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Dr. Faridul Islam

Professor, Economics

Office: 403 Behavioral and Social Science Center
Phone: 443-885-3662
Faridul.Islam@morgan.edu

Education:

PhD Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
MS Economics, London School of Economics, London, England
Undergrad in Economics from Dhaka University, Dhaka Bangladesh

DISSERTATION TITLE:
"Non-Stationarity, Forecast Performance and Fluctuations in Macroeconomic Series:  Experience with US Seasonal Data and Simulations"

COMMITTEE:

Professor Paul Newbold (Chair)
Professor Anil K. Bera
Professor Salim Rashid
Professor Walter W. McMahon

AWARDS:
Board of Trustees Award, Excellence in Research, Utah Valley University (UVU), 2004
Scholar of the Year Award, School of Business, UVU, 2003
Presidential Scholarship Award, Undergraduate Research Council, UVU, 2003, 2005, 2007-09
Demarest Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana, 1991-92
Honorable Mention for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana, 1990-91
Recipient of the Woodbury Research Grant Award, UVU, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Recipient of Center for Engaged Learning grant for research on organ transplantation, 2008
Recipient of research grant to study the impact of immigrants on wages using micro data 2010
Recipient of the Perkins Grant UVU, 2007 ($4,000), 2008

EMPLOYMENT:

Professor of Economics, Morgan State University
Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, 2012 -  2016
Professor of Economics, (also Assistant and Associate Professor), Woodbury School of Business, Utah Valley University, Orem (1998 - 12)
Professor, Center for Int. Education, Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan, on sabbatical leave 2009-10
Visiting Economics Faculty, North South University , Dhaka, Summer 2001- 02, 2004, 2011
Economist, Wharton Econometric Forecast Associates (WEFA) Inc., (Now Global Insight), Pennsylvania, 1997 - 98
Visiting Assistant Professor, Illinois Wesleyan University , Normal, Illinois, Department of Economics 1995 - 96

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois , Department of Econ 1987-96
Staff Economist/ Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka
Secretary, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Bangladesh, (additional responsibility)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Western Economics Association
Southern Economics Association
Bangladesh Economic Association (Life Member)


RESEARCH INTEREST:

Currency Crisis; International Trade; Development Economics; Applied Time Series; Economics of Labor, Immigration, Education; Environmental & Energy Economics; Corporate Finance; Monetary and Macroeconomics

TEACHING INTERESTS
I am open to teaching Economics and Policy related courses at graduate and undergraduate levels.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Year: 2019

Guest Editor, Special Issue on Currency Crisis, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 2019, Editorial: Currency Crisis: Are there signals to read? July, 2019

• "The dynamic relationships among CO2 emissions, renewable and non-renewable energy sources, and economic growth in India: Evidence from time-varying Bayesian VAR model", with Tiwari and Sang-Hoon, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, (Elsevier) 2019: 90-101; DOI Str. Change and Econ. Dynamics; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2019.05.006

Year: 2018
• "The Harberger-Laursen-Metzler Effect: Evidence from SAARC Countries", with M. Shafiullah, and Ravinthirakumaran Navaratnam Empirical Economics, (Springer): 1-29; (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-018-1579-4
• "On the Causes of the Great Moderation: New Evidence based on Calibrated Model", with Khaznaji and Batabyal, Economic Modelling, (Elsevier), 2018, V. 74, Aug 2018: 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2018.04.0173

Year: 2017
• "Skilled Immigration, Innovation and Wages of the Native-born American", Industrial Relations, (Wiley), V.56.3: 459-88, July 2017; with Asadul Islam and Chau Nguyen, DOI: 10.1111/irel.12182
• "The Bilateral J-Curve in Australia: A Nonlinear Reappraisal", Australian Economic Papers, (Wiley), V. 56.3, Sep, 2017: 249-69, with Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and M. Shafiullah, doi:10.1111/1467-8454.12099
• "The Stationarity of Productivity Shocks: Evidence from 25 OECD and Big-7 Countries", International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, with Aviral Tiwari, 2017, 7(1), 613-18.

