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Jeff Czajkowksi Ph.D., Florida International University Website: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/econba/jczajkowski Dr. Czajkowski’s primary research field is environmental and natural resource economics, divided between two distinct yet interrelated environmental economic strands: 1) the economic valuation of environmental goods and services; and 2) economic decision making in the presence of an environmental disaster, i.e., hurricanes. He holds an additional title as an Adjunct Assistant Research Professor at Florida International University’s International Hurricane Research Center. His teaching responsibilities include environmental economics, urban economics, public finance, international trade, and principles of economics. Melanie Fox Kean Ph.D., University of Houston Website: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/econba/mfox-kean Dr. Kean’s primary research interests are in development economics, primarily in health and education at the interaction of these at the household level. Additionally, her secondary research interests include the pedagogy of economics and economic growth, and her articles have appeared in the American Economic Review and Economics and Human Biology. Her teaching interests include economic development, health economics, and labor economics. Danny Nuckols Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Nuckols’ research interest involves the intersection of economics and the humanities, economic history and methodology, and the political economy of organic farming. Additionally, he has consulted in the area of patent litigation. His current teaching responsibilities include microeconomics, history of economic thought, law & economics, and economic history. Kevin M. Simmons, Chair Ph.D., Texas Tech University Website: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/econba/ksimmons Dr. Simmons’ research interests involve the economics of natural hazards. His articles are widely cited and have appeared in journals from a variety of academic disciplines including engineering, sociology, law, meteorology as well as economics. Funding for his research agenda has come from the insurance industry, NOAA, NIST and the National Science Foundation. |
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