Initial Job Placements of WVU PhD Recipients in Economics
Miki Brunyer*:
Joab Corey:
John Dogbey:
Nabamita Dutta:
Harumi Hattori*: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV), Professor of Mathematics (Prior Position)
Ellis Heath:
Seth Kopchak*:
Kwasi Osei-Yeboah:
Central Bank of
Matt Ryan:
Jawad Salimi*: Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA), Assistant Professor
Cesar Sobrino: Universidad del
Turabo (Gurabo,
* Ph.D. expected Fall 2009
Randy Childs: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV), Research Assistant Professor
Leslie Dunn: Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, PA), Assistant Professor
Robert Dunn: Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, PA), Assistant Professor
Christine Harrington: State University of New York at Oneonta (Oneonta, NY), Assistant Professor
Carrie Kerekes: Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, FL), Assistant Professor
Sudeshna Pal: Georgia College and State University (Milledgeville, GA), Assistant Professor
Julia Popova: New York ISO (Albany, NY), Economist
Justin Ross: Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), Assistant Professor
Claudia Williamson: Appalachian State University (Boone, NC), Assistant Professor
Joshua Hall: Beloit College (Beloit, WI), Assistant Professor
Gregory Randolph: Southern New Hampshire University (Manchester, NH), Assistant Professor.
Chaiwuth Tangsomchai: Chiang Mai University (Chiang Mai, Thailand), Lecturer.
Priscilla (Fang) Wang: Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA), Assistant Professor
Javed Younas: Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI), Visiting Assistant Professor
2006
Nathan Ashby: University of Texas at El Paso (El Paso, TX), Assistant Professor
Frank Goetzke: University of Louisville (Louisville, KY), Assistant Professor
Jorge Guillen: BBVA Bank (Lima, Peru), Assistant Manager Economic Research Department
Lillian Kamal: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), Lecturer
Saurav Roychoudhury: Capital University (Columbus, OH), Assistant Professor
Aziz Saglam: University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH), Visiting Assistant Professor
Pavel Yakovlev: Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), Assistant Professor
2005
Gi-Don An: The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (Seoul, Republic of Korea), Associate Research Fellow.
Christiadi: University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA), Regional Economic Analyst
Tuncer Gocmen: Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV), Assistant Professor
Dayong Huang: Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN), Assistant Professor
King, Kerry: Penn State University at Erie (Erie, PA), Assistant Professor
Serhiy Kotsan: Boston Pacific Company, Inc. (Washington, DC), Project Director
Hari Luitel: St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN), Assistant Professor
Arsen Melkumian: Western Illinois University (Macon, IL), Assistant Professor
Todd Nesbit: Penn State University at Erie (Erie, PA), Assistant Professor
Suryadipta Roy: Lawrence University (Appleton, WI), Visiting Assistant Professor
Ryo Takashima: Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, PA), Assistant Professor
2004
Yousam Choi: Office of the Prime Minister (Seoul, Republic of Korea), Financial Supervisory Commission
Jordan Huang: Utica College (Utica, NY), Assistant Professor
Ou Hu: Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH), Assistant Professor
Kamol Khaemasunun: Mahidol University (Bangkok, Thailand), Lecturer
Jonathan Munemo: The World Bank (Washington, DC), Trade Economist
Brian Osoba: University of Texas at El Paso (El Paso, TX), Assistant Professor
Samia Islam: Boise State University (Boise, ID), Assistant Professor
Abhra Roy: Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA), Assistant Professor
Matthew McPherson: Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA), Assistant Professor
2003
Tomi Ovaska: University of Regina (Regina, Canada), Assistant Professor
Ding Du: California State University at Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA), Lecturer
Elham Mafi: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN), Assistant Professor
Jian-Fa Li: Chaoyang University of Technology (Taichung, Taiwan), Assistant Professor
Duo Zhang: University of Missouri at Rolla (Rolla, MO), Assistant Professor
Steven Kreft: Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), Lecturer
Alla Melkumian: Western
Illinois University (Macon, IL), Assistant Professor
2002
Leticia Garcia: Elgin College (Illinois), Assistant Professor
Hong Wu: Ripon College (Wisconsin), Assistant Professor
Joe Palardy: Youngstown State University (Ohio), Assistant Professor
Reyadh Faras: University of Kuwait, Assistant Professor
Baishali Majumdar:
The World Bank, Consultant
2001
Vladimir Starkov: PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
Chicago, Senior Associate
2000
Victor Claar: Hope College (Michigan), Assistant Professor
Marty Dodson: University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Assistant Professor
Jeff Gropp: DePauw University (Indiana), Assistant Professor
Gary Wagner: Duquesne University (Pennsylvania), Assistant Professor
1999
Sudip Ghosh: Cleveland State University; then Keene University (New Jersey), Assistant Professor
Woocheon Jeong:
WVU (post-doc); deceased 1999
1998
Tom Garrett: WVU (post-doc); then Kansas State University, Assistant Professor
Chuanliu Ni: U.S. Representative City of Tianjin and Tianjin Economic Development Area
Russell Rhine: University of North Dakota, Assistant Professor
1997
Jackie Khorassani: Marietta College (Ohio), Assistant Professor
Dave Sorenson: Augustana College (South Dakota), Assistant Professor
Attila Varga: Institute for Urban and
Regional Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Research Scholar)
1996
Yongjie Hu: Center for Chinese Business at WVU, Research Assistant Professor
Jimmy Ran: Lingnan University, Hong Kong , Assistant Professor
1995
Hiroaki Fujimoto: Fukuoka University (Japan), Assistant Professor
Mostafa Aleseyed:
Salem-Teikyo University (in WV), Assistant Professor
1994
Nancy Norton: University of Nebraska Extension
Laszlo Szerb: Janus Pannonius University in Pecs, Hungary, Associate Professor.
