Services

 

SERVICES TO THE UNIVERSITY

 

Department assignments:

    Member:

2009-2010:  SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE

2009-2010:   P & T Committee at School of Business Administration. Successfully completed in March 2010.

2009-2010:  Economist search committee: Worked on a committee to hire an economist faculty. Successfully completed in February 2010.

2008-2009:  SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE

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:  SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE

2007-2008:  Economist search committee: Worked on a committee to hire an economist faculty. Successfully completed in March 2008.

2006-2007:  SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE

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:

2008-2009:  International and Intercultural Affairs Committee

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:

2009-2011:  Member of Faculty Senate at Penn State Harrisburg.

2009-2010:    Senate Liaison at International and Intercultural Affairs Committee.

2007-2009:  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

University assignments: 

2009-2010: Member of Middle East GEN Committee. Completed a report on Middle East GEN. (August 2009 - January 2010).

 

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

 

Academic Seminar: Organizer:

Academic Perspectives on the Election Season: “The Economy,” Penn State Harrisburg, PA (USA), October 22, 2008.

 

Session chair at conferences:

2009:   24th Annual European Economic Association Congress. Barcelona (Spain), August 2009.

2008:  23rd Annual European Economic Association Congress. Milan (Italy), August 30, 2008 (Sessions 382 and 421).

2008:  ECOMOD 2008 International Conference on Policy Modeling. Berlin (Germany), July 04, 2008.

2006:  62nd International Atlantic Economic Conference, Philadelphia, PA (USA), October 2006.

2005:  20th Annual European Economic Association Congress. Amsterdam (the Netherlands), August 27, 2005.

 

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

2010:  Bogazici University - Istanbul TURKEY, Lectured on microeconomic issues in July 2010, Istanbul, Turkey (International).

2009:  Bogazici University - Istanbul TURKEY, Lectured on microeconomic issues in July 2009, Istanbul, Turkey (International).

2008:  Bogazici University - Istanbul TURKEY, Lectured on microeconomic issues in July 2008, Istanbul, Turkey (International).

2007:  Bogazici University - Istanbul TURKEY, Lectured on microeconomic issues in July 2007, 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

2004-present:  European Economic Association, Member.

2000-present:  American Economic Association, Member.

1998-present:  World Bank Research Group.

2007:  International Atlantic Economic Association, Member.

 

Reviewer for Journals

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, The Manchester School Journal, Corporate Governance, Business and Politics by The Berkeley Electronic Press, International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, American Economic Review.

 

Reviewer: Conference Paper

2005:  14th World Business Congress, 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