Joan P. Crary B.A.

Appointments: Assistant Research Scientist, Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, Economics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 764-3245 Other phone: (734) 995-1833

E-mail: jcrary@umich.edu

· Expert on economic growth

Richard T. Curtin Ph.D.

Expertise: Consumer Behavior

Academic Discipline: Economics

Appointments: Senior Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research

Phone: (734) 763-5224

E-mail: curtin@umich.edu

· Conducts monthly surveys of consumer attitudes, expectations and behavior
· Calculates monthly indices of consumer sentiment and expectations, one of the nation's leading economic indicators
· Studies impact on economy sincy 9/11
· Studies economic forecasting, psychology of consumer confidence and attitudes of U.S. RV owners

Gerald (Jerry) Davis Ph.D.

Expertise: Social networks and corporate governance

Academic Discipline: Business administration

Appointments: Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of Management; Professor of Management and Organizations, Ross School of Business, Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Phone: (734) 647-4737

E-mail: gfdavis@umich.edu

· Can discuss corporate governance (boards of directors, corporate control, annual meetings, proxy voting, mergers and acquisitions, institutional investors), social networks, and social movements.
· Can also comment on broad issues of economy and society, including most recently the implications of the mortgage crisis.
· His work appears in Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Advances in Strategic Management, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Annual Review of Sociology, Corporate Governance, European Management Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organization Science, Research in Organization Behavior, Strategic Organization, and elsewhere.

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George A. Fulton Ph.D.

Expertise: Michigan economy

Appointments: Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations, Senior Research Scientist, Economics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 763-4536 Other phone: (734) 764-8993

E-mail: gfulton@g.imap.itd.umich.edu

· Expert on economic forecasting and regional economic development.
· Conducts annual economic forecasts for the state of Michigan and for Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties in Michigan.
· Works with government and industry advising on policy and forecasting local, state and regional economies.

Donald R. Grimes Ph.D.

Expertise: Michigan economy

Appointments: Senior Research Associate, Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy

Phone: (941) 876-6422 Other phone: (734) 730-3214

E-mail: dgrimes@umich.edu

· Specializes in economic forecasting and regional economic development.
· Conducts annual economic forecasts for Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties in Michigan.
· Has also studied occupational wages in the Great Lakes states and the relationship between education and high-paying jobs.

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John E. Jackson Ph.D.

Appointments: M Kent Jennings Collegiate Professor in Political Science, Political Science, College of Literature, Science , & the Arts, Professor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research

Phone: (734) 763-3080 Other phone: (734) 663-1755

E-mail: jjackson@umich.edu

· Research focuses on American institutions, two-party electoral competition, party identification, tax reform, economic development and market economies.
· Has studied the Michigan economy since 1978, local politics in China, and the business environment in Poland.
· Edited the book "Institutions in American Society."

Gregory A. Keoleian Ph.D.

Expertise: Environmentally sustainable systems; economic impact of reducing greenhouse gases

Academic Discipline: Industrial ecology

Appointments: Associate Professor of Sustainable Systems, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Co-Director, Center for Sustainable Systems

Phone: (734) 764-3194 Other phone: (313) 995-0443

E-mail: gregak@umich.edu

· Environmental risk assessment and management.
· Product life cycle analysis and design.
· Pollution prevention and resource conservation.
· Did study showing how reducing greenhouse gas emissions can boost Michigan economy.
· Research goal is to provide tools to help develop products and services that are both economically and ecologically sustainable.

Kenneth G. Lieberthal Ph.D.

Expertise: Chinese and Asian politics and business

Academic Discipline: Business, political science

Appointments: William Davidson Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science, Political Science, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Distinguished Fellow, Director for China, William Davidson Institute, Faculty Associate, Center for Chinese Studies

Phone: (734) 764-6120 Other phone: (734) 662-5102

E-mail: kliebert@umich.edu

· World renowned expert on Chinese government, society and economy,U.S.-China relations and American foreign policy in Asia
· Served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Asia and as the National Security Council's Senior Director for Asia during the Clinton Administration.
· Has written and edited about a dozen books on China, including "Governing China: From Revolution Through Reform," "Policy Making in China: Leaders, Structures, and Processes," "Constructing China: The Interaction of Culture and Economics"

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Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason M.P.P.,Ph.D.

