Ph.D. Job Market Placements
| Graduate Program | Department of Economics ◊ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Our graduates take jobs in academic, government and international organizations, and private businesses. Recent placements are listed below.
| Academic Year | Name of Graduate | Initial Employer | Advisor |
Current position (if different) |
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Fall |
Mustafa A. Attar | Hacettepe University | Hendricks | |
| David Buehler | Penn State - Harrisburg (visiting) | Field | ||
| Fernando Chague | University of Sao Paulo - post-doc | Ghysels | ||
| Jeremy Cook | Wheaton College | Gilleskie | ||
| Rebecca Glawtschew | Kennesaw State University | Norman | ||
| Mustafa Guler | Central Bank of Turkey | Froyen | ||
| Brian Jenkins | University of Montana (visiting) | Salemi | ||
| Wonchul Hwang | Korea Fair Trade Commission | Biglasier | ||
| Timothy Moore | Deloitte - Los Angeles | Norman | ||
| Amos Peters | University of Cape Town - South Africa | Black | ||
| Ozge Savascin | Freddie Mac | Francis | ||
| Teerawut Sripinit | Thammasat University | Froyen | ||
| Russell Triplett | Stetson University (visiting) | Conway | ||
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Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 |
Natta Akapaiboon | Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Thailand | Conway | |
| Chak Hun Jack Cheng | Murray State University | Salemi | ||
| Michael Darden | Tulane University | Gilleskie | ||
| Manasigan Kanchanachitra | Office of the Education Council, Thailand | Gilleskie | Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University | |
| Stanislav Khrapov | New Economic School, Moscow | Renault | ||
| Zongqiang Liao | Blue Cross Blue Shield | Salemi | ||
| Peter Malaspina | Freeman, Sullivan, and Co. | Norman | Quantitative Economic Solutions, LLC | |
| Codrin Nedita | Eureka College | Conway | ||
| Tatevik Sekhposyan | Bank of Canada | Francis | ||
| Nopphol Witvorapong | Chulalongkorn University | Gilleskie | ||
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Fall 2009 - Summer 2010 |
Basak Altan | Ozyegin University | Biglaiser | |
| Suzette Baker | Washington University (visiting scholar) | Biglaiser | ||
| Katherine Cloud | University of Georgia (visiting) | Gilleskie | ||
| Olesya Fomenko | Workers Compensation Research Institute | Guilkey | ||
| Lauren Heller | Berry College | Akin | ||
| Mai Hubbard | Mathematica Policy Inc. | Gilleskie | ||
| Justin Joffrion | Department of Defense | Parreiras | ||
| Zubeyir Kilinc | Central Bank of Turkey | Froyen | ||
| Silviya Nikolova | University of Manchester | Mroz | ||
| Jeremy Petranka | Indiana University (visiting) | Biglaiser | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Lecturer) | |
| Serban Ranca | East Carolina University (visiting) | Parreiras | ||
| Marcelo Silva | Federal University of Pernambuco | Salemi | ||
| Katherine Theyson | University of the South | Bilsborrow/Turchi | ||
| Denise Whalen | Mathematica Policy Inc. | Gilleskie | ||
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Fall |
Mikhail Bontch-Osmolovskii |
World Bank | Mroz | |
| Zafar Nazarov | RAND | Guilkey | Research Associate EDI, Cornell University | |
| Nilufer Ozdemir | University of Mississippi | Conway | ||
| Sarah Riley |
UNC Center for Community Capital |
Biglaiser | ||
| Kathryn Rouse | Elon University | Mroz | ||
| Syed Saad |
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul MN |
Akin | ||
| Tetyana Shvydko | Bates White | Blau | ||
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Fall |
Michael Aguilar | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Lecturer) | Renault | |
| Charles Braymen | Kansas State University | Conway | Creighton University | |
| Kristie Briggs | Creighton University | Field | ||
| Xilong Chen | SAS | Ghysels | ||
| Raymond Farkouh | Research Triangle Institute | Guilkey | Pfizer | |
| Ryan Goodstein | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Blau | ||
| Tiffany Green | University of Wisconsin (Robert Woods Johnson scholar) | Gilleskie | Virginia Commonwealth University | |
| Volker Grzimek | University of Richmond (visiting) | Akin/Tauchen | Berea College (visiting) | |
| David Jones | Mathematica | Gilleskie | ||
| Jason Jones | Furman University | Black | ||
| John MacDonald | Wake Forest University (Lecturer) | Stewart | ||
| Steven McMullen | Calvin College | Mroz | ||
| Ronald Oertel | Western Washington University (visiting) | van der Klaauw | ||
| Seregiy Peredriy | SAS | Black | ||
| Arthur Sinko | University of Manchester, UK | Ghysels | ||
| Alicia Sparling | Davidson College (adjunct) | Gilleskie | Davidson College (Assistant Professor) | |
| Kellin Stanfield | DePauw University | Darity | ||
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Fall |
Hamilton Fout | Kansas State University | Salemi | Fannie Mae |
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Mohammad Jahan-Parvar |
East Carolina University | Gallant | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | |
| Heather Krull | RAND | Gilleskie | ||
