Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
  • Doctor of Philosophy, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS -
  • Bachelor of Arts, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
  • Doctor of Philosophy, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS -

Biography

I received a PhD in economics from University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2002.  Upon completion of my PhD, I became a visiting assistant professor at Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  From 2003 to 2006, I was an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science of York University in Toronto, Canada.  I have been teaching at Department of Economics of University of Utah since 2006

From 2006 to 2010, I published 1 peer reviewed book, 10 peer reviewed articles, 4 peer reviewed book chapters, 1 non-peer reviewed book, 4 non-peer reviewed articles, 2 non-peer reviewed book chapters, 4 working papers, 1 short article, and 2 book reviews.  One of my books has been translated into Turkish.  In addition, I gave13 conference presentations and 14 invited lectures or talks.  In 2009, I was elected to be a member of the editorial board of Review of Radical Political Economics.

            In recent years, my research has focused on the following areas: (1) the long-term movement of investment profitability and its impact on economic performance; (2) global financial imbalances with a focus on the Chinese and the US economy; (3) energy and environmental issues.  All three issues are connected by a common theme: long-term cyclical movements and secular trends of the current world system.  Studies on these issues contribute to better understanding of the historical evolution of the current world system and its possible future trajectories.