Year 2016

"Indo-Us Bilateral Trade: an Empirical Analysis of India's Trade Balance", Indian Economic Journal, (Sage) Vol 64.1, 2016, Aug, 2016

Stock as Hedge against Inflation in Pakistan: Evidence from ARDL Approach", Global Business Review, Vol 17.6, Forthcoming 2016

"Finance-Growth-Energy Nexus and the Role of Agriculture and Modern Sectors: Evidence from ARDL Bounds Test Approach to Cointegration in Pakistan", Global Business Review (Sage), 17.5:1-23

Year: 2015
"The Long Run Impact of Immigration on Labor Market in an Advanced Economy: Evidence from US Data", International Journal of Social Economics, (Emerald), Vol. 42.4, 2015 42:4:356-367
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-12-2013-0291
"Inflation in Pakistan: Evidence from ARDL Bounds Testing Approach", International Journal of Management Development (IJMD, Inderscience) V.1.3, 181-195

Year: 2014
"Analyzing Time-Frequency Relationship between Share Prices and Exchange Rates in India: Evidence from Continuous Wavelets", Empirical Economics, (Springer), DOI 10.1007/s00181-014-0800-3 (Online version March 2014)
"Environmental Kuznets Curve in Thailand: Cointegration and Causality Analysis", Journal of Energy and Development, Jun 2014, Vol. 39.1-2, 149-170
"Is there an Environmental Kuznets Curve in Bangladesh?" Bangladesh Development Studies,
(BIDS, Dhaka), Vol. 36.4, Dec 2013: 1-23
"The Income Inequality and Domestic Terrorism Nexus: Fresh Evidence from Pakistan", Sukkur IBA Journal of of Management and Business, Vol.1, October 2014, 102-11

Year: 2013
"Financial Development and Energy Consumption Nexus in Malaysia: A Multivariate Time Series Analysis", Economic Modelling, (Elsevier), 2013, Vol. 30:435-41
"Economic Education and Student Performance in the Business Discipline: Implications for Curriculum Planning", Journal of Economic Education, (Taylor & Francis), 2013, Vol. 44.1:17-31
"Does Financial Development Hamper Economic Growth? Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh", Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2013, (Taylor and Frances) Vol. 14.3:558-582
"Does Financial Development Increase Rural-Urban Income Inequality? Cointegration Analysis in the Case of Indian Economy", International Journal of Social Econ, 2013, (Emerald), Vol. 40.2: 151-67
"Income Terms of Trade and Trade Balance: The Long Run Evidence from Bangladesh", Bangladesh Development Studies, (BIDS, Dhaka), 2013, Vol. 36.2:110-22

Year: 2012
"Is Devaluation Contractionary? Empirical Evidence for Pakistan", Economic Change and Restructuring, 2012, (Springer), Vol. 45:399-316
"Trade Balance and Real Exchange Rate Changes: A Revisit", The International Trade Journal, 2012, Vol. 26.3, (Taylor and Frances), Spring:139-153
"Are there benefits from sectoral diversification in the Indian BSE market? Evidence from non-parametric test", Indian Economic Review, (Delhi School of Economics), 2012, Vol. 47.2: 285-306
"Nexus of Trade, Investment and Poverty: Evidence from Pakistan", Bangladesh Development Studies, (BIDS, Dhaka), June 2012, Vol. 35.2:87-108
"Import-Economic Growth Nexus: ARDL Approach to Cointegration", Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, Vol. 5.3, (Emerald): 2012:192-214
"Immigration and Economic Growth: Further Evidence from US Data", Review of Applied Economics, 2012, Vol. 8.1, Jan-Jun: 69 - 78
"Phillips Curve in a Small Open Economy: A Time Series Exploration of North Cyprus", Bangladesh Development Studies, (BIDS), 2012, Vol. 35.4:113-129

Year: 2011 
"Financial Development and Income Inequality in Pakistan: An ARDL Approach", Journal of Economic Development, 2011, Vol. 36.1:55-67
"The Dynamics of Margin Borrowing, Holding Period and the NASDAQ Index: Lessons from the 1990's", Indian Journal of Economics and Business, 2011, Vol. 10.2-3:283-93

Year: 2010
"Immigration and Wages in a Developed Economy: A note", Econ Bulletin, 2010, Vol. 30.4:2567-75

