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Prodosh Simlai, professor and chair of Economics and Finance, will help guide state investments totaling more than $19 billion Prodosh Simlai, head of the department of economics and finance in the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration at the University of North Dakota, has been appointed to a term on the North Dakota State […]

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Young Jae (Jay) Choi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, for being honored with the Best Paper Award in the Securities Law and Finance category at the American Law and Economics Conference on June 9, 2023 This year the organizers for each area were given the […]

  Nistler College is proud to celebrate UND Alumnus Paul Korus, Dr. Jason Jensen, and Dr. Prodosh Simlai at the Korus Investiture Ceremony in Fall 2023. In 2021, Paul & Lynn Korus established the Institute of Policy and Business Analytics Executive Director Professorship to support the Institute’s mission, which is to serve the state through […]

Congratulations Dr. Steve Light and Dr. Kathryn Rand who were presented with UND’s highest academic honor being named Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors at the University of North Dakota! As co-founders and co-directors of UND’s Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law & Policy, the pair are considered the nation’s premier experts on American Indian […]

Dr. David Flynn, Professor of Economics and Dr. Sheila Hanson, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management, with the Institute of Policy and Business Analytics, are part of a grant project with the U.S. Department of Transportation to use drones to deliver medicines and medical supplies for members of the Three Affiliated Tribes in western North Dakota. […]

Dr. Chih Ming Tan’s paper (coauthored with Mochamad Pasha (World Bank), Marc Rockmore (GAO), and Dhanushka Thamarapani (CSU-Chico)) entitled “Early Life Exposure to Above Average Rainfall and Adult Mental Health” has been accepted for publication in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (JQL Level 4). Access Article Here  

Dr. Sheila Hanson, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management, Dr. Sean Valentine, Professor and Chair of the School of Entrepreneurship & Management, and Dr. Patrick Schultz, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management, recently had a manuscript accepted for publication in the Journal of Management & Organization. Journal: (JQL Level 3)  Title: Bright or Dark, Vain or Villainous? […]

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kwan Yong Lee, Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Science in Applied Economics and Predicative Analytics in the Department of Economics and Finance, recently published in the Southern Economic Journal. Title: Financial Dependence and Exports: Entrants or Incumbents? Journal Name: Southern Economic Journal (JQL Tier 3) URL […]

Dr. Jennifer Stoner, Associate Professor of Marketing was accepted for a presentation at the Monaco Luxury Symposium on April 4th – 7th, 2023 in Monaco. The presentation is entitled: Disposing of Dior: The Impact of Luxury Goods on Disposal Decisions. The Monaco Symposium on Luxury is organized by the International University of Monaco with the […]

Dr. Brian Urlacher, department chair and professor of Political Science & Public Administration, recently published an article with The Conversation titled, “20 years on, Bush’s promise of democracy in Iraq falls short.” The article has been read nearly 16,000 times by readers around the world including in the United States, Singapore, India and France, and […]