Areas of Interest:

• Human Resources
• Economic Development
• Labor Economics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Arkansas, USA, 1978
• M.A., Economics, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, 1968

Experience:

• Interim Associate Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, Aug.2006-present
• Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, Aug.1987-present
• Chair, Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, Jan.2001-2005

Latest Publications:

• “ Millennium Development Goals Index (MDGII)”, 2007 IEMS Proceedings, Forthcoming.
• “The Status of Women Revisited: The Case of Nepal” (with C. Lundberg), Equal Opportunity International, Vol. 24, No. 3/4 (2005).
• “Inequality Among Women and its Impact on Economic Growth: The Case of MENA”, (with M. Sandberg and A. Chanmala), UNESCO Human Development Encyclopedia of Life Support System (EOLSS), EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK, (2003).