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Rainey Named Honorable Mention in Collegiate Financial Plan Competition

The Department of Finance and Economics is very pleased to congratulate Trey Rainey for his Honorable Mention placement in the CFA Society Pittsburgh's ninth annual Collegiate Financial Plan Competition.

  • 26 April 2023
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FIEC Students Present Econometric Research at Annual Pennsylvania Sports Business Conference

The Department of Finance and Economics is very pleased to congratulate current undergraduate students who presented their own econometric research at the annual Pennsylvania Sports Business Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania held on April 14, 2023.

  • 26 April 2023
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Finance and Economics Scholars Forum Participants and Award Winners

The Department of Finance and Economics is very pleased to congratulate numerous student participants and award winners in the IUP Scholars Forum held on April 5, 2023.

  • 26 April 2023
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Sociology and Economics Students Selected for Inaugural Justice Research Fellowship Program

Two students, Angelique Alcantara (Dept. of Economics) and Owen Zablocki (Dept. of Sociology), have been selected from a pool of exemplary nominees to be the inaugural Justice Research Fellows at the IUP Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center.

  • 30 November 2022
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Karl McDermott Scholarship

In a long-standing tradition of generosity, IUP alumnus Karl McDermott '76 met on September 23 with two recipients of the Karl A. McDermott Scholarship for Economics. 

  • Dr. Stephanie Jozefowicz
  • 26 September 2022
Alumni Academic Programs

Women Faculty Serve as Chairs of Marketing, Finance and Economics Departments

Last fall, Professor Stephanie Jozefowicz was elected to serve as the chair of the Department of Finance amd Economics in the Eberly College of Business.

  • Amy Cook
  • 30 August 2022
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Economics Majors Present Research and Earn Recognition at Pennsylvania Sports Business Conference

The Department of Economics is pleased to recognize three economics majors who shared the results of their research completed as part of the honors track in economics at the 2021 Pennsylvania Sports Business Conference held virtually on Friday, April 23.

  • 06 May 2021

Jozefowiczes Recognized with IUP Award of Excellence in Volunteer Leadership

Department of Economics faculty members James Jozefowicz and Stephanie Jozefowicz are the recipients of the 2020 IUP Award of Excellence in Volunteer Leadership for Advancement Support, which recognizes volunteers who continually inspire others to give their time and treasures to advance IUP.

  • 03 May 2021

Economist Jeffords Publishes Article in “Ecological Economics”

Available to download for free until June 18, Christopher Jeffords’ paper, “On the relationship between constitutional environmental human rights and sustainable development outcomes,” was published in Ecological Economics. Jeffords uses two different econometric frameworks to provide quantitative evidence of a positive relationship between national constitutional environmental rights provisions and sustainable development outcomes as measured by the newly developed Sustainable Development Index.

  • 29 April 2021

Economics Majors Present and Win Awards at 2021 Scholars Forum

Several undergraduate economics majors shared the results of their scholarly pursuits at the 2021 IUP Scholars Forum, held virtually on Wednesday, April 7, and we are proud of their accomplishments. 

  • 14 April 2021

Research by Economist Jeffords Featured in BBC Article

Chris Jeffords was recently quoted and his research cited in a BBC article on environmental human rights.

  • 17 March 2021

Economist Jeffords Featured Guest on “Jive Talking” Podcast

Chris Jeffords was recently a guest on David Zetland’s Jive Talking podcast where the two discussed environmental governance and human rights and the environment.

  • 24 February 2021

Economics Majors Recognized on Fall 2020 Dean's List

The Department of Economics is proud to announce that 27 economics majors have been named to the fall 2020 Dean’s List at IUP. These students earned a grade-point-average of 3.25 or higher while completing a minimum of 12 credits during the semester.

  • 22 February 2021

Economics Faculty Members Participate in Leadership Society Advancement Council Meeting

Stephanie Jozefowicz and James Jozefowicz participated in a Zoom meeting of the IUP Leadership Society Advancement Council, held Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

  • 09 February 2021

Sissoko Completes Faculty Professional Learning Course

Yaya Sissoko was awarded a Certificate of Completion on “Faculty Professional Learning Course Including and Engaging Students at a Distance” at IUP on December 4, 2020.

  • 09 February 2021

Sissoko Presents “Is Your Education Worth it? A Benefit-Cost Analysis”

During the virtual annual meeting of the Allied Social Sciences Association, Yaya Sissoko presented a paper, titled “Is Your Education Worth it? A Benefit-Cost Analysis” (co-authored with Brian Sloboda), at the the Committee on Economic Education Poster Session, January 3–5, 2021.  

  • 09 February 2021

Sissoko Attends Virtual Program on Labor Economics and Applied Econometrics

Yaya Sissoko attended the American Economic Association’s virtual continuing education program on Labor Economics and Applied Econometrics, January 6–8, 2021. The course covered recent developments in empirical labor economics along with econometric methods commonly used in contemporary research on labor markets.

  • 09 February 2021

Jozefowicz and Economics Alumni Contribute to Econometric Analysis Book

Graduates of the IUP honors track in Economics have had their work published in the recently released book, Applied Econometric Analysis: Emerging Research and Opportunities, co-edited by Yaya Sissoko (IUP) and Brian Sloboda (University of Phoenix).

  • 18 December 2020

Economics Scholarships Awarded for 2020-21 Academic Year

Thanks to the past and ongoing generosity of alumni, faculty, staff, administrators, and friends, the Department of Economics is pleased to have awarded six scholarships for the 2020–21 academic year.

  • 14 December 2020

Economics Majors Recognized Among 2020 Provost Scholars

Seven economics majors have been named to the recently released fall 2020 list of IUP Provost Scholars in recognition of their completion of at least 45 credits at IUP while earning a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.5 or higher. This honor is bestowed only once during a student’s course of study at IUP.   

  • 11 December 2020

Economics Faculty Members Attend Virtual Pennsylvania Economic Association Board of Directors Meeting

Stephanie Brewer Jozefowicz, James Jozefowicz, and Yaya Sissoko participated in the annual fall Pennsylvania Economic Association board of directors meeting held via Zoom on Thursday, October 22, 2020.

  • 10 December 2020

IUP Students Participate in Urban-Rural Dialogue Program

Earlier this fall semester, six IUP students participated in “Power of Dialogue (POD): Deconstructing the Urban-Rural Divide,” a joint effort between Georgetown University, Radford University, Columbia University, and IUP.

  • 30 November 2020
University News

Sissoko Presents on External Debt Impact on Economic Growth and Investment in ECOWAS Countries

Yaya Sissoko presented a paper titled, “The External Debt and Its Impact on Economic Growth and Investment in ECOWAS Countries” (co-authored with Brian Sloboda) at the ninetieth International Atlantic Economic Virtual Annual Meeting, October 15–18, 2020. 

  • 23 November 2020

Sissoko Publishes Article on Value Chain Frameworks

In June 2020, Yaya Sissoko published “A Reformulated Value Chain Framework Useful for Different Kinds of Markets” (co-authored with Jeffrey Forrest, Yong Liu, John Golden, and Qiaoxing Li) in the Journal of Business Economic Studies.

  • 16 September 2020

Sissoko Publishes Article on Economic Growth in ECOWAS Countries

In July 2020, Yaya Sissoko published “The Determinants of Economic Growth in ECOWAS Countries: An Empirical Investigation” (co-authored with Brian Sloboda) in the African Journal of Economic Review.

  • 16 September 2020
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