Expertise: Information economics and policy, antitrust issues

Academic Discipline: Economics, information and computer science, public policy

Appointments: Arthur W. Burks Professor of Information & Computer Science, Director, Program for Research on the Information Economy, School of Information, Professor, Economics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Professor, Ford School of Public Policy

Phone: (734) 647-4856 Other phone: (734) 213-0569

E-mail: jmm@umich.edu

· Expert on Microsoft antitrust legal issues; teaches doctoral course in antitrust economics
· Researches economics of the Internet, advanced telecommunications technologies, and digital information content
· Working on use of economic mechanisms to solve complex information system design problems

Thomas E. Princen Ph.D.

Expertise: Overconsumption and sustainability

Academic Discipline: Environmental policy

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment

Phone: (734) 647-9227

E-mail: tprincen@umich.edu

· Ecological and social sustainability
· Overconsumption, sufficiency
· Ecological economy, institutional design
· Transnational relations (nongovernmental organizations and transnational companies), business and environment
· Books: "Confronting Consumption" (MIT Press, 2002), "Intermediaries in International Conflict" (Princeton University Press, 1995) and "Environmental NGOs in World Politics," (Routledge, 1994)

Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks Ph.D.

Expertise: Personal interactions and emotional intelligence in global economy

Academic Discipline: Psychology/Anthropology

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute

Phone: (734) 615-6351

E-mail: jsanchezburks@umich.edu

· Can discuss findings that reveal cultural differences in how workers interpret and react to team conflict and their implication for culturally diverse teams.
· Researches how leaders can use information about collective emotions in their organization to manage strategic change.
· Can discuss findings that, compared with employees in other countries, U.S. co-workers are less likely to socialize after hours or invite each other to their homes, although they enjoy it when they do.
· Researches how interactions, relationships and leadership can be maximized in a global economy by understanding differences in how people interpret social emotional aspects of work.

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Carl P. Simon Ph.D.

Expertise: Complex systems, social science aspects of energy, mathematical modeling

Academic Discipline: Mathematics, public policy

Appointments: Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Professor of Mathematics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Professor of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy, Director, Center for Study of Complex Systems, Associate Director for Social Science and Policy, Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, Office of Vice President for Research

Phone: (734) 763-3074

E-mail: cpsimon@umich.edu

· Research interests center around mathematical models which involve natural dynamics or motion over time. Has applied dynamic modeling to movements of an economy over time, spread of AIDS, and evolution of biological and economic systems.
· Has also conducted research on how political office holders manipulate economic parameters to achieve their goals.
· Heads program on social science aspects of energy policy.

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Jan Svejnar

Expertise: Privatization in Eastern Europe

Academic Discipline: Economics, Business

Appointments: Everett E. Berg Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Professor, Economics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Davidson Institute

Phone: 734-647-5843

E-mail: svejnar@umich.edu

· Was one of the chief architects of the Czech Republic's early 1990s economic reforms
· Studies the effect of government policy on firms' performance and the behavior of multinational corporations, joint ventures and local firms in transition and emerging market economies

Katherine Terrell Ph. D. (en español)

Expertise: international labor markets in global economy

Academic Discipline: International Business and Business Economics

Appointments: Professor, International Business, Business Economics, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Phone: (734) 615-4558

E-mail: terrell@umich.edu

· Can discuss impact of globalization on labor markets abroad
· Researches business and labor in Latin America
· Studies economic development in Eastern Europe

Ashutosh Varshney Ph.D.

