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SMCM Newsroom > Archives for Economics

Professor Asif Dowla Publishes Paper in Enterprise Development and Microfinance

April 4, 2016

Asif Dowla, professor of economics and Landers Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts, has published “Political Interference in Microfinance” in the December 2015 issue of Enterprise Development and Microfinance.

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, Published Works Tagged With: Aside, Economics, Faculty, Faculty and Staff Highlight on SMCM's Home Page

Matthew Flyr ’16 Published in The Baltimore Sun

February 26, 2016

St. Mary’s College graduating senior Matthew Flyr, an economics major, weighs the comparative advantage and opportunity cost of the presidential ambition of Dr. Ben Carson, the man who saved his life.

Filed Under: Published Works, Student Highlight, Students and Alumni Tagged With: Economics, Faculty and Staff Highlight on SMCM's Home Page

St. Mary’s College, vCalc LLC Collaboration Wins MIPS Grant

February 23, 2016

St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been awarded a $97,361 grant, jointly funded by the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program and vCalc LLC. The grant will fund student research and development of high-value, college-level math formulas and data for vCalc.com, a Wiki-based crowd-sourced calculating encyclopedia with over 7,000 calculators and users in over 100 countries. Find out more »

Filed Under: Featured News, Grants and Gifts Tagged With: Chemistry, Economics, Math and Computer Science, Physics, President, Psychology, Students

Andrew Tarquinio ’16 Joins Kennedy Center Team as Summer Intern

July 29, 2015

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts selected St. Mary’s College of Maryland student Andrew Tarquinio ’16 for its prestigious, nationally recognized internship program. This summer, Tarquinio is interning with the Washington National Opera (WNO) team in the Kennedy Center’s Development Department. As the WNO development intern, Tarquinio’s responsibilities include research, cultivation, solicitation, Find out more »

Filed Under: Learning and Research, Students and Alumni Tagged With: Economics, Students

Russell Rhine Receives Grant for “Lecture on Liberty” Speaker Series

July 14, 2014

Professor of Economics and chair of the Department of Economics Russell Rhine  recently received a $4,500 grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to fund the “Lectures on Liberty” speaker series. The Charles Koch Foundation is a non-profit organization supporting research and education programs that support the study of free society and societal well-being. In higher education, Find out more »

Tagged With: Economics, Faculty

Close Encounters

December 13, 2013

This semester brought a new course to the Economics Department. “Valuation in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics” is an experimental survey and statistics class that economics majors could take to fulfill their 400-level capstone experience. One of the motivations for introducing the course into the curriculum, says Dr. Amy Henderson, assistant professor of economics and Find out more »

Filed Under: Campus & Community, Students and Alumni Tagged With: Economics

Henderson, Nishikawa, Xu accepted into CSWEP mentoring program

November 21, 2013

Three St. Mary’s economists have been accepted in American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) mentoring program.  Assistant Professors of Economics Amy Henderson, Shizuka Nishikawa and Jia Xu will participate in a two day program designed to provide mentoring and networking opportunities for junior faculty at teaching-oriented institutions.

Filed Under: Accomplishments Tagged With: Economics, Faculty

Celebrating and Remembering through Pilgrimage

November 8, 2013

Ho Nguyen has taught at St. Mary’s College of Maryland since 1979. He was a full-time economics professor until 2008, when he began working part-time as the director of Asia Initiatives at St. Mary’s, a program which assists students in studying and interning in Asia. 1)      Why did you decide to teach at St. Mary’s? Find out more »

Filed Under: Campus & Community Tagged With: Economics

Rhine Awarded Grant for Lectures on Liberty

September 17, 2013

Associate Professor of Economics Russell Rhine has been awarded an external grant to finance his Lectures on Liberty speaking series for the fall of 2013 and the spring of 2014.

Filed Under: Accomplishments Tagged With: Economics, Faculty

Dowla Presents Paper at European Research Conference

June 25, 2013

Professor of Economics Asif Dowla presented a paper, “Bankers to the Poor, Bother to the State — Political Risks in Microfinance”, at the Third European Research Conference on Microfinance held in Kristiansand, Norway, June 10-12. Dowla holds the Landers Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts at St. Mary’s.

Filed Under: Accomplishments Tagged With: Economics, Faculty

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