Ronia Hawash

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics , Butler University

Dr. Ronia Hawash is an Assistant Professor of Economics in Butler University at the Lacy School of Business. Dr. Hawash holds a Bachelor of Economics from Cairo University (Egypt); a Masters of Economics from the American University in Cairo (Egypt); and a Ph.D. in Economics from Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis (USA). Her primary teaching areas are Microeconomics, Economic Development, Health Economics, and Econometrics. Dr. Hawash’s main areas of research are focused on socioeconomic problems in developing countries including poverty, inequality, poor health and education outcomes, political conflict and refugees, and climate change. Her research has been published in Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Happiness and Development, Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Eurasian Economic Review, International Journal of Development and Conflict, Social Business, and Journal of the Knowledge Economy.