University Development

Fassil Fanta

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Jefferson City, MO 65101

Tel. 217-***-****

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EDUCATION

**/**-******* ******** ******** UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE Carbondale, IL

Ph.D., Economics August, 2010

Major/Emphasis: Monetary Economics and Macroeconomics

Dissertation Topic: Essays on Imperfections in Money and Capital Markets

Supervisor: Prof. Scott Gilbert

Secondary Emphasis: Finance

Charleston, IL

08/04 05/06 EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

M.A., Economics

Major/Emphasis: Development Economics

As, Norway

08/02 09/05 NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCE

M.Sc., Economics

Major/Emphasis: Development and Resource Economics

Alemaya, Ethiopia

09/93 07/97 ALEMAYA UNIVERSITY

B.Sc., Agricultural Extension

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

03/2002 Economic Development Research Institute

Proposal Writing for Policy Research

Deventer, Netherlands

09/00 10/00 Larenstein International Agricultural College

Policies and Approaches for Development

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

07/99 09/99 Educational Media Agency

Photography, Video Camera Operation, Video Program Production and Editing

Techniques

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Carbondale, IL

08/08 Present SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE

• Econ 240 2: Introduction to Microeconomics (Fall 2009)

• Econ 113 1: Economics of Contemporary Social Issues (Spring 2009)

• Econ 113 1: Economics of Contemporary Social Issues ( Fall 2008)

Alemaya, Ethiopia

09/97 05/02 ALEMAYA UNIVERSITY

• AgEx 322 : Audio Visual Techniques

• AgEx 341: Communication & Interpersonal Relation

• AgEx 431: Senior Research Project

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Carbondale, IL

08/06 Present SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Fanta, F. and M. Hasan. Anti Money Laundry Regulation and Crime: A Two Period

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Model of Money in the Utility Function, Revise & submit, Journal of Economic

Cooperation and Development.

Fanta, F. and S. Guner, 2009, Democratization and Poverty Reduction in Africa,

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Empirical Economics Letters, Volume 8, Number 9.

Fanta, F. and M. Upadhyay, 2009, Determinants of household supply of labor for

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Food for Work project in Tigray, Ethiopia, Applied Economics, Vol41. Issue5, pp579

587.

Fanta, F. and M. Upadayay, 2009, Poverty reduction, economic growth and inequality

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in Africa, Applied Economics Letters, Vol 16, Issue 18, 1791 1794.

‘Democratization and Poverty Reduction in Africa’, Paper presented at Missouri Valley

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Economics Association meetings, Saint Louis, MO (October 2008, with S.Guner).

‘Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction’, Paper presented at Midwest

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Political Science Association Annual Conference, (April 2008, with S.Guner)

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Charleston, IL

08/06 Present EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

‘Determinants of Household Participation in Food for Work Program in Tigray,

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Ethiopia’, Paper presented at Missouri Valley Economics Association meetings in

Kansas City, MO (October, 2006, with M.Upadayay)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/COMMITTEE

08/07 05/09 Computer Administrator, Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University

Carbondale

08/09 Present Member of the Editorial Committee, the Cambodian Management Journal

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Economic Students Association, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

• Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor Society in Economics

• Sigma Xi the Scientific Research Society

HONORS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND ASSISTANTSHIPS

08/09 Present Graduate teaching assistantship, Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University

Carbondale

04/2009 Thomas and Chany Chung Award, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

08/08 05/09 Graduate teaching assistantship, Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University

Carbondale

04/2008 Thomas and Chany Chung Award, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

08/07 06/08 Graduate teaching assistantship, Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University

Carbondale

08/06 05/07 Graduate teaching assistantship, Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University

Carbondale

03/2006 Outstanding International Student Award, Eastern Illinois University

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2006 Graduate Student Investigator Award, Eastern Illinois University

08/05 05/06 Presidential Scholarship, Eastern Illinois University

06/05 07/05 Research Assistantship, Eastern Illinois University

08/04 05/05 International Scholarship Award, Eastern Illinois University

08/03 05/04 Quota Scholarship, Norwegian University of Life Science

08/02 05/03 Quota Scholarship, Norwegian University of Life Science

TECHNICAL SKILLS

E learning Application: Blackboard (WebCT) and CourseCompass (MyEconLab)

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Data Analysis: STATA, EViews, SHAZAM,SPSS, SAS, Scientific Workplace

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REFERENCES

Scott Gilbert, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies,

Department of Economics

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

E mail: ********@***.***

Tel: 618-***-****

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Mukti Upadhyay, Ph.D.

Professor and Graduate Advisor,

Department of Economics

Eastern Illinois University

E mail: **********