Expertise: Politics, ethnic conflicts, race and ethnicity, South Asia

Academic Discipline: Political Science

Appointments: Former director, Center for South Asian Studies, Professor, Political Science, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 615-9103

E-mail: varshney@umich.edu

· Interests include: comparative government and politics, South Asia, political development, political economy, race, ethnicity and politics.
· He is the author of the acclaimed book, Ethnic Conflict and and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India, which won the Gregory Luebert Prize of the American Political Science Association for the best book on camparative politics in 2002. The was also Choice magazine's "Outstanding Academic Title'' and won a Kiriyama prize. That work lead to more recent research addressing the larger question: What makes ethnic conflicts boil over in some cities while other cities, comparable in many respects, remain peaceful? conducting a multi-year study of cities around the world to help answer that difficult question. United Nations and World Bank officials are working with him as well.
· Consulted with World Bank, United Nations, and U.S. Department of State

James P. Walsh

Appointments: Gerald and Esther Carey Professor of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Corporate Strategy, and International Business, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Phone: (734) 936-2768

E-mail: jpwalsh@umich.edu

· Working in areas of coporate governance in transitional economies & the relationship between internal corporate practices & equity reorganizations.

Thomas E. Weisskopf Ph.D.

Expertise: economic change in former socialist countries; affirmative action in U.S. higher education

Academic Discipline: Economics

Appointments: Professor, Economics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Director, Residental College, Research Scientist, , Center for Russian and East European Studies

Phone: (734) 763-3037 / (73

E-mail: tomw@umich.edu

· Well-known "dissenting" economist whose current work focuses on problems of economic transition and institutional development in formerly socialist economies, especially on the interaction between political and economic change in Russia.
· Earlier research included studies of macroeconomic problems of advanced capitalist economies from a neo-Marxian perspective, and issues of Third World development and underdevelopment, particularly in South Asia.
· Books include "The Capitalist System: A Radical Analysis of Contemporary American Society," "Beyond the Waste Land: A Democratic Alternative to Economic Decline" and "After the Waste Land: A Democratic Economics for the Year 2000."
· A founder, in 1968, of the Union for Radical Political Economics, which challenges mainstream economic thought. Also, co-developing Russian economics textbook.

Warren C. Whatley Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Economics, Afroamerican & African Studies, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 764-5256

E-mail: whatley@umich.edu

· Expert on economic history, labor economics and racial inequality.
· Research focuses on American labor mobility in the 20th century, the history of African American business and entrepreneurship, and the economic development of American inner-cities.
· Has also studied the economics of Southern agricultural organizations, the mechanization of Southern agriculture, political economy farming in the South, and Black strike-breaking in U.S. labor history.

Marina Whitman Ph.D.

Expertise: Trade, international economics

Academic Discipline: Economics

Appointments: Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, Professor of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy

Phone: (734) 763-4173

E-mail: marinaw@umich.edu

· Can discuss role of U.S. corporations in world trade.
· Research includes questions of international trade and investment, changing relationships between firms and their various constituencies, and current issues in corporate governance and global corporate social responsibility.
· Has written several books and monographs, including New World, New Rules: The Changing Role of the American Corporation (1999) and American Capitalism and Global Convergence (2003).
· From 1979 until 1992 was an officer of General Motors Corporation, first as Vice President and Chief Economist and later as Vice President and Group Executive for Public Affairs, which included the Economics, Environmental Activities, Industry-Government Relations and Public Relations staffs.

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Thomas Zurbuchen Ph.D.

Expertise: Entrepreneurship; space weather and solar activity; evolution of solar system

Academic Discipline: Space Science and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering

Appointments: Associate Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science, Associate Professor, Space Science and Aerospace Engineering, Director of Center for Entrepreneurship College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 647-6835

E-mail: thomasz@umich.edu

· Can discuss solar phenomena, and the effects the Sun has on other planets and planetary objects. Can discuss these issues in the broad context of astrophysics and the history of the solar system.
· Has built novel satellite instruments under the inclusion of students and startup companies.
· Also can discuss how young inventors can help Michigan's and the US economy, and the role of the Center for Entrepreneurship to make that happen.