PhD Alumni

Welcome to the PhD Alumni page of the UWM Department of Economics. We hope this page will be a resource for alumni of the department. If you would like to be included (or excluded) from this list, please contact John Heywood.

More information on the UWM Alumni Association. (All links below leave the Economics site.)

  • Rahi Abouk (PhD, 2013), Professor of Economics, William Paterson University, New Jersey
  • Azrina Abdullah Al-Had (PhD, 2014), Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Management, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
  • Sumit Agarwal (PhD, 1998), Distinguished Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore
  • Jacqueline Agesa (PhD, 1996), Professor of Finance, Marshall University, West Virginia
  • Richard Agesa (PhD, 1996), Professor of Economics, Marshall University, West Virginia
  • Saif Alhakimi (PhD, 2002), Associate Professor of Economics, Hodeidah University, Yemen
  • Janardhanan Alse (PhD, 1993), Professor of Economics and Finance, Indiana University Southeast
  • Salim Araji (PhD, 2014), Team Lead, Future of Work Initiative, United Nations
  • Amid Ardakani (PhD 2018), Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, Florida State University
  • Omid Ardakani (Ph.D 2015), Associate Professor of Economics, Georgia Southern University
  • Seyhan Arkonac (PhD, 1993), Lecturer in Economics, Columbia University, New York
  • Luis Arreaga (PhD, 1981), United States Ambassador to Guatemala, Retired
  • Benjamin Artz (PhD, 2008), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
  • Chandramouli Banerjee (PhD, 2018), Manager, Quantitative Analysis, Capital One, McLean Virginia
  • Mehdi Barati (PhD, 2017), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Michael P. Barry (PhD, 1998), Associate Professor of Economics, Mount Saint Mary University, Maryland
  • David Bashaw (PhD, 1998), Director of Economic Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
  • Sourav Batabyal (PhD, 2012), Asst. Professor of Economics, Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina
  • Najiba Benabess (PhD, 2007), Dean of the Business School, Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania
  • David J. Bernstein (PhD, 1996), Managing Economist, BLDS LLC, Philadelphia
  • John Bitzan (PhD, 1997), Professor of Management, North Dakota State University
  • Romkaew (Punruckwong) Broehm (PhD 1992), Founder and Principal, RPB Energy Economics, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Taggart J. Brooks (PhD, 1999), Dean of the College of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • Ford J. Brown (PhD, 1998), Manager of Quantitative Risk Analysis, XCEL Energy, Denver, CO
  • Kristen Carioti (PhD, 2011), Professor and MBA Director, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee
  • Sarah Carroll (PhD 2017), Clinical Assistant Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
  • Jayati Chakraborty (PhD 2023), 
  • U. Sarat Chandran (PhD, 1992), Advisor, Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.
  • Yvonne Chen (PhD, 1998), Professor of Economics, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia
  • Miao Chi (PhD, 2011), Associate Professor, Drew University, New Jersey
  • I-Ming Chiu (PhD, 2000), Associate Professor of Economics, Rutgers University – Camden, New Jersey
  • Souphala Chomsisengphet (PhD, 2000), Director, Credit Risk Analysis, Office of the Controller of the Currency, Treasury Department, Washington DC
  • Darnell Cloud (PhD, 2000) Forecasts Program Manager, Illinois Department of Employment Security, Chicago
  • Safoora Collins (PhD 2019), Lecturer, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
  • Michael Coon (PhD, 2012), Associate Professor of Economics, University of Tampa, Florida
  • Sarah Cosgrove (PhD, 2003), Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
  • Chad Cotti (PhD, 2006), Professor, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
  • Tristan Coughlin (PhD, 2009), Lecturer in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • Gabriel Courey (PhD, 2018), Assistant Professor of Economics and Business, Wittenberg University, Ohio
  • Ali Dadpay (PhD, 2007), Associate Professor of Finance, University of Dallas, Texas
  • Anusua Datta (PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania
  • Susan Davies (PhD, 1997), Assistant Director, Graduate Program in Human Relations and Labor Relations, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Ilker Domac (PhD, 1994), Regional Head of Economics, Citigroup, Istanbul Turkey
  • Esmaeil Ebadi (PhD 2015), Assistant Professor, Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait
  • Bjoern Eberhardt (PhD, 2006), Head of Global Macroeconomic Research, Credit Suisse Private Banking , Switzerland (email)
  • Claire Economidou (PhD, 2004), Professor of Macroeconomics, Piraeus University, Greece.
  • Paul Emrath (PhD, 1989), Vice President of Survey and Housing Policy Research, National Association of Home Builders, Washington, DC.
  • Siyu Feng (PhD 2023) Research Associate, Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, Oxford University, UK.
