The Economics Department would like to introduce Jonathan Cogliano, who will be joining us the Fall 2013 semester. He is finishing his Ph.D. in Economics at the New School for Social Research, and is thrilled to be joining the Department of Economics at Dickinson College. His primary areas of teaching expertise are political economy, macroeconomics, microeconomics, the history of economic thought, and using computer simulations to explore complex economic problems. His dissertation research focuses on applying modern ideas and tools, like computer simulations, to issues in the political economy of advanced capitalist economies. He also conducts research on the macroeconomics of climate change that explores potential avenues for avoiding a climate catastrophe. Prior to studying at the New School, he completed a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.