Business and Economics

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Dr. Julian Schuster, Hamline University

Schuster’s areas of expertise are economics and finance, economic methodology, business ethics, international business, marketing, entrepreneurship and leadership. Schuster is the founding dean of the Hamline University School of Business.

Under his leadership a new MBA program, recognized for its uniquely integrated curriculum, was launched.

JacQui Getty at 651-523-2475 or jgetty01@hamline.edu

Dr. David Vang, professor and chair of the Finance Department of the Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas, (651) 962-5127, dovang@stthomas.edu

Vang’s specialties include the U.S. economy and economic-stimulus efforts. He recently addressed a Chamber of Commerce gathering with Art Rolnick of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

Jim Winterer, 651-962-6404, jcwinterer@stthomas.edu

Gary J. Krueger, professor and chair, Economics, Macalester College

An expert on international economies, Krueger studies reforms in Russian industrial enterprises and also has interests in Comparative Economic Systems, including Japan and China, as well as an interest in corporate governance.

Barbara K. Laskin, 651-696-6451, laskin@macalester.edu

Jeanne Boeh, professor and chair, Economics department, Augsburg College

Boeh, who has worked both in the private sector and academia, has a strong understanding of what changes in the economy mean to the general public and she has the ability to express that in an understandable way. Her research and teaching interests are applied microeconomics focusing on the fields of urban and health economics.

Jeff Shelman, 612-330-1478, shelman@augsburg.edu

Matt Nowakowski, Master of Arts Business Administration Director, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Nowakowski’s areas of expertise include education and global economics.

Julia Jenson, 612-728-5119, jjenson@smumn.edu

Louis Johnston, Associate Professor of Economics, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University

Johnston is a regular commentator on MPR and has been interviewed by national newspapers. A macroeconomist and economic historian, he focuses on the growth and development of the Minnesota economy. He's currently investigating the upswing in business for small repair shops and working on a fourth edition of Principles of Economics by Robert Frank and Ben Bernanke.

Bruce Corrie,
Department of Business Administration,
Professor of Economics & Chair of Undergraduate Business,
Concordia University, St. Paul

Corrie’s expertise lies in minority and immigrant economic contributions and entrepreneurship.

Jill Johnson, 651-641-8755, jjohnson@csp.edu

Rebecca Judge, associate professor of economics, St. Olaf College

Judge is knowledgeable on environmental policy, public finance (taxes and government spending), and Argentine economics.

David Gonnerman, 507-786-3315, gonnermd@stolaf.edu

Xun Pomponio, associate professor of economics, St. Olaf College

Pomponio is an expert on international economics and Chinese economics.

David Gonnerman, 507-786-3315, gonnermd@stolaf.edu

Mark Kanazawa, Professor of Economics, Carleton College

Kanazawa can speak to water economics and in particular water rights in California. Some western states have begun to discuss how rapid development is affecting water usage and rights and how prior to now water managers, developers and government agencies have had little interaction in this area.

Eric Sieger, 507-222-4183 (o), 507-649-1385 (c), esieger@carleton.edu