Economics & Business Department Faculty
Faculty
Christopher Conrad, 202 College Hall, (319) 895-4325
A’amer Farooqi, 204 College Hall, (319)895-4442
Santhi Hejeebu, 218 College Hall, (319)895-4508
Todd Knoop (chair - Fall), 201 College Hall, (319)895-4208
Jerry Savitsky (chair - Spring), 203 College Hall, (319)895-4349
Adjunct Faculty
Ronald Carlson, 206 College Hall, (319)895-4806
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| Chris Conrad, Assistant Professor of Economics and Business, specializes in finance. His courses include Financial Accounting, Health Care Management, Introduction to Financial
Management, Financial Management Seminar, and Investments. Chris comes to Cornell from a major insurance company where he helped manage a $20B+ portfolio. Prior to that, he worked in the health insurance industry where he priced health products and performed financial analysis. He is a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. B.A., Macalester College; M.B.A., University of Iowa. |
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A'amer Farooqi, Professor of Economics and Business, specializes in international economics, with particular interests in East Asian economic development and environmental issues in developing countries. His courses include Economic Development, International Economics, Economies of East Asia, and Global Environmental Economics. He is the faculty director of the Berry Center for Economics, Business, and Public Policy. Ph.D. and M.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Ohio State University; B.A., Denison University |
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Santhi Hejeebu, Assistant Professor of Economics and Business, has interests in applied microeconomics, economics of organization, and economic history. Her courses include Managerial Economics, Economics of Organizations, Multinational Corporations in Historical Perspective, and U.S. Business and Economic History. She enjoys taking students off-campus to visit businesses, archives, or museums. Guest lecturers, business leaders and scholars are integral to her courses. Her scholarship has appeared in numerous academic journals and monographs including the Journal of Economic History, the Economic History Review, and in Business History. Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Iowa; B.A., University of Maryland-Baltimore County |
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Todd Knoop, Professor of Economics and Business, has interests in macroeconomic policy, business cycles, financial crises, and economic growth. His courses include Money and Banking, Economics of Recessions and Depressions, Growth Theory, and Econometrics. He is the author of the 2009 book Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles and the 2007 book Modern Financial Macroeconomics: Panics, Crashes, and Crises as well as articles in Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Inquiry, and Southern Economic Journal. Ph.D., Purdue University; M.A. and B.A., Miami University |
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Jerry Savitsky, Professor of Economics and Business, has interests in labor market discrimination, the economics of women and the family, and game theory. His courses include Labor Market Issues, The Economics of Sports, Industrial Organization, and Women, Men, and the Labor Market. Ph.D. and M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; B.A., Mercer University (Macon, GA) |
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| Don Cell, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business |
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