1993
Lawrence (Bill) Boyd: Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Center for Labor Education and Research
Terry Rephann: Allegany College (in MD), Office of Institutional Research
Anthony Stair: Frostburg State (in MD)
Sudha Subrahmanyam: State of Virginia Office of Revenue
Buhong Zheng: Post-doc at Univ. of Alabama; then Univ. of Colorado at Denver
Armond Rossi: Frostburg State (in MD)
Sarah Etherton: WVU Extension Service, Institute for Labor Studies
Xiangqun (Clayton) Chen: I-Net, Inc. (an
accounting firm in Washington, DC); then Coleman Research Corp. (a defense
company)
1992
Yajun Huang: Fudan Univ. in Shanghai, China
Greg Sefchik: Waynesburg College (in
PA)
1991
Ning Gong: Washington Univ. (St. Louis), post-doc
Ken Jones: U.S. General Accounting Office
1990
Omar Marashdeh: International Islamic Univ., Malaysia
John Georgellis: Staffordshire Polytechnic Inst., United Kingdom
Diamondo Afxentiou: New York Institute of Technology
Suriya Phongam:
returned to Thailand
1989
Songchae Yoon: Korea University
Ali Dasmalchi: West Liberty State College (in WV)
Gregory Gelles: Univ. of Missouri at Rolla
Bunluasak Pussarungsri: Nat'l. Inst. of Development Admin. (Thailand)
Timothy Schibik: University of Southern Indiana
Olugbenga Adewunmi Onafowora: Susquehanna University
1988
Abd Malik Bin Ismail: Kebargsaan University (in Malaysia)
Masoud Moallem: A small firm in Washington, DC
Amal Madkour: Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Mubarak Ali Al-Buraik: A Saudi government agency
Jong Hyun Kim: A private company in Korea
William Levernier: Georgia Southern
College
1987
Thomas Beam: A private research institute under contract to Northwestern Univ.
Nasser Mehrzad: Frostburg State University (in MD)
Stephen Naemeka Dike: City Administration of Alexandria, VA
Rezai Karim Khondker: Somerset College (in Kentucky)
Peggy Sin-Wei Pan Yi: WVU Institutional Analysis and Planning
1986
John Hisnanick: WVU Division of Applied Research
Margaret Dalton: Frostburg State Univ. (in MD)
Gary Maggs: St. John Fisher College (in Rochester, NY)
Mathias Materu: St. Augustine College (in SC)
Redzuan Bin Othman: Univ. of Malaysia
Rafael Romero: Grinnell College (in Iowa)
Masood (Sam)
Soltanmohammadi-Sarab: State of WV Insurance
Commisioner's Office
1985
Adesoji Obafemi Adelaja: Rutgers-New Brunswick, Ag. Ec. Dept.
Ahmad Afrasiabi: Allegheny College (in PA)
Randy Holliday: American Electric Power
Rahmat Mozayan: Monmouth College (in Illinois)
Churai Tapvong: Government job in Thailand
Nasir Assar: Glenville State (in WV)
Paul Richard LeFrancois: Limestone College (in SC)
Larry Sweeney: Shepherd College (in WV)
Mozayan, Rahmat