Past Ph.D. Students

Assande Adom (Co-chair) (Ph.D., 2007). Associate Professor, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois. (Title: Currency Substitution, Macroeconomic Interdependence and Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations in Selected African Countries).

Sokchea Lim, (Ph.D. 2013): Associate Professor, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. (Dissertation Title: Essays on A Small Open Economy with Cross-Border Labor Mobility.)

Hussein Elkamel, (Ph.D. 2014). Assistant Professor, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. (Dissertation Title: An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between Corruption and Inflation.)

Babatunde Aiyemo (Ph.D. 2015). Assistant Professor (tenure track), SUNY Oneonta, New York. (Dissertation Title: Inequality, Growth and Congested Externalities: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis)

Bisrat Kinfemichael (Ph.D. 2015). Assistant Professor (tenure track), New York Institute of Technology, New York (Dissertation Title: Convergence in Sectoral Labor Productivity and Structural Change)

Erick Kitenge (Ph.D. 2016). Assistant Professor (tenure track), Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, Texas. (Dissertation Title: Essays on Real Exchange Rate Dynamics and Price Convergence). 

Md. Rafayet Alam (Co-chair), (Ph.D. 2016). Associate Professor of Economics (tenured), University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Dissertation Title: Macroeconomic Aspects of Commodity Price Dynamics: Theory and Empirics.)

Mansour Alharaib (Co-Chair). (Ph.D. 2018). Assistant Professor at Economics Department, College of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Al-Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia. (Dissertation Title: Stock Market Returns and Volatility: Macroeconomic News Announcements, Interactions and Market Risk Analysis)

Olajide Sanusi (Ph.D. 2018). Visiting Assistant Professor of Business administration. United Arab Emirate University, Al Ain UAE.  (Dissertation Title: The Role of Supply Shocks and Information Dissemination on Price Dispersion in Nigeria)

Nachiket Thakkar (Ph.D. 2019). Assistant Professor (tenure track), Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, Alabama (Dissertation Title: Essays on Sovereign Debt, Governance, and Inequality.)

Christian Darfah (Ph.D. 2021) (Dissertation Title: Essays on Value Added Trade and Business Cycle Synchronization: Aggregate and Sector Level Analysis). 

Omotara Adeeko (Ph.D. 2021). Assistant Professor (tenure track), Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA 01247   (Dissertation Title: Essays on Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity in Developing Countries.)

Erfan J. Kareem (Ph.D. 2021) (Dissertation: Essays on Household Expenditure in Iraq: Gender Bias in Education Expenditure and the Role of Remittances." 

A.M. Muhib Morshed Ami (Ph.D., 2023) from Bangladesh. The title of his dissertation is "Haircut, Overborrowing, and Growth."

Wafa Naif S. Binmahfuth (Ph.D. 2023)  from Saudi Arabia. The title of her dissertation is "The Roles of Intensive and Extensive Export Diversification on Economic Growth and Female Labor Force Participation."

Haya Akram Khan (Ph.D. 2024) from Saudi Arabia.