FACULTY AND STAFF • • • [DIVISION OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS]

FACULTY

Edward J. Balistreri, Assistant Professor
PhD, MA (economics) University of Colorado
BA (economics) Arizona State University
Areas of specialization: International and inter-regional trade; energy, resource,
and environmental policy; industrial organization and competition

John T. Cuddington, William J. Coulter Professor of Mineral Economics
PhD, MS (economics) University of Wisconsin
MA (economics) Simon Fraser University, Canada
B.Admin. University of Regina, Canada
CFA®, CFP®
Areas of specialization: Primary commodity price trends and cycles, economic development,
international macroeconomics and finance, econometric modeling and forecasting

Carol A. Dahl, Professor
PhD (economics) University of Minnesota
BA (economics) University of Wisconsin
Areas of specialization: Energy economics, microeconomics and econometrics applied to energy modeling

Graham A. Davis, Professor
PhD (mineral economics) Pennsylvania State University
MBA University of Cape Town, South Africa
BS (metallurgical engineering) Queen’s University, Canada
Areas of specialization: Mineral asset valuation, real options, green national income accounting,
economic development of mineral-based economies

Ann M. Dozoretz, Instructor
MS (engineering and technology management) Colorado School of Mines
BS (accounting) University of Denver
Areas of specialization: Financial and managerial accounting, financial statement analysis,
costing of products and services using allocation techniques

Roderick G. Eggert, Professor and Division Director
PhD (mineral economics) Pennsylvania State University
MS (geochemistry and mineralogy) Pennsylvania State University
AB (geology) Dartmouth College
Areas of specialization: Mineral policy, industrial organization of the mineral and energy industries,
exploration economics

Joy M. Godesiabois, Assistant Professor
PhD (strategic management) University of Colorado
MBA (business administration) Southern Methodist University
BS (business administration) Colorado State University
Areas of specialization: Entrepreneurship, strategic management, social capital, network analysis,
venture capital

Cigdem Z. Gurgur, Assistant Professor
PhD (industrial and systems engineering) Rutgers University
MS (applied and mathematical statistics) Rutgers University
MS (management science and operations research) Warwick Business School, England
BS (industrial engineering) METU, Turkey
Areas of specialization: Stochastic models and stochastic optimization, supply chain management,
revenue management, management of financial risk, energy and logistics

Michael B. Heeley, Assistant Professor
PhD (business policy and strategy) University of Washington
MS (statistics) University of Washington
MS (mining engineering) Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada
BEng (mining engineering) The Camborne School of Mines
Areas of specialization: New venture creation, strategic management, technology and innovation
management, applied econometrics and forecasting

Scott Houser, Lecturer
PhD (economics) University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS (economics) University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS (mathematics) University of Southern Colorado
BS (economics) Colorado State University
Areas of specialization: Public finance, regional economics, poverty

Daniel Kaffine, Assistant Professor
PhD (environmental science and management) University of California, Santa Barbara
MA (economics) University of California, Santa Barbara
BS (physics) University of St. Thomas
BA ( applied mathematics) University of St. Thomas
Areas of specialization: Environmental and resource economics, property rights, urban economics,
spatial and dynamic modeling

Alexandra M. Newman, Associate Professor
PhD (industrial engineering and operations research) University of California, Berkeley
MS (operations research) University of California, Berkeley
BS (applied mathematics) University of Chicago
Areas of specialization: Applied optimization, transportation logistics, mine production scheduling,
military applications

Franklin J. Stermole, Professor Emeritus
PhD, MS, BS (chemical engineering) Iowa State University
Areas of specialization: Economic evaluation methods, discounted cash flow analysis of petroleum,
mineral and general non-mineral investment projects

John M. Stermole, Lecturer
MS (mineral economics) Colorado School of Mines
BS, BA (finance) University of Denver
Areas of specialization: Economic evaluation methods, discounted cash flow analysis

John E. Tilton, Research Professor
PhD, MA (economics) Yale University
BA Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Areas of specialization: International trade, resource and environmental economics,
industrial organization, metals market analysis

Michael R. Walls, Professor
PhD (management) University of Texas at Austin
MBA (finance) University of Texas at Austin
BS (geology) Western Kentucky University
Areas of specialization: Decision analysis, corporate risk management, business strategy and planning

STAFF