Michael Alles

Associate Professor
Department of Accounting and Information Systems
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick

Key topics: Corporate governance, continuous auditing, activity-based costing, strategic decision making, strategic control systems

Michael Alles specializes in a range of issues facing corporations today. His published works focus on corporate governance, the system by which companies are directed and controlled; the design of strategic control systems, which enable a…

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Rosanne Altshuler

Professor
Department of Economics
School of Arts and Sciences

Key topics: Tax Policy

Rosanne Altshuler is professor and chair of the economics department, and an affiliated scholar of the Urban Institute. Her research focuses on federal tax policy and has appeared in numerous journals and books. 

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Hooshang Amirahmadi

Distinguished Service Professor
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Key topics: Politics in Iran, U.S.-Iran relations, Middle Eastern affairs

Hooshang Amirahmadi is director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the founder and president of the American-Iranian Council, a research and policy think tank devoted to improving understanding between the peoples of Iran and the United…

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William Bamka

County Agent II
Department of Agricultural and Resource Management Agents
Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension

Key topics: Agriculture in NJ, small scale farming, horse pasture management, field and forage crops, and nutrient management

William J. Bamka is the Burlington County Agricultural and Resource Management Agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. He has worked extensively on forage quality, nutrient management, water…

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Sanjib Bhuyan

Professor of Agricultural Economics and Marketing
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Key topics: Economics of food industries, with special focus on farmer cooperatives, food industry competitiveness, and food consumption behavior by adults.

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József Böröcz

Professor
Department of Sociology
School of Arts and Sciences

Key topics: Historical sociology, comparative sociology, global structures, social change, economic discourse

József Böröcz is an associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He is also a member of the Institute for Political Science and the Hungarian Academy of Science in Budapest. In 2006, Böröcz received the Knight's Cross of the Medal of…

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Barbara Cooper

Professor
Department of History
School of Arts and Sciences

Key topics: Culture and political economy, gender, religion, family life, Niger, West African Sahel

Barbara Cooper, Ph.D., is a professor of history. She is interested in the intersections between culture and political economy, focusing upon gender, religion, and family life. Drawing upon archival sources as well as oral interviews in the Hausa…

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Paul Gottlieb

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Key topics: Urban sprawl; SmartGrowth; growth management; "growth vs. environment"; regional planning; zoning and local land use policy; property tax reform; differences in economic welfare between suburbs and central cities; regional and city development; agriculture in New Jersey

Paul D. Gottlieb, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. He is also an extension specialist, with college-wide responsibilities related to smart growth,…

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James Hughes

University Professor
Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Key topics: Demographics and housing, regional and New Jersey economics, community development patterns

James W. Hughes, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized expert who has presented extensive budgetary and economic testimony before New Jersey state legislative committees. He has also provided countless policy briefings on demographics, housing, and…

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Michael Lahr

Research Professor
Rutgers Economic Advisory Service
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy

Key topics: NJ and National Economy, economic development (including incentives), economic modeling techniques, transportation economics

Dr. Michael Lahr serves as the Director of Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON™). He is also a Research Professor of Planning and Public Policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School where he teaches a course on Global Analytics and…

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John Longo

Distinguished Professor of Practice, Finance & Economics
Department of Finance and Economics
Rutgers Business School

Key topics: Investing, stock market, behavioral finance, financial literacy, economy, Warren Buffett, great investors.

Dr. Longo is a Distinguished Professor of Professional Practice in the Finance & Economics Department at Rutgers Business School, and Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager for Beacon Trust, a registered investment…

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Bruce Mizrach

Professor
Department of Economics School of Arts and Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences

Key topics: Financial economics and market microstructure.

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Arturo Osorio-Fernandez

Associate Professor
Management and Global Business
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick

Key topics: Entrepreneurship, (social entrepreneurship, urban entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship & under-served populations, entrepreneurship base socioeconomic development), Managing Growing Ventures, Business Resilience, Management Skills, Socioeconomic renaissance, Urban revitalization, Business & communities, Minority Own Business, Hispanic & Latino minorities

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William Rodgers

Professor and Chief Economist
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Key topics: General macroeconomic and labor market trends, causes and consequences of economic and social inequality, the impact of macroeconomic and labor market policies on the employment and earnings of Americans, labor relations

William M. Rodgers III, Ph.D., is a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Rodgers' research examines issues in labor economics and the economics of social problems. Presently, he is identifying the causes of…

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Stuart Shapiro

Dean
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Key topics: Regulation; Policy Analysis; The Trump Administration; Cost-Benefit Analysis

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