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Joseph Turek, Ph.D., Dean
Dean of the School of Business and Economics
Degrees and Certifications:
- Ph.D. in Economics (Fields: Public Finance and Urban and Regional Economics)
State University of New York at Albany, 1987 - M.A. in Economics
State University of New York at Alban, 1982 - M.P.A. in Public Administration (Concentration in Public Policy Analysis)
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse Universit, 1978 - B.A. in Economics and Political Science
Syracuse University, 1977
Experience:
- Lynchburg College, 17 years (1986-88 and 1990-present)
- Program coordinator, Economics and Finance, present
- Director, Lynchburg College Walter G. Mason Center for Business and Economic Research, 1990-1995
- Director, Lynchburg College Westover Honors Program from 1995-1999
- Professor, SUNY-Albany, Illinois State University, Illinois Benedictine College, and Aurora University
Other Information:
Teaching Areas
- Economic Perspectives on Current Issues
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
- Managerial Economics
- Public Finance
- Urban and Regional Economics
- Research Methods in Economics
- Public Policy Analysis
- Terrorism and Competitive Strategy: An Economic Perspective
- Poverty in America (Honors Seminar)
- The Organization as Social System (Honors Seminar)
- Post-Soviet Economic Change (Honors Colloquium)
- Senior Seminar (Thesis)
- Economic Analysis for Business Decisions (MBA)
Research
My research interests include the economics of terrorism, regional economic development policy, strategic planning, and educational finance. I have supervised more than twenty student research projects.
Honors and Awards
- Shirley Rosser Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002
