Emeritus Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Michigan, 1959; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1971. Professor of Economics
1972-Present.
A. Behrooz Afrasiabi
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A. Pahlavi University, 1972,
M.A. Hood College, 1976;
Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1985.
Assistant Professor of Economics, 1985-92;
Associate Professor, 1992-Present.
Don Goldstein
Associate Professor of Economics
A.B., Harvard College, 1974;
Ph. D., 1991, University of Massachusetts (Amherst).
Assistant Professor of Economics,
1989-97; Associate Professor,
1997-Present."My courses and research reflect a long term interest in processes of corporate change. Corporate restructuring and downsizing, total quality management and the high performance workplace, corporate greening/environmental management--what drives them, and how do they affect people and the economy?"
Tomas W. Nonnemacher
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. Allegheny College, 1990;
M.S., Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993; Ph.D., 1996.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, 1996-97;
Assistant Professor, 1997-Present."The classes I teach in the managerial track fit into the general field of transaction cost economics. One central question that we ask is why some firms are big while others are small. What contractual costs are involved in outsourcing certain production processes? What cost reductions can be realized from internalizing certain transactions?"
Stephen W. Onyeiwu
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), 1982;
M.S. University of Ife (Nigeria), 1987;
Dip., SPRU, University of Sussex (U.K.), 1990; M.A. 1996
University of Connecticut, Ph.D., 1997.
Assistant Professor of Economics, 2001-Present."Courses I teach include Introduction to Managerial Economics, Advanced Managerial Economics, Management of Innovation and Technological Change, Introduction to Microeconomics, and African Economic Development. My research interests are: the Technological Strategies of Firms, Small Business Development, Industrial Organization, and Global Economic Issues."
Janine L. Sickafuse
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Grove City College, 1981;
M.B.A., Youngstown State University, 1983.
Instructor in Economics, 1983-93;
Assistant Professor, 1993-Present.Chris Allison
Entrepreneur in Residence
B.A., Allegheny College, 1983.
CEO, Tollgrade Communications, 1993-2005;
President, Upsight, LLC, 2005-Present;
Entrepreneur in Residence, 2006-Present.
