Dr. Erick Rengifo
Associate Professor of Economics
Director, Center for International Policy Studies (CIPS)
PhD, Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Areas of Interest: Financial Economics, Microfinance, and Econometrics
Rose Hill, Dealy E-513 rengifomina@fordham.edu
718-817-4061 Website
Susan Block-Lieb Professor of Law
Areas: Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection, International Organizations
University of Michigan Law School, JD, cum laude, 1982
University of Michigan, BA, with honors, 1979
sblocklieb@law.fordham.edu
202-531-7999
Edmon Blount Executive Director: Center for the Study of Financial Market Evolution
Areas: Macroprudential regulation, econometrics, international banking and cross-border finance.
Advanced Professional Certificate (post-MBA), NYU
ewblount@csfme.org
212-636-6782
Dr. John Entelis
Professor of Political Science
Director of Middle East Studies
Area of Interest: political science, international relations, Middle Eastern affairs, and North African studies
Rose Hill, Faber Hall Rm 678
entelis@fordham.edu
718-817-3953
Dr. Norma Fuentes
Director of Migration and Gender Group
Assistant Professor of Sociology at CCNY
PhD, Columbia University
Dr. Melissa Labonte
Associate Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives,
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
PhD, Political Science from Brown University
Areas of Interest: international nongovernmental organizations, international organizations and international law, multilateral peace operations, post-conflict peacebuilding, conflict resolution, human rights, humanitarian crises, and the politics of humanitarian intervention
Dr. Mustapha A. Akinkunmi
Director African Development & Integration Project
PhD: Fordham Department of Economics
Areas of Interest: Finance and Innovation & ECOWAS Email: makinkunmi@fordham.edu or abiodun@gmail.com
Dr. Darryl McLeod
Associate Professor of Economics
Department Chair
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Areas of Interest: Development Economics
Rose Hill, Dealy E-527 mcleod@fordham.edu
718-817-4048 www.darrylmcleod.com Fordham Faculty website
Emily Hibbets
IPED Representative
Current Work
Utteeyo Dasgupta
Assistant Professor of Economics at Wagner College
PhD in Economics, University of Arizona, Tucson
Areas of Interest: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Applied Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory, Development Economics
utteeyo.dasgupta@wagner.edu
718-390-3265 website
Dr. Sophie Mitra
Managing of Director, Social Justice and Policy Research Unit (CIPS)
Associate Professor of Economics
PhD, Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne (France)
Areas of Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Development
Rose Hill, Dealy E-524
mitra@fordham.edu
718-817-5337
Dr. Kurt Jetta
Director of Economics of Consumer Marketing
CEO TABS group PhD Fordham University
kurtjetta@tabsgroup.com
561-270-7902 Website
Alfredo Cuecuecha Mendoza
President of El Colegio de Tlaxcala, AC,
PhD Boston University
Area of Interest: Economic Development, Labor Economics and Economics of Migration
Diego Oyharbide
MS, Economics and International Political Economy and Development (IPED), Fordham University
Diego Rumiany
MA, International Political Economy and Development (IPED)
His paper, “The Logic of Reducing the Global Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa,” was chosen for publication by the Development Gateway Foundation.
Staff member of the United Nations and a citizen of Argentina.
Father Patrick Ryan
Jesuit Priest
Marciana Popescu
Senior Researcher
Dr. Henry Schwalbenberg
Associate Professor of Economics
Director, International Political Economy and Development (IPED)
PhD, Columbia University
Areas of Interest: International Economic Policy, Development
Rose Hill, Dealy E-519
schwalbenber@fordham.edu
718-817-4059
Pinar Zubaroglu
Associate Researcher
Directing the Job Training Connection project (creating youth employment in Haiti)