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 |