| Bidisha Lahiri | Oklahoma State University | Conway | ||
| Emil Rusev | Acumen, LLC | van der Klaauw | ||
| Yan Shi | Central Michigan University (visiting) | Parreiras/Biglaiser | University of North Carolina - Pembroke | |
| Betty Tao | CNA Corporation | Gilleskie | IMPAQ International | |
| Mark Witte | College of Charleston | Black | ||
| Myung-Soo Yie | Bank of Korea | Froyen | ||
| Yun (Sean) Zhang | Capital One | Gilleskie |
University of Michigan, Health Services Research |
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Fall |
Omur Celmanbet | Cornerstone Research | Mezzetti/Biglaiser |
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| Danny M. Davis | CNA Corporation | Tauchen/Biglaiser | ||
| Timothy Diette | Washington and Lee University | Darity |
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| Liang (Leon) Ding | Macalester College | Black | ||
| Gregory Givens | Middle Tennessee State University | Salemi |
University of Alabama |
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| Daver Kahvecioglu | IMPAQ International | Blau | ||
| Yuriy Kitsul | Georgia State University | Gallant/Ahn |
Federal Reserve Board |
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| Shingo Takahashi | International University of Japan | Mroz | ||
| Valerie Rawlston Wilson | North Carolina State University (post-doc) | van der Klaauw | National Urban League | |
| Yaraslau Zayats | Bates White | Mroz | ||
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Fall |
Rouben Atoian | International Monetary Fund | Salemi |
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| Melissa Banzhaf | Bureau of Labor Statistics | Blau | Center for Economic Studies, Atlanta | |
| William C. Grant | James Madison University | Stewart |
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| Joon-Suk Lee | Bowdoin College | Biglaiser | ||
| Tamah Morant | North Carolina State University | Darity |
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| Sahminan | Bank of Indonesia | Conway |
ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office - Singapore |
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| Matthew Woolley | Moody's Investors Service | Ghysels/Zhang |
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Fall |
Ai-Ru Cheng | University of California, Santa Cruz | Gallant |
Northern Illinois University |
| Susan Chen | Triangle Census Research Data Center, Duke University | van der Klaauw |
University of Alabama |
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| Michelle Danis | Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight | Tauchen |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| Andrew Dyke | Portland State University (visiting) | Tauchen |
ECONorthwest,
Portland,Oregon |
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| Daniela Nicoara Ielceanu | PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP | Biglaiser |
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| Peter Lance | MEASURE Evaluation Project, UNC | Akin |
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| Alex Li | American Express | van der Klaauw/ Mroz | ||
| Albert Loh | University of North Florida | Akin |
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Fall |
Lara Bryant | Florida Atlantic University | Gilleskie |
Southeastern Louisiana University |
| John Csellak | Campbell University | Mroz |
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| Timothy Goodger | Lehman Brothers | Black |
Federated |
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| Kenneth Hightower | Federated Investors | Parke |
Epoch Investment Partners |
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| Jae-Young Lim | Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea | Akin |
Korea University |
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| Haiyong Liu | East Carolina University | Mroz |
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| Jonathan Pingle | Board of Governors, Federal Reserve | van der Klaauw |
Brevan Howard |
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Fall |
Sarah Broome | University of Connecticut | Tauchen | North Carolina Hospital Association |
| Seung-Nyeon Kim | Samsung Economic Research | Black |
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies |
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Michael Quinn |
Bentley College | Field |
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| Hisashi Sawaki | Tezukayama University, Japan | Conway |
Okayama University |
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| Melissa Sims | ERS | Blau |
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| George Waters | Washington and Lee (visiting) | Parke | Illinois State University | |
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Fall |
Scott Baker |
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Jackson, MI |
Mezzetti | Washington University, School of Law |
| Benjamin Balak | Washington and Lee (visiting) | Tarascio | Rollins College | |
| Jeremy Bray | Research Triangle Institute | Mroz |
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| Joseph Crespo | National Economic Research Associates | Tauchen |
