Economics and Management Faculty

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)

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

Stephen Burks

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
M.A. University of Massachusetts
M.A., Indiana University
B.A., Reed College

Areas of Expertise

• U.S. trucking industry
• Behavioral economic field experiments
• Behavioral personnel economics

Deb Economou

Lecturer

J.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Areas of Expertise

• Business Law

Bart Finzel

Professor
Interim Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Dean

Ph.D., Cornell University
M.A., Cornell University
B.A., Valparaiso University

Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award

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

Tom Gausman

Lecturer

M.S. Northern Illinois University
M.A. Northern Illinois University
B.A. University of Minnesota, Morris

Hiroyuki Imai

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
M.A., University of Michigan
B.A., Keio University

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

Areas of Expertise

• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
• Economics of Renewable Energy Systems
• Economic Development
• General aviation (small planes) pilot

Jean McKenzie

Teaching Specialist

M.S., Cardinal Stritch University
B.S., Minnesota State University, Moorhead
B.S. University of Minnesota

Areas of Expertise

• Financial Accounting

Kevin Stefanek

Assistant Professor
Sport Management Coordinator

Ph.D., Michigan State University
M.A., Michigan State University
M.S., Boise State University
B.A., University of California

Areas of Expertise

• Leadership
• Motivation
• Sport Management
• Martial Arts

Sheng Xiao

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
M.A., Vanderbilt University
M.Sc., Sichuan University
B.A., Sichuan University

Areas of Expertise

• Empirical Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Empirical Asset Pricing
• Behavioral Economics and Finance
• Venture Capital
• Economic Growth

Fred Wallace

Visiting Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Rice University
M.A., Texas Christian University
B.A., Texas Christian University

Areas of Expertise

• International Macroeconomics
• Economic Growth