  • Kenneth Fjell (PhD, 1998), Professor, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
  • Christopher Fletcher (PhD, 2013), Senior Examiner, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Washington DC
  • Daniel Fuhrmann (PhD, 2010), , Thrivent, Minneapolis
  • Abera Gelan (PhD, 1993), Associate Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Alejandro Gelves (PhD, 2009), Associate Clinical Professor of Business Analytics, William and Mary University, Virginia
  • Salome Giorgadze (PhD 2023), Transfer Pricing Consultant, Ernst and Young, Atlanta
  • Gour Goswami (PhD, 2003), Treasurer (in charge) and Professor of Economics, North South University, Bangladesh
  • Steffen Habermalz (PhD, 2002), Lecturer in Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany
  • Patricia Hallinan (PhD, 1994), Professor of Economics, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Massomeh Hajilee (PhD, 2010), Professor of Economics, University of Houston-Victoria
  • Hanafiah Harvey (PhD, 2005), Associate Professor, Penn State University-Mont Alto
  • Mehrnoosh Hasanzade (PhD, 2022), Data Analyst, Mozilla, Chicago
  • Scott W. Hegerty (PhD, 2007), Professor of Economics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.
  • A. Michael Heimert (PhD, 1988), Managing Director, Transfer Pricing, Duff and Phelps, Retired
  • Amr Hosny (PhD, 2013), Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
  • Anni Huang (PhD 2017),
  • Brian Jacobsen (PhD, 2002), Chief Economist, Annex Wealth Management, Milwaukee
  • Uchechukwu Jarrett (PhD 2016), Associate Professor of Economics (practice), University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  • Orhan Kara (PhD, 2002), Professor of Economics, West Chester University, Pennsylvania
  • Muge Karacal (PhD, 2005), Associate Professor of Economics, Izmir Bakircay University, Turkey
  • Russ Kashian (PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
  • Kamilla Kasymova (PhD 2019), Director, Quantitative Research and Analytics, Northwestern Mutual Life, Milwaukee
  • Alice Kones (PhD 2014), VP – Risk Analytics, Citigroup, Irving Texas
  • Vicki Knoblauch (PhD, 1991), Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut
  • Heather Kohls (PhD, 2003), Director of Global Business Learning, Associate Professor of Practice, Economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee
  • Akbar Komijani (PhD, 1983), Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Iran and Associate Profeshsor of Economics, University of Tehran
  • Jerome Kueh (PhD 2015), Senior Lecturer in Economics and Deputy Dean (Industry, Community Engagement & Commercialization), University of Malaysia Sarawak
  • Swati Kumari (PhD 2013), Senior Vice President of Unsecured Modeling, Citigroup, Chicago Illinois.
  • Zoe Laulederkind (PhD 2022), Visiting Asst. Professor, Rhodes College, Memphis
  • Emily Lechtenberg (PhD 2010), Economics Instructor, Marquette University, Milwaukee
  • Tianfang Li (PhD 2021), Teaching Asst. Professor, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
  • Nabil Ben Ltaifa (PhD, 1993), Senior Economist, International Money Fund, Washington DC
  • Majid Maki-Nayeri (PhD, 2019), Lecturer in Data Science, School of Information, University of California – Berkeley
  • Margaret Malixi (PhD, 1988), Professor of Economics, California State University – Bakersfield
  • Kasim Mansur (PhD 2000), Professor of Economics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
  • Hardik Marfatia (PhD, 2013), Associate Professor of Economics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
  • Richard McGregory (PhD, 2004), Full time Instructor, Business Management, Madison Area Technical College
  • Martin Meder (PhD, 2018), Assistant Professor Economics, Nicholls State University, Louisiana
  • Murat Mercan (PhD, 2009), Professor of Economics, Yildiz Technical University (Turkey)
  • Sahar Milani (PhD, 2015), Associate Professor of Economics, St. Lawrence University, New York
  • Laurie A. Miller (PhD, 2012), Associate Professor of Economics (practice), University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  • Jessica Milli (PhD, 2013), Founder and Principal, Research 2 Impact, Washington DC
  • Ida A. Mirzaie (PhD, 1999), Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Ohio State University
  • Ilir Miteza (PhD, 2001), Professor of Economics, University of Michigan – Dearborn
  • Rajarshi Mitra (PhD, 2009), Associate Professor, Tokyo International University, institute for International Strategy, Japan
  • Ali Moghtaderi (PhD 2014) Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University, DC
  • Amirhossein Mohammadian (PhD 2019) Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii at Hilo
  • Madhu S. Mohanty (PhD, 1990), Professor of Economics and Statistics, California State University – Los Angeles
  • Kristen Monaco (PhD, 1998), Chief Economist, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington DC
