Services
SERVICES TO THE UNIVERSITY Department assignments: Member: 2007-2008: SBA
Finance Program - Assessment of Money and Banking course: Working on creation
of assessment test for Money and Banking course. The test measures competency
in undergraduate finance. 2007-2008:
Economist search committee: Worked on a committee to hire an economist
faculty. Successfully completed in March 2008. 2005-2006:
SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Other Institutional Service Activities: 2007-2008: Finance Search
Committee: Helped to the Finance Search Committee at the ASSA Meetings in
Chicago. Arranged the schedule for interviews and attended them. College assignments:
Chair: 2007-2008:
International and Intercultural Affairs Committee: Working on the following
two charges: Charge I (Compile an Experts Guide of faculty and staff who have
experience working with international and minority population and post on the
college website.) Charge II (Create a preferred list of training opportunities
for faculty to improve their teaching and a suggested format to organize each
training session)
Member: 2007-2008: Doctoral
Dissertation Committee of JOSEPH DENNIS ONGERI: On the Doctoral Dissertation
Committee of JOSEPH DENNIS ONGERI (Department of Adult Education Pennsylvania
State University - Harrisburg) 2006-2007:
International and Intercultural Affairs Committee: The Committee Role: The
Committee is responsible to work on international and intercultural issues. 2006-2007 through
2007-2008: Scholarship & Research Committee 2005-2006: School
of Public Affairs, Faculty Search Committee (Health Economist): The Committee
Role: finalizing the job description and candidate qualifications, screening
applications, checking references, calling referees, phone interview and
recommendation. 2005-2006:
Libraries Committee: The Committee Role: The Libraries Committee is
responsible to solve library related problems to improve services, and to
assume efficient allocation of limited resources, especially monetary
resources. Specific tasks accomplished so far: Cancellation of some academic
journals' hard copies whenever their online versions are available. Thanks to
these cancellations, we managed to save some money which will be allocated to
purchasing of other books. Conditions for laptop borrowing at the Harrisburg
Library have been reviewed and approved. 2005-2006:
Scholarship and Research Committee 2004-2005: Faculty
Development Action Team Other Institutional Service Activities: 2007-2008: Helping
to School of Behavioral Sciences and Education for NCATE accreditation:
Helping to the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education for their upcoming
NCATE accreditation SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Academic Conference: Discussant 2006: 62nd
International Atlantic Economic Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(International). Academic Conference: Moderator / Facilitator 2006: 62nd
International Atlantic Economic Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(International). Advisor 2008: World Bank
Research Group, Advised to Jean-Pascal Nganou on a project on macroeconomic simulation of
Burundi., Washington, District of Columbia (International). 2008: World Bank
Research Group, Advised to Blanca Moreno-Dodson on her research project titled
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC SPENDING ON GROWTH: An Empirical Analysis for
Fast Growing Countries, Washington, District of Columbia (International). Invited Lecture 2007: Bogazici University - Istanbul TURKEY, Lectured on
microeconomic issues in July 2008, Istanbul, Turkey (International). 2007: Workshop on
SPADH Modeling, Trained a group of economists on SPADH modeling,
Antananarivo, Madagascar (International). 2007: Workshop on
SPAHD Modeling, Trained a group of economists on SPADH modeling, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic (International). 2005: Two Video
Conferences for Economists in Niger (April and June 2005) at the World Bank,
Washington, District of Columbia (International). 2005: Workshop on
Macroeconomic Modeling for Niger, Niamey, Niger (International). Other Professional Service Activities 2008: European
Economic Association, Member: European Economic Association (2004-present)
(International). 2000-2008: American
Economic Association, Member: American Economic Association (2000-present)
(National). 2007: International
Atlantic Economic Association, Member: International Atlantic Economic
Association (2006-present) (International). 1998-2007: World
Bank Research Group, World Bank Research Group (1998-present), Washington,
District of Columbia (International). 2006: European
Economic Association, Member: European Economic Association (International). Reviewer for Journals 2008: Reviewer for Business and Politics by The Berkeley
Electronic Press, Reviewer for Business and Politics by The Berkeley
Electronic Press. Write a referee Report for 'Do Neoliberal Economic Policies
Kill or Save Lives?' (International). 2008: Reviewer for Corporate Governance published by
Emerald (UK), Reviewer for Corporate Governance published by Emerald (UK).
Referee Report for 'Endogeneity of Brazilian
Corporate Governance Quality Determinants' (International). 2007: Reviewer for American Economic Review, Reviewed a paper for American
Economic Review (Referee Report on AER-2007-0945) (International). Reviewer: Conference Paper 2005: 14th World
Business Congress, A manuscript is reviewed for 14th World Business Congress-
Global Business: the Challenges and Responsibilities in a World of Shifting
Alliances., Granada, Spain (International). SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY 2006: York Chamber
of Commerce Meeting, Attended the meeting together
with Dr. De Rooy. MEMBERSHIPS American Economic Association European Economic Association |