The Economics Department would like to welcome two new and one returning faculty member: Alla Semenova (Ph.D. University of Missouri-Kansas City), who taught here last year as a full time Visiting Instructor of Economics, is returning as a full time tenure track Assistant Professor of Economics. She teaches courses in macroeconomics, money and banking, economic crises, and post-Keynesian economics; Sebastian Berger (Ph.D. Bremen University, Germany) joins us as a full time tenure track Assistant Professor of Economics. He will teach courses in microeconomics, environmental and ecological economics, and institutional economics; Erik Dean (A.B.D. University of Missouri-Kansas City) joins us as a full time Visiting Instructor of Economics.  He will teach courses in microeconomics and industrial organization.