  • Mehrnoush Motamedi (PhD 2017), Professor of Social Science, Odessa College, Texas
  • Hosne Mridha (PhD, 2002), Associate Professor, North Carolina Central University
  • Abm E. Nasir (PhD 2001) Professor of Economics, North Carolina Central University
  • Majid Maki-Nayeri (PhD, 2019), Post Doctoral Research Fellow, UC Berkeley, School of Information
  • Kyriakos Neanidis (PhD, 2005), Reader in Macroeconomics, Manchester University, England
  • Pascal T. Ngoboka (PhD, 1987), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin – River Falls
  • Scott M. Niederjohn (PhD, 2003), Professor and Director, The Center Free Enterprise Center, Concordia University, Wisconsin
  • Phillip Oberg (PhD, 2015), Data Scientist, 3 Cloud, Chicago
  • Patrick O’Halloran (PhD, 2003), Associate Professor of Economics, Monmouth University, New Jersey
  • Caglar Onal (PhD 2023), Senior Data Analyst, Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research Center, Northwestern University, Chicago
  • Prince Osei-Sarfo (PhD, 2020), Vice President of Risk Analytics, Citi, Irving TX
  • Maharouf Oyolola (PhD, 2007), Economist, United Nations Sustainable Development Group, Niger
  • Sezen Ozan Onal (PhD 2023), Economic Researcher, University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Systems
  • Nisit Panthamit (PhD, 2002), Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (email)
  • Anton Parlow (PhD, 2013), Project Manager, Socio-Political Education Institute, Bibow, Germany,
  • Sayeed Payesteh (PhD, 1993), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin – Fond du Lac
  • Linh Pham (PhD 2017), Assistant Professor of Economics, Lake Forest College, Illinois
  • Gregory N. Price (PhD, 1993) JP Morgan Chase Professor of Economics, University of New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Chitralekha Rath (PhD, 2014) Data Science Manager, Yelp, Oregon
  • Artatrana Ratha (PhD, 2002), Professor of Economics, Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota
  • Hyun-Jae Rhee (PhD 1994), Professor of Economics, Cheongju University, Korea
  • Lynn Riggs (PhD, 1998), Research Associate, Moto Economic and Public  Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand
  • Majid Haghani Rizi (PhD, 2017), Quantitative Analyst, , Citi, New York City
  • Rosemary Rossiter (PhD, 1980), Professor Emerita of Economics, Ohio University
  • Steffan Ruediger (PhD, 2008) Associate Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
  • Sujata Saha (PhD, 2017), Associate Professor of Economics, Wabash College, Indiana
  • Esmaeil Salem (PhD 2016), Advanced Analytics Consultant, Elevance Health, Richmond, Virginia
  • Mona Sameni (PhD, 2016), Lecturer of Economics, James Madison University, Virginia
  • John Schwendel (PhD, 2020), Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
  • Abdihafit Shaeye (PhD, 2017), Assistant Professor, Kent State University at Turmbull, Ohio
  • Joshua Shindell (Ph.D., 2010), Senior Analyst, DuPont Capital Management, Philadephia, PA.
  • Mehdi Shoja (Ph.D., 2014), Director of Credit Pricing, Ripple,  San Francisco, CA.
  • John S. S. Ssozi (PhD, 2011), Associate Clinical Professor, Baylor University
  • Eduard Storm (PhD, 2020), Postdoctoral Researcher, RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen Germany
  • Saleh Tabrizy (PhD, 2015), Associate Professor, Michael F. Price School of Business, University of Oklahoma
  • Altin Tanku (PhD, 2005), Research Director, Central Bank of Albania
  • Steven Trick (PhD, 2010), Adjunct Professor of Management, University of Missouri – Columbia
  • Geoffrey K. Turnbull (PhD, 1983), Professor of Finance, Central Florida University
  • Darin F. Ullman (PhD, 2016), Vice President of Evaluation, Economics, and Predictive Modeling, Lewin Group, Minnesota
  • Jeffrey Valentin-Mari (PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, University of Puerto Rico
  • Benjamin Van Kammen (PhD, 2013), Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Purdue University
  • Shrathinth Venkatesh (PhD 2021), Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK
  • Alexey Vukhov (PhD 2019), Assistant Professor of Economics, California State University – Northridge
  • Evelyn Wamboye (PhD, 2008), Associate Professor of Economics, Penn State University DuBois
  • Yongqing Wang (PhD, 2005), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha,
  • Zheng Wang (PhD, 2014), Associate Professor of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing China
  • Bryan Weber (PhD, 2015), Associate Professor of Economics, College of Staten Island, City Univeristy of New York
  • Martin A. Wurm (PhD, 2009), Director of Economic Research, Moody’s Analytics, Seattle
  • Jia Xu (PhD, 2010), Professor of Finance, Shanghai International Studies University, China
  • Guangliang Ye (PhD, 2006), Professor and Vice President, Hainan University, China
  • Hussein Zeaiter (PhD 2008), Associate Professor, Lebanese American University

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