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Economics Faculty


  • Department Chair

  • Mesude E. Kongar
    Associate Professor of Economics (2003).
    Althouse Hall Room 210
    kongare@dickinson.edu
    (717) 245-1529

  • Department Faculty

  • Charles A. Barone

    Charles A. Barone
    (on leave Fall 2012)
    Professor of Economics (1975).
    Althouse Hall Room 209
    (717) 245-1404 | barone@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
    B.A., American University, 1971; Ph.D., 1978.

    Specializes in U.S. political economy with special emphasis on wealth and income distribution, labor issues, and race, class, and gender discrimination. He is also interested in the social and psychological dynamics of prejudice and discrimination. His most recent publications examine the pluralist economics tradition at Dickinson College.

  • William K. Bellinger

    William K. Bellinger
    Professor of Economics (1981).
    Althouse Hall Room 212
    (717) 245-1358 | bellinge@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
    B.A., Michigan State University, 1972; M.S., Cornell University, 1975; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1985.
    on leave Spring 2011

    Teaching interests include microeconomic theory, labor economics, the economics of public policy and urban policy in a local context. Current research interests include the economics of urban retail development, arts and educational institutions, a range of small town development and policy issues, and general research involving the economic analysis of public policy.

  • Sinan Koont

    Sinan Koont
    (on leave Spring 2013)
    Associate Professor of Economics (1986).
    Althouse Hall Room 112
    (717) 245-1841 | koont@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
    B.A., Park College, 1963; M.S., University of Arkansas, 1966; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1972; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1987.

    His teaching interests include economic theory, econometrics, mathematical economics, economic development, and comparative economic systems. His current research interest is agrarian reform and macro economic policy in Central America and Caribbean.

  • Edward A. McPhail

    Edward A. McPhail
    Associate Professor of Economics (1998).
    Althouse Hall Room 115
    (717) 245-1264 | mcphail@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
    B.A., Washington University, 1986; M.A., University of Virginia, 1989; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2001.

  • Nicola Tynan

    Nicola Tynan
    Associate Professor of Economics (2001).
    Althouse Hall Room 219
    (717) 245-1596 | tynann@dickinson.edu
    B.A., University of York, 1991; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science, 1994; M.A., George Mason University, 1998; Ph.D., 2000.

    Teaching interests: economic history, environmental and resource economics, industrial organization, microeconomics and public policy. Primary research interest: water - economic history with a focus on London and the UK, water infrastructure and development, the history of economic focusing on network industries, and industrial organization.

  • Mesude E. Kongar

    Mesude E. Kongar
    Associate Professor of Economics (2003).
    Althouse Hall Room 210
    (717) 245-1529 | kongare@dickinson.edu
    B.S., Bogazici University-Turkey, 1996; Ph.D., University of Utah, 2003.

  • Andrew Farrant

    Andrew Farrant
    (on leave Spring 2013)
    Assistant Professor of Economics (2005).
    Althouse Hall Room 113
    (717) 245-1872 | farranta@dickinson.edu
    B.S., University of London, 1996; M.A., George Mason University, 1998; Ph.D., 2003.

    Teaching interests include: Monetary Theory and Policy, Political Economy, Microeconomics. Research interests include: Political Economy, British Economic History (1945-1951), 19th century Philosophic Radicalism.

  • Sebastian Berger

    Sebastian Berger
    Assistant Professor of Economics (2011).
    Althouse Hall Room 216
    (717) 245-1782 | bergerse@dickinson.edu
    M.A., Chemnitz University of Technology, 2003; Ph.D., Bremen University, 2006.

  • Shadrack Mwilaria

    Shadrack Mwilaria
    Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics (2012).
    Althouse Hall Room G19
    mwilaris@dickinson.edu
    B.S., Egerton University, Kenya, 2002; M.S. West Virginia University, 2007; M.A., 2011; Ph.D., 2012.

    Teaching Interests include: Monetary Theory and Policy, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics. Research interests include: International Trade, Exchange Rate Volatility and Labor Economics.

  • Contributing Faculty

  • Stephen E. Erfle

    Stephen E. Erfle
    Associate Professor of International Business and Management (1989).
    Althouse Hall Room 102
    (717) 245-1635 | erfle@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
    B.S., University of California at Davis, 1977; B.A., 1977; M.A., Harvard University, 1981; Ph.D., 1983.

    He is interested in managerial decision making, marketing, and how regulation affects firms within an industry. His most recent research involves how sales price is negotiated in residential real estate markets and how technology is used in the classroom.

  • Adjunct Faculty

  • Tricia L. Hawks

    Tricia L. Hawks
    Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics (2012).
    Althouse Hall Room G18
    (717) 254-8801 | hawkst@dickinson.edu
    B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1992; M.A., University of Connecticut, 1996; Ph.D., 2002.