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Two New Faculty Members

The department is pleased to announce the hiring of two new faculty members being fall 2013:   Amanda Weinstein and Dr. Haimanti Banerjee.

Amanda Weinstein is obtaining her Ph.D. this summer from the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at Ohio State University.  Her research focuses on urban and regional economics exploring a wide range of topics from energy policy, to income inequality, to women entrepreneurs in regional economic development.  She will be teaching our Seminar on Regional Economic Analysis & Development class this fall.

Dr. Banerjee obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Iowa concentrating on the fields of housing markets and macroeconomics.  Her teaching experience ranges from basic principles classes to intermediate and advanced macro theory courses as well as Money and Banking and the Economics of Development and Growth.

Please join us in welcoming these two new faculty members to our department.

William D. Manson, JD, PhD, Deputy General Counsel of the Lubrizol Corporation, presented, "Balancing the Impact of Regulation:  The Case of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," on Thursday, April 25th at the Student Union, Room 312. Manson is the leader of the Regulatory Practice Section at Lubrizol, providing legal advice in a wide range of matters from contracts and product distribution to the resolution of complex commercial and patent disputes to guidance on export law.  Prior to joining Lubrizol, Manson spent 10 years with the law firm of Jones Day Reavis & Prgue in Cleveland.  He received his PhD in economics from Virginia Teach in 1980 and received his law degree, JD, with distinction, from Emory in 1985.

The talk was free and open to the public.  A reception was held beforehand at 4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. in Room 312.

The Dilley Family Endowed Scholarship

The Department of Economics is grateful for David and Lessia Dilley’s gift to establish  The Dilley Family Endowed Scholarship in Economics.  In 1973, David received his Bachelor  of Arts degrees in Economics and Political Science.  He serves on both the Economics Department Advisory Board and The University of Akron National Alumni Board of Directors.