Year: 2009
"Persistence of Shock in a Time Series: An Empirical Analysis of Bangladesh Railway Earnings", South Asia Economic Journal, 2009, Vol. 10.2, (Sage):429-449

Year: 2008
"Was China the First Domino? Revisiting the Asian Currency Crisis", Economics Letters, (Elsevier), 2008, Vol. 98.3:275-281, (Elsevier)
"Herd Behavior and the 1997 Crisis: Further Evidence", Indian Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 7.2, Dec 2008:303-313
"The Value of Prerequisite Courses for Statistics", The Journal of Business Inquiry", Vol. 7.1, 2008:61-7

Year: 2007
"Effect of Government Spending on Non-Oil GDP: Case of Bahrain", Journal of Asian Economics, (Elsevier), Vol. 18.5, Sept-Oct, 2007:760 - 774,

Year: 2006
"Can Margin Borrowing Explain Rising Bankruptcy in the US?", The Empirical Economics Letters, 2006, Vol. 5(6), Nov:329-337

Year: 2005
"The Asian Crisis: An Economic Analysis of the Causes"; Journal of Developing Areas, (MUSE), 2005, Vol. 39.2:169-90

Year: Up until 2004
"A Time Series Analysis of Coffee Price", Indian Development Review, Vol. 2.2, 2004, 33-48,
Book Review: The Next Crisis?, by David Woodward, London : Zed Books, p. 240, 2001; Journal of Developing Areas, 2002, Vol. 36.1:117-20
"A Reexamination of McKinnon-Shaw Hypothesis: Evidence from Five South Asian Countries", Bangladesh Development Studies, (BIDS), 1993, Vol. 21(4):77-88


BOOK CHPATERS/ OTHER PUBLICATIONS
"The Income Inequality and Domestic Terrorism Nexus: Fresh Evidence from Pakistan", Sukkur Jl. of Management and Bus., Vol. 1, Oct. 2014, p. 102-111
"Economic and Strategic Alliance Between India and the US: Evolving Role of Outsourcing in a Globalized World", 2009, in Emerging Issues and Challenges in Business & Economics, Francesco Campi (Ed), 281-300, University of Florence, Firenze University Press, Florence, Italy,
"The Impact of New Product Announcement on Firm Value" Global Review of Business and Economic Research, Vol. 3 (1), June 2008, p. 1-8, (coauthored)
"Human Organ Procurement for Transplantation: Revisiting Incentives", Utah Academy Journal of Sc Arts and Letters, Vol. 84, 2007, p. 85-93
"Sustainable Development: Reflection on Some Asian Countries", Utah Academy Journal of Sc Arts and Letters, Vol 83, (coauthored), 2006, p. 52-63
"Prerequisites and Performance in the Core: Empirics of the Business Statistics Course", Utah Academy Journal of Sc Arts and Letters, Vol 82, 2005, 110-17
"Is Microsoft a Monopoly: An Empirical Test", American Business Review, Vol. 21.2, 2004, p.130-4
"The Empirics of US Phillips Curve: A Revisit" (with Rahman, et al), American Business Review, Vol. 20.1, 2003, 107-12
"Prospect and Problems of a Common Market: An Empirical Examination of the OIC Countries" (with Hassan) American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Vol. 18.4, Fall 2001, 19-46
"Labor Exporting LDC's: Effects of Workers' Remittances on Exchange Rate and the Price of Non-traded Goods." (with M. Rahman), Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies, Vol. 18(2-3). Jun- Sep 1999, 283-95
"Amartya Sen (1933 - ): A Champion of Normative and Welfare Economics and the Laureate of 1998" in: The Frontiers of Economics: Nobel Laureates of the Twentieth Century; By Drs. Abu Wahid and John Hasty (Ed); Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT, 2001, 367-80
"Robert Lucas Jr. (1937 - ): ?A Pioneer of the New Classical School of Thought and the Laureate of 1995", in: The Frontiers of Economics: Nobel Laureates of the Twentieth Century; By Drs. Abu Wahid and J. Hasty (Ed); Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT, 2001, 319-32
"Theodore Schultz (1902 - 1998): An Expert on Agriculture and Human Capital Theories and the Laureate of 1979", in: The Frontiers of Economics: Nobel Laureates of the Twentieth Century, By Drs. Abu Wahid and John Hasty (Ed); Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT, 2001, 147-56

Published earlier as Working Papers (Some got publishrd in Journal)
Faridul, Islam & Muhammad, Shahbaz, 2012 "Is There an Environmental Kuznets Curve for Bangladesh?," MPRA Paper 38490, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 30 Apr 2012
Faridul, Islam, Mohammad, Iqbal Tahir & Muhammad, Shahbaz 2012 "Income Terms of Trade and Trade Balance: The Long Run Evidence from Bangladesh], MPRA Paper 38384, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 24 Apr 2012
Amber, Fatima & Muhammad, Shahbaz & Faridul, Islam, 2012 "Nexus of trade, investment and poverty: evidence from Pakistan" MPRA Paper 39068, Library of Munich, Germany, rev May 2012.
Islam, Faridul, Shahbaz, Muhammad & Shabbir, Muhammad, 2011 "Phillips curve in a small open economy: A time series exploration of North Cyprus," MPRA Paper 28397, Lib of Munich, Germany
Islam, Faridul, Adnan Hye, Qazi Muhammad & Shahbaz, Muhammad, 2011. "Imports-economic growth nexus: ARDL approach to cointegration," MPRA Paper 28462, Library of Munich, Germany
Muhammad, Shahbaz, Faridul, Islam & Naveed, Aamir, 2011 "Is devaluation contractionary? empirical evidence for Pakistan" MPRA Paper 32520, Library of Munich, Germany, rev 01 Aug 2011
Muhammad, Shahbaz, Faridul, Islam & Muhammad Sabihuddin, Butt, 2011 "Financial Development, Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions: Evidence from ARDL Approach for Pakistan," MPRA Paper 30138, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 07 Apr 2011
Shahbaz, Muhammad & Islam, Faridul, 2011 "Financial development and income inequality in Pakistan: An application of ARDL approach," MPRA Paper 28222, Library of Munich, Germany
Muhammad, Shahbaz, Faridul, Islam & Muhammad Sabihuddin, Butt, 2011 "Devaluation and Income Inequality: Evidence from Pakistan," MPRA Paper 35522, Library of Munich, Germany, revised 21 Dec 2011
Islam, Faridul, Shahbaz, Muhammad & Alam, Mahmudul, 2011 "Financial development and energy consumption nexus in Malaysia: A multivariate time series analysis," MPRA Paper 28403, University Library of Munich, Germany
Shahbaz, Muhammad & Islam, Faridul, 2010 "Stocks as Hedge against Inflation in Pakistan: Evidence from ARDL Approach," MPRA Paper 30970, Library of Munich, Germany, rev 3/23/2011
Shahbaz, Muhammad, Jalil, Abdul & Islam, Faridul, 201. "Real Exchange Rate Changes and Trade Balance in Pakistan: A Revisit," MPRA Paper 27631, University Library of Munich, Germany
Shoumi Mustafa and Islam, Faridul 2008 "Determinants of Student Loan: Evidence from a Simultaneous Tobit Model", Utah Valley University Working Paper Series

RESEARCH

Papers under submission / Review

Nonlinearity in Inflationin Bangladesh: Evidence from Nonparametric test, under review
"Mexican Migrants' and Choice of US Destination: Evidence from Random Choice Model" with Andre Oliveria, under review
"Oil and the macroeconomy: New evidence from wavelet analysis" 
"Economic Growth, Trade Openness, Financial Development and Energy Use in Australia" with M. Shahbaz and M. Rahman 
"Sustainable development, environment, and human health: Evidence from Panel Data in the ASEAN countries"
"Output, renewable energy consumption, trade and inflation: What is the Evidence from the Middle East and North African Region?"
"Stocks as Hedge against Inflation in Pakistan: Evidence from ARDL Approach" with M. Shahbaz,
"Democracy Development and Religion: Lessons from the Failure in the Middle East and North African Nations", with Ataul H. Pramanik

Research Undertaken/ ongoing
"Causality between immigration and economic growth in the US: Evidence from Frequency Domain Approach" with Tiwari
"Causality between immigration and wages in the US: Evidence from Frequency Domain Approach" with Tiwari
"Is the demand curve for labor really downsloping? Revisiting George Borjas"
"Macro Effects of Outsourcing on Participating Nations: A Review"
"Incentives for organ donation: A Review of Some Issues"

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

"Are Savings and Investment Related in Bangladesh?Evidence from Nonparametric Cointegration and Causality Tests", Presented at the 91st Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association, Portland, OR, Jun 30-Jul 3, 2016

Reexamining the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle: Evidence from NonParametric Cointegration and Causality Tests", Prsentated at the 91st Western Economic Association Annuual Conference, Portland. OR, Jun 30-Jul 3, 2016

"Nonlinearity and Immigration-Wages-Economic Growth: A Re-examination of the Nexus with US Data", Presented at the 91st Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 29-July 3, 2016
"Inflation Dynamics in Bangladesh: Evidence from SVAR", Presented at the Western Economic Association 12th International Conference in Singapore, January 7 - 10, 2016
"The Harberger-Laursen-Metzler Effect: Further Evidence from the SAARC Region", Presented at the Western Economic Association 12th International Conference in Singapore, January 7 - 10, 2016

"Asian Monetary Union: Problems and Opportunities", presented at the International Conference on the Commodities and Currencies of Greater Indian Ocean, at the McGill University, Montreal, April 23-24, 2015

"The Nexus of Immigration, Wages and Economic Growth in US: Evidence from ARDL Bounds Testing and Causality Tests", Presented at the 87th Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Denver, 06/2014
"The Income Inequality and Domestic Terrorism Nexus: Fresh Evidence from Pakistan", Presented at the 87th Western Econ Assoc Meeting, Denver, 06/2014
"Causality among PPI-CPI-Exchange Rates and Money Supply in India: A Wavelet Approach", Presented at the 87th Western Econ Assoc Meeting, Denver, 06/ 2014

"The Nexus of Economic Growth, Energy Consumption, Financial Development and Trade Openness in Bangladesh", Presented at the 86th Western Economic Association Meeting, Seattle, 06/2013
"Bilateral Trade with USA: An Empirical Analysis of India's Trade Balance", Presented at the 86th Western Econ Association Meeting, Seattle, 06/ 2013
"Causality among PPI-CPI-Exchange Rates in India: A Wavelet Approach", Presented at the 86th Western Econ Association Meeting, Seattle, 06/ 2013

"Skilled Immigration, Innovation and Wages of Native-born American", Presented at the Annual Conference, Association of Law and Econ, at Shandong University, Jinan, China, 07/ 2012
"Economic Growth Financial Development, Energy Use and CO2 Emissions: Is there an Environmental Kuznets Curve in Bangladesh?" with M. Shahbaz, Presented at the Annual Conference, Association of Law and Econ, at Shandong University, Jinan, China, 07/ 2012 "Environmental Kuznets Curve in Bangladesh: An Empirical Assessment?" Presented at the Western Economic Association Conference in Brisbane Australia, 04/ 2011
"Financial Development and Income Inequality in Pakistan: An Application of ARDL Approach" Presented at the Economic History Asson, Stellenbosch University South Africa, 11/ 2010
"Immigration and long-run economic outcomes: An extension of the Solow growth model", Global Academy of Bus and Econ Research Conference in KL, Malaysia, 12/ 2009
"Contagion of Asian Crisis: A GARCH Approach" " presented at the 84th Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 06/ 2009
"Impact of Economic Education on Business Student Success" Presented at Teaching Conference at the University of Nevada-Reno, 04/ 2009
"Impact of Immigration on Labor Market in a Developed Economy: Evidence from the US", presented at the Western Economic Association Conference, Kyoto, Japan 03/ 2009
"Economic and Strategic Alliance between India and the US: The Evolving Role of Outsourcing in a Globalized World" Presented at the GCBE conference, Florence Italy, 10/2008
"Bankruptcy Stock Return and the NASDAQ Dynamics" Global Association of Business and Economic Research Conference, Bangkok, 12/ 2007
"The Impact of Economic Education on Student Performance In Business Curriculum: Is There a Variation by Areas Of Concentration?" Presentation at the Academy of Business Education Conference at the Fairmont Southampton, Hamilton, Bermuda, 09/2007
"Effect of Government Spending on Non-Oil GDP of Bahrain", presented at WEAI Beijing, 01/2007
"The Long-run Relation Immigration & Economic Growth: Further Evidence", WEAI Beijing, 01/07
"Persistence of shock in a time series: An Empirical Analysis Bangladesh Railway Earnings", presented at the Western Economic Association International Conference, Hong Kong, 01/ 2005
"Determinants of Student Loan: Evidence from a Simultaneous Tobit Model", an earlier version was presented at the 80th Western Economic Association Conference at San Francisco, 01/ 2005
"What is Happening to the Bangladesh Railway: An Econometric Investigation"; Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, 03/2005.
"Herd Behavior in the Asian Currency Crisis", Western Economic Association International Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 01/ 2003
"Role of Prerequisites in the Statistics Course", Clute Institute, Puerto Vallerta, Mexico, 04/ 2002 

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION (Ph.D. DISSERTATION COMMITTEES):

Abdul Farooq, Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee (External Evaluation, 2015), "Impact of Trade Liberalization and Institutions on Economic Growth: A Time Series Analysis for Pakistan" Department of Applied Economics, School of Social Sciences, National College of Business Admin & Economics; successfully defended

Muhammad Shahbaz, (External Evaluation, 2015), "Impact of Selected Macroeconomic Variables on Energy Consumption: A Time Series Analysis of Pakistan" Department of Applied Economics, School of Social Sciences, National College of Business Admin & Economics successfully defended

Muhammad Irfan, Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee (External Evaluation 2014), "Macroeconomic Analysis of Fertility Differentials-World Wide Perspective and Application to Pakistan", Department of Applied Economics, School of Social Sciences, National College of Business Admin & Economics successfully defended
Bilal Mehmood, Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee (External Evaluation, 2014), "An Inquiry into Solow's Paradox: Case of Knowledge Economies in Asia with Emphasis on Complementary Factors and Further Corollaries", Department of Economics, GC University Faisalabad, Pakistan successfully defended
Imran Ali, Member, PhD Dissertation Committee, (External Evaluation 2014),: "The Influence of Stock Attributes on Individual Equity Investor's Behavior". Department of Economics, Iqra University, Pakistan successfully defended
Arif Billah Dar, Member, PhD dissertation committee, Dissertation (External Evaluation 2013): "Three Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics", Department of Economics, Pondicherry University, India, successfully defended
Sami Shibani, Member, PhD Dissertation Committee, Department of Economics, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance; title: "Emissions Trading and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Libyan Oil and Cement Industries". University of Southern Queensland; Australia successfully defended
Zaid Alberzinji, Member, PhD Dissertation Committee, Department of Economics, University of Utah, Dissertation title: "Deposit Dollarization Dynamics in a Model of Network Externalities and Hysteresis: The Case of Argentina". successfully defended
Bunney Schimidt, Member, PhD Dissertation Committee, Nova Southern University, Dissertation title: "Post Enron: The Reputation Hypothesis for the Big Four". successfully defended
Serve on the panel of Foreign Experts and External Examiners for Evaluation of Theses of PhD Scholars, Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University; Islamabad, Pakistan

5. JOURNAL: EDITORIAL BOARD
Review Editor, Editorial Board, "Frontiers in Energy Systems and Policy", http://community.frontiersin.org/people/FaridulIslam/106227
Editor in Chief, Asian Journal of Empirical Research. http://www.aessweb.com/journals/5004/info/eb
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic and Financial Modelling, http://www.ecofinmodelling.com/

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: JOURNAL REVIEWER
Energy Policy
Economic Notes

Empirical Economics
Economic Modelling
Quantity and Quality
Journal of Developing Areas
Journal of Economics and Finance
Journal Applied Financial Economics
International Journal of Green Energy
International Journal of Social Economics
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Journal of the Academy of Business Education
Journal of Business Inquiry: Education & Research

SERVICES TO THE UNIVERSITY
Morgan State University (2012 - present)
Member, College Tenure Committee, School of Architecture, 2015-16
Recruitment Committee to hire Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts, 2015
Member, Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts (2012 - present)
Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts (2012 - present)
Member Steering Committee, Behavioral and Social Science Center Building (2013 - present)
Member, College Retentions Committee, (2013 - present)

Collrge of Liberal Arts Promotion Tenure Review Committee, 2016 - 17