Economics & Management
The Department aims to provide a broad understanding of the functioning of our economic system and the organization and operation of business enterprise within the system, as well as to stimulate an analytical approach for evaluating and determining economic policy.
The program of courses is designed not only to provide a strong foundation for graduate study, but also the basic economic and business fundamentals needed for direct employment in business upon graduation, and for teaching business subjects in the secondary schools.
The Department encourages its majors and minors to study or work abroad to gain international awareness and experience. For example, the Denmark International Studies (DIS) Program in Copenhagen, the Gustavus-Murdoch Exchange Program in Perth, Western Australia, the Kansai Gaidai Program in Japan, and an economics program in Uppsala, Sweden offer courses acceptable for major or minor credit at Gustavus. Students should talk to their advisors early in their studies about international programs and internships.
Pictured left to right: Sheng Yang, Jeff Owen, Jane Chouanard, Jon Halvorson, Rita Ray, Bruce Johnson, David Reese, Larry Wohl, Paul Estenson, Katherine Tunheim, Bruce Smith, Kristian Braekkan, Tim Peterson, and Laura Bowyer
General Catalog
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| Name | Title | Phone | Web |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheng Yang | Associate Professor (Chair) and C. Charles Jackson Professor of Finance and Accounting | 507-933-7014 | |
| Kathy Lund Dean | Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Ethics and Professor of Management | 507-933-7407 | |
| Marta Podemska-Mikluch | Marcia Page and John Huepenbecker Endowed Professor in Entrepreneurship and Assistant Professor of Economics | 507-933-6120 | |
| Larry Wohl | Professor | 507-933-7453 | |
| Kristian Braekkan | Associate Professor | 507-933-7406 | |
| Paul Estenson | Associate Professor | 507-933-7408 | web |
| Jeff Owen ’92 | Associate Professor | 507-933-7420 | |
| Kathi Tunheim | Associate Professor and Board of Trustees Endowed Chair in Management and Leadership | 507-933-7409 | |
| Laura Bowyer | Continuing Assistant Professor | 507-933-7299 | |
| Vita Faychuk | Assistant Professor and Schnell Family Endowed Chair in Economics-Capital Systems | 507-933-7011 | |
| Shu-Ling Wang | Assistant Professor of Economics | 507-933-7405 | |
| Russ Michaletz ’74 | Visiting Assistant Professor | 507-933-7068 | |
| Artur Pietka | Visiting Assistant Professor | 507-933-7410 | |
| Cathy Harms ’85 | Visiting Instructor | 507-933-6141 | |
| Jane Chouanard | Administrative Assistant | 507-933-7414 | |
| John Bungum | Professor Emeritus | ||
| Bruce Johnson | Professor Emeritus | ||
| Ellis Jones ’52 | Professor Emeritus | ||
| Clair McRostie ’52 | Professor Emeritus |