Faculty & Staff

Philip Kozel

Department Chair / Associate Professor of Economics

Cornell Social Sciences Building - Room 271

T. 407.691.1387

pkozel@rollins.edu

B.A. Ohio State University
M.A. University of Denver
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Research interests: Property rights in general and intellectual property in particular, Economic theory, Economic history, and Marxian economics.

Anca M. Voicu

Professor of Economics

Cornell Social Sciences Building - Room 263

T. 407.691.1758

avoicu@rollins.edu

B.A. Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest (RO)
Post Graduate Certificate, Université Catholique de Fribourg (CH)
Ph.D. The University of Birmingham (UK)

Research Interests: international trade theory and policy, genetic algorithms applied to trade modeling, empirical trade models of the inter-war years, the impact of trade on the environment, economics and culture.

Benjamin Balak

Associate Professor of Economics

Cornell Social Sciences Building - Room 260

T. 407.691.1280

bbalak@rollins.edu

B.A. American University of Paris
Post Graduate, University of Kent at Canterbury
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research lnterests: History of economic thought, economic history, methodology, philosophy and ethics, comparative economic systems and cultures, and economic rhetoric.

Martina Vidovic

Associate Professor of Economics

Cornell Social Sciences Building - Room 262

T. 407.691.1380

mvidovic@rollins.edu

B.S. Penn State University
Ph.D. Binghamton University

Research interests and expertise: applied microeconomics, applied econometrics, environmental economics with an emphasis on the effectiveness of voluntary pollution reduction programs and trade and the environment, and health economics.

Dr. Vidovic is on sabbatical for the 2023-24 academic year.

Mari L. Robertson

Assistant Professor of Economics

Cornell Social Sciences Building – Room 272

T. 407.646.2331

mrobertson@rollins.edu

B.A. Georgetown University
M.A. American University
Ph.D. American University

Research interests: Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, Monetary Policy, Financial Institutions and Credit, Mortgage Lending

Yasin Arafat

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Cornell Social Sciences Building - Room 259

T. 407.646.2464

marafat@rollins.edu

B.A. North South University
M.S. Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Virginia Tech

Research interests: Applied microeconomics, labor economics, education economics, inequality of opportunity

Somnath Sen

Visiting Professor of Economics

Cornell Social Sciences Building - Room 270

T. 407.691.1992

ssen@rollins.edu

B.A. University of Calcutta 
M.A. University of Calcutta
M.Soc.Sc. University of Birmingham
Ph.D. University of Warwick

Research interests: Macroeconomic policy, development economics, defense economics, finance and devlopment

Edward T. Wolpert

Adjunct Professor of Economics

Cornell Social Sciences Building – Department of Economics

ewolpert@rollins.edu

B.A. Villanova University
M.A. University of Central Florida
M.S. Florida State University
Ph.D. Florida State University

Research interests: Forensic Economics and Economic Damage Theory; Valuation Theory and Application; Labor Economics

Harry N. Kypraios

hkypraios@rollins.edu

B.A. University of Delaware
M.A. University of Delaware
Ph.D. University of Virginia

Research interests: Monetary Economics, Economics in Historical perspective, International Economics.