Edison Mission Energy |
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| Sumana Dhar | World Bank | Darity |
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| Garland Durham | University of Iowa | Gallant |
University of Colorado- Boulder |
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| Paul Hutchinson | Carolina Population Center | Akin | Tulane University | |
| Neal McCall | Department of Treasury | Tauchen |
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| Christopher Dylan McGee | Assumption College | Black |
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| Dominic Mancini | Food and Drug Administration | Stewart |
Office of Management |
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| Rupi Kaur Saggi | Southern Methodist University (Lecturer) | Black |
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| Amitabh Singh | Abbott Laboratories | Tauchen |
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals |
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| Erdal Tekin | Georgia State University | Blau |
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| Ozkan Zengin | SAS Institute | Black |
National Resources Inventory, Iowa State University |
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Fall |
Myung-Chul Chung | Seoul City University, Korea (visiting) | Black |
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| Alicia Robb | US Small Business Administration | Darity | Beacon Economics | |
| Taner Yigit | St. Louis University | Froyen | Bilkent University | |
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Fall |
Clark Alyea | Barra, Inc. | Blau | ValueScience |
| Charles Baum | Middle Tennessee State University | Blau |
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| Teresa Beckham | Rhodes College | Conway |
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| John Burger | Loyola College, Baltimore | Froyen |
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| Alexander Cowell | Research Triangle Institute | Mroz |
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| Jason Dietrich | Comptroller of the Currency | Akin |
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| John Eiler | Department of the Treasury | Tauchen |
LSU-Finance |
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| Darrick Hamilton |
University of Michigan (postdoc) Yale University (Robert Johnson) |
Darity | New School University - NYC | |
| George M. Holmes | East Carolina University | Mroz |
UNC School of Public Health |
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| Amber Jessup | Food and Drug Administration | Akin |
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| Jonathan Lave | Georgetown Law School | Conway |
Shearman & Sterling, Antitrust Division |
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| Jee Hyung Lee | Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Korean |
Froyen
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| Michael Lokshin | World Bank | Blau |
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| Roberto Mosheim | University of Puerto Rico | Darity/Lovell | ||
| John M. Nail | Microeconomics, Inc. | Stewart |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
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| Tim Savage | Charles River Associates | Mroz | Welch Consulting | |
| Luis Sosa | Colorado School of Mines | Froyen | Baldwin-Wallace | |
| Frank Warnock | Federal Reserve Board of Governors | Black |
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business |
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| Umaporn Wongwatanasin | Asian Development Bank | Field |
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| Tom Xu | Texas Tech University | Akin | ||
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Fall |
Alison Aughinbaugh | Bureau of Labor Statistics | Mroz |
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| Lewis Davis | State University of New York at Oswego | Darity | Smith College | |
| Elena Glinskaya | World Bank | Mroz |
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| Chris Henderson | General Accounting Office | Froyen |
Federal Reserve Bank |
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| Debin Ma | Hitosubashi University (visiting) | Rhode/Gallman | University of Missouri at St. Louis | |
| Kellie Maske | University of the West Indies | Black | Appalachian State University | |
| George Korenko | Meredith College | Salemi | Edgeworth Economics | |
| Saif Rahman | Agnes Scott College | Darity/Friedman | Ohio Wesleyan University | |
| Geoff Schneider | Bucknell | Darity | ||
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Fall |
Gustavo Angeles | Carolina Population Center | Mroz |
Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC-Chapel Hill |
| Bob Boggs | Lovell |
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| Tim Day | Deloitte and Touche | Froyen |
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| Doohoi Heo | Posco Research Institute, Korea | Stewart |
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| Vaishali Mamgain | University of Southern Maine | Darity |
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| Robert Pakpahan | Ministry of Finance, Indonesia | Conway | ||
| Chuck Slusher | Social Security Administration | Blau |
Battelle Corporation |
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| Matt Thompson | ERS |
Mroz
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| Chris Trenholm | Mathematica | Mroz | ||
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Fall |
Jennie Chase | University of North Texas | Mroz | Center for Naval Analysis |
| Myriam Quispe | Tulane University | Black | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | |
| Jeff Rous | University of North Texas | Akin |
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| Curtis Florence | Tulane University (Public Health) | Blau | Emory University (Public Health) | |
| Kirsten Madden | Millersville University | Tarascio |
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| Steve Yamarik | Oberlin College (visiting) | Benavie | California State University, Long Beach | |
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Fall |
Hsiao-Chi Chen | National Chung Hsing, University, Taiwan | Friedman/Mezzetti |
National Taipei University |
| Ngina Chiteji | Congressional Budget Office | Darity | Skidmore College | |
| Tania Dmytraczenko | Futures Group | Field |
ABT Associates |
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| Martin Gross | Consulting firm D.C. | Tarascio |
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| Inseong Hwang | Samsung Economics Research Institute, Korea | Black | ||
| Inbae Kim | Korea Institute of International Economic Policy | Salemi |
Soongsil University, Korea |
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| Soonhyun Kwon | World Bank | Darity |
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| Daniel Kress | Futures Group | Field | ABT Associates | |
| Kazuo Machino | Hokkaido University | Friedman/Mezzetti |
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| Chris Mackie | Tulane University (lecturer) | Tarascio | Committee on National Statistics | |
| Stephen O’Brien | Sonnenschein Attorneys | Stewart |
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| Regina Riphahn | University of Munich, Germany | Blau | University of Erlangen | |
| Pankaj Sahay | Christensen Associates | Lovell | ||
| Mike Slotkin | William and Mary (visiting) | Appleyard |
Florida International University |
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| Brian Surette | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve | Mroz | Freddie Mac | |
| Atsushi Tanaka | Kwansai Gakuin University | Froyen |
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| Alex Vamosi | Wooster | Waud | ||
| Daxin Wang | Health Source | Conway | Providian Financial | |
| Lillian Woo | Carolina Friends School | Coates |
Corporation for Enterprise Development,
Durham, NC |
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Fall |
Jehan Arulpragasam | Cornell Univ. Food & Nutrition Policy Program | Field | World Bank |
| Hakan Berument | Wake Forest (visiting) | Froyen | Bilkent University, Turkey | |
| Steffany Ellis | University of Michigan, Dearborn | Black |
Federal Express |
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| David Hotchkiss | Public Health, Tulane University | Blau |
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| Chanjin Kim | Injae University | Akin | ||
| Jeff Konz | Washington & Lee University (visiting) | Darity |
UNC-Asheville |
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| Cynthia McCarty | Jacksonville State University | Rosefielde |
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Mike McIntosh
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Christensen Associates | Akin |
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| Matthias Moersch | Institute for Contemporary German Studies | Froyen |
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| Judi Turner | Christensen Associates | Lovell |
Department of Anesthesiology, UCLA |
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| Alan White | ABT Associates | Mroz | ||
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Fall |
Chin-Shyan Chen | Taiwan National University | Akin |
National Taipei University |
| Gerald Granderson | Miami University of Ohio | Tauchen |
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| Alfred Guender | Canterbury University, New Zealand | Froyen |
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| Carl Linvill | University of Arkansas | Friedman/Lovell | Nevada State Office of Energy | |
| Tsai-Ching Liu | Technical University of Taiwan | Akin |
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| Joe Nowakowski | Muskingum College | Rosefielde |
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| Ann Sternlicht | Virginia Commonwealth University | Darity |
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| Bill Winfrey | Futures Institute | Field |
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| Takashi Yanagawa | Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan | Friedman | Kobe University, Japan | |