Camden 109
- Phone: 320-589-6189
Areas of Expertise
Tom Gausman
Lecturer
- M.S. Northern Illinois University
- M.A. Northern Illinois University
- B.A. University of Minnesota, Morris
Contact
- Office: Camden 103
- Phone: 320-589-6183
Hiroyuki Imai
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
- M.A., University of Michigan
- B.A., Keio University
Contact
- Office: Imholte 116B
- Phone: 320-589-6214
Areas of Expertise
- Development Economics
- International Economics
- Financial Economics
Arne Kildegaard
Professor, Center for Small Towns Director
- Ph.D., University of Texas
- M.A., University of Chicago
- B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College
Contact
- Office: Welcome Center 208
- Phone: 320-589-6190
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
- Economics of Renewable Energy Systems
- Economic Development
- General aviation (small planes) pilot
Paul Kivi
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Contact
- Office: Camden 201
- Phone: 320-589-6195
Areas of Expertise
Bibhudutta Panda
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., Louisiana State University
- M.S., Louisiana State University
- M.Phil., Delhi School of Economics
- M.A., Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics
- B.A., Utkal University
Contact
- Office: Imholte 211
- Phone: 320-589-6205
- Website
Areas of Expertise
- Economic Growth and Development
- Applied Macroeconomics
- Regional Economics
Kevin Stefanek
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., Michigan State University
- M.A., Michigan State University
- M.S., Boise State University
- B.A., University of California
Contact
- Office: Education 2
- Phone: 320-589-6192
Areas of Expertise
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Sport Management
- Martial Arts
External Research Affiliation
- National Collegiate Taekwondo Association
Sheng Xiao
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
- M.A., Vanderbilt University
- M.Sc., Sichuan University
- B.A., Sichuan University
Contact
- Office: Imholte 207
- Phone: 320-589-6208
- Website
Areas of Expertise
- Empirical Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Empirical Asset Pricing
- Behavioral Economics and Finance
- Venture Capital
- Economic Growth