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PhD Alumni

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(PhD, 2013), Professor of Economics, William Paterson University, New Jersey
(PhD, 2014), Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Management, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
(PhD 2024), Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
(PhD, 1998), Distinguished Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore
(PhD, 1996), Professor of Finance, Marshall University, West Virginia
(PhD, 1996), Professor of Economics, Marshall University, West Virginia
(PhD, 2002), Associate Professor of Economics, Hodeidah University, Yemen
(PhD, 1993), Professor of Economics and Finance, Indiana University Southeast
(PhD, 2014), Team Lead, Future of Work Initiative, United Nations
(PhD 2018), Associate Teaching Professor of Economics, Florida State University
(Ph.D 2015), Professor of Economics, Georgia Southern University
(PhD, 1981), United States Ambassador to Guatemala, Retired
(PhD, 2008), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
(PhD, 2018), Manager, Quantitative Analysis, Capital One, McLean Virginia
(PhD, 2017), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Southern Mississippi
(PhD, 1998), Associate Professor of Economics, Mount Saint Mary University, Maryland
(PhD, 1998), Director of Economic Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
l听(PhD, 2012), Associate Professor of Economics, Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina
听(PhD 2007) Associate Provost and Dean of the Business School, Neumann University, Pennsylvania
(PhD, 1996), Managing Economist, BLDS LLC, Philadelphia
(PhD, 1997), Professor of Management, North Dakota State University
(PhD 1992), Founder and Principal, RPB Energy Economics, Cambridge, Mass.
(PhD, 1999), Dean of the College of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
(PhD, 1998), Manager of Quantitative Risk Analysis, XCEL Energy, Denver, CO
(PhD, 2011), Professor and Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee
(PhD 2017), Clinical Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
(PhD 2023), Assistant Vice President, Economic Forecasting, Citigroup, Toronto
(PhD, 1992), Advisor, Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.
(PhD, 1998), Professor of Economics, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia
(PhD, 2011), Associate Professor, Drew University, New Jersey
(PhD, 2000), Associate Professor of Economics, Rutgers University 鈥� Camden, New Jersey
(PhD, 2000), Director, Credit Risk Analysis, Office of the Controller of the Currency, Treasury Department, Washington DC
(PhD, 2000) Forecasts Program Manager, Illinois Department of Employment Security, Chicago
(PhD 2019), Lecturer, University of Wisconsin 鈥� Whitewater
(PhD, 2012), Associate Professor of Economics, University of Tampa, Florida
(PhD, 2003), Associate Provost for Student Success, University of Massachusetts 鈥� Dartmouth
(PhD, 2006), Professor, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
(PhD, 2009), Lecturer in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
(PhD, 2018), Associate Professor of Economics and Business, Wittenberg University, Ohio
(PhD, 2007), Health Economist, Dallas County Health and Human Services
(PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania
Susan Davies (PhD, 1997), Assistant Director, Graduate Program in Human Relations and Labor Relations, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(PhD, 1994), Regional Head of Economics, Citigroup, Istanbul Turkey
(PhD 2015), Assistant Professor, Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait
Bjoern Eberhardt (PhD, 2006), Head of Global Macroeconomic Research, Credit Suisse Private Banking , Switzerland (email)
(PhD, 2004), Professor of Macroeconomics, Piraeus University, Greece.
(PhD, 1989), Vice President of Survey and Housing Policy Research, National Association of Home Builders, Washington, DC.
(PhD, 1993), Lecturer in Economics, Columbia University, New York
(PhD 2023) Research Associate, Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, Oxford University, UK.
听(PhD 1998) Professor, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen Norway
(PhD, 2013), Senior Examiner, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Washington DC
(PhD, 2010), Director of Client Analytics, Thrivent, Minneapolis
Abera Gelan (PhD, 1993), Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(PhD, 2009), Associate Clinical Professor of Business Analytics, William and Mary University, Virginia
(PhD 2023), Transfer Pricing Consultant, Ernst and Young, Atlanta
(PhD 2003), Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Uttara University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(PhD, 2002), Lecturer in Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany
(PhD, 2010), Professor of Economics, University of Houston-Victoria
(PhD 2025), Data Scientist, PayPal, Chicago, Illinois
(PhD, 2005), Associate Professor, Penn State University-Mont Alto
(PhD, 2022), Data Analyst, Mozilla, Chicago
(PhD, 2007), Professor of Economics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.
(PhD, 1988), Managing Director, Transfer Pricing, Duff and Phelps, Retired
(PhD, 2013), Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
(PhD 2017), Quant Modeling Lead, Vice President and Quantative Modeling Lead, VP JP Morgan Chase & Co, New York
(PhD, 2002), Chief Economist, Annex Wealth Management, Milwaukee
(PhD 2016), Associate Professor of Economics (practice), University of Nebraska 鈥� Lincoln
(PhD, 2002), Professor of Economics, West Chester University, Pennsylvania
(PhD, 2005), Associate Professor of Economics, Izmir Bakircay University, Turkey
(PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin 鈥� Whitewater
(PhD 2019), Director of Investment Strategy, Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee
Alice Kones (PhD 2014), VP 鈥� Risk Analytics, Citigroup, Irving Texas
(PhD, 1991), Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut
(PhD, 2003), Director of Global Business Learning, Associate Professor of Practice, Economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee
(PhD, 1983), Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Iran and Associate Profeshsor of Economics, University of Tehran
(PhD 2015), Senior Lecturer in Economics and Deputy Dean (Industry, Community Engagement & Commercialization), University of Malaysia Sarawak
(PhD 2013), Senior Vice President of Unsecured Modeling, Citigroup, Chicago Illinois.
(PhD 2022), Visiting Asst. Professor, Rhodes College, Memphis
(PhD 2010), Economics Instructor, Marquette University, Milwaukee
(PhD 2021) Adjunct Lecturer, University of Kentucky
Nabil Ben Ltaifa (PhD, 1993), Senior Economist, International Money Fund, Washington DC
(PhD, 2019), Lecturer in Data Science, School of Information, University of California 鈥� Berkeley
(PhD 2000), Professor of Economics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(PhD, 2013), Associate Professor of Economics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
(PhD, 2004), Full time Instructor, Business Management, Madison Area Technical College
(PhD, 2018), Associate Professor Economics, Nicholls State University, Louisiana
(PhD, 2009), Professor of Economics, Yildiz Technical University (Turkey)
(PhD, 2015), Associate Professor of Economics, St. Lawrence University, New York
听(PhD, 2012), Professor of Economics (practice), University of Nebraska 鈥� Lincoln
(PhD, 2013), Founder and Principal, Research 2 Impact, Washington DC
(PhD, 1999), Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Ohio State University
(PhD, 2001), Professor of Economics, University of Michigan 鈥� Dearborn
(PhD, 2009), Associate Professor, Tokyo International University, institute for International Strategy, Japan
(PhD 2014) Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University, DC
(PhD 2019) Associate Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii at Hilo
(PhD, 1990), Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics, California State University 鈥� Los Angeles
(PhD, 1998), Director of the Office of Economics, U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Washington DC
(PhD, 2002), Associate Professor, North Carolina Central University
(PhD 2001) Professor of Economics, North Carolina Central University
(PhD, 2005), Reader in Macroeconomics, Manchester University, England
(PhD, 1987), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin 鈥� River Falls
(PhD, 2003), Dean of the Batterman School of Business, Concordia University, Wisconsin
(PhD, 2015), Senior Consultant, 3 Cloud, Chicago
(PhD, 2003), Associate Professor of Economics, Monmouth University, New Jersey
(PhD 2023), Senior Data Analyst, Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research Center, Northwestern University, Chicago
(PhD, 2020), Vice President of Risk Analytics, Citi, Irving TX
(PhD, 2007), Economist, United Nations Sustainable Development Group, Niger
听(PhD 2023) Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences
(PhD, 2002), Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (email)
Anton Parlow (PhD, 2013), Project Manager, Socio-Political Education Institute, Bibow, Germany,
(PhD, 1993), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin 鈥� Fond du Lac, Retired
(PhD 2017), Assistant Professor of Economics, Lake Forest College, Illinois
(PhD, 1993) JP Morgan Chase Professor of Economics, University of New Orleans, Louisiana
(PhD, 2014) Data Science Manager, Yelp, Oregon
(PhD, 2002), Professor of Economics, Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota
Hyun-Jae Rhee (PhD 1994), Professor of Economics, Cheongju University, Korea
(PhD, 1998), Research Associate, Moto Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand
(PhD, 2017), Quantitative Analyst, Asset Allocation and Modeling, Citi, New York City
(PhD, 1980), Professor Emerita of Economics, Ohio University
(PhD, 2008) Associate Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
(PhD, 2017), Associate Professor of Economics, Wabash College, Indiana
(PhD 2016), Advanced Analytics Consultant, Elevance Health, Richmond, Virginia
(PhD, 2016), Senior Lecturer in Economics, Johns Hopkins University
(PhD, 2020), Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
(PhD 2024), Visiting Assistant Professor, Millsaps College, MS
(PhD, 2017), Associate Professor, Kent State University at Turmbull, Ohio
(Ph.D., 2010), Lead Analyst, Evalueserv, New York, NY
(Ph.D., 2014), Director of Credit Pricing, Ripple, San Francisco, CA.
(PhD, 2011), Clinical Professor, Baylor University
PhD 2020), Head of Junior Research Group IHS, Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna Austria
听(PhD, 2015), Associate Professor, Michael F. Price School of Business, University of Oklahoma
(PhD, 2005), Research Director, Central Bank of Albania
(PhD 2025), Assistant Professor of Economics, Austin Peay State University, Tennessee
(PhD 2024) Advanced Research Analyst, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Madison
(PhD, 2010), Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Missouri 鈥� Columbia
(PhD, 1983), Professor of Finance, Central Florida University
(PhD, 2016), Vice President of Evaluation, Economics, and Predictive Modeling, Lewin Group, Minnesota
(PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, University of Puerto Rico
(PhD, 2013), Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Purdue University
(PhD 2021), Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK
(PhD 2019), Assistant Professor of Economics, California State University 鈥� Northridge
(PhD, 2008), Associate Professor of Economics, Penn State University DuBois
(PhD, 2005), Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Arizona
(PhD, 2014), Associate Professor of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing China
(PhD, 2015), Associate Professor of Economics, College of Staten Island, City Univeristy of New York
(PhD 2017), Professor of Social Science, Odessa College, Texas
(PhD, 2009), Director of Economic Research, Moody鈥檚 Analytics, Seattle
(PhD, 2010), Professor of Finance, Shanghai International Studies University, China
(PhD, 2006), Professor and Vice President, Hainan University, China
(PhD 2008), Associate Professor, Lebanese American University

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MA Alumni

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(MA, 2018), Corporate Development M&A, Fiserv, Wisconsin
Yanal Almanasir (MA, 2008), Sr. Subcontract Administrator, Northrop Gruman, Minnesota
(MA 2017), Senior Audit Manager, BMO Harris Bank, Milwaukee
(MA 2021) Business Analyst, Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee
(MA 2022) Data Analyst, UBS, Nashville
(MA 2024) Data Analyst, United Vein and Vascular Centers, Tampa FL
(MA, 2019), Senior Data Analyst, R.A. Malatest & Associates, British Columbia
(MA, 1989; PhD Cornell) Professor of Economics of Education, Steinhardt School, New York University
(MA 2020), Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs, New York
(MA, 2010), Co-founder, Ladder Reinsurance Underwriting, Philadelphia
(MA, 2006), Founder, Hi-Mount Research, Milwaukee
(MA, 2004), Project Manager, FAO of the United Nations, Rome
(MA 2019), Risk Management, DekaBank, Frankfurt
, (MA 2018), Software Engineer, Managed Investments Department, Northwestern Mutual Life, Milwaukee
(MA, 2008), Director of Healthcare Economics, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Minnesota
(MA, 2022), Pricing Manager, Maersk, New Jersey
(MA 2011, PhD Texas Tech), BRAC University, Bangladesh
(MA 2019), Pricing and Strategy Analyst, Digital Room, Los Angeles, CA
(MA, 1985),Chief Investment Officer – International Equities, Harris Associated, Chicago
(MA, 1988; PhD Purdue), Reader, School of Economics and Finance, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
(MA, 2014), Senior Segmentation and Targeting Analyst, Kohl’s Corporation, Wisconsin
(MA, 2022), Associate Manager, Marketing Brand Management, S.C. Johnson, Milwaukee
(MA, 2015) Economics Researcher, Centre for European Economic Research, Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics Unit
(MA 2018) Software Team Leader, DB Netz AG, Frankfurt
(MA, 2015), Economist, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC
(MA, 2001; PhD TU Berlin), Professor of Sustainable Business, D眉sseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany
(MA 1999, PhD Karlsruhe), Professor of Information Science, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
(MA 2008) Director. Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center, International Monetary Fund
(MA 2021), Officer in Charge, Economic Research Group, Philippine Competition Commission
(MA 2021), Data Analyst, Johnson Controls, Milwaukee
(MA 2022), “Associate Quantitative Risk Analyst,” MGIC, Milwaukee
(MA 2008; PhD FU Berlin), Research Fellow, DIW, Berlin.
(MA, 2003 PhD Pittsburgh), Assistant Professor of Economics, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
(MA 2019), Economist, Coast Guard, Washington DC
(MA 2019), Risk Consultant, Aon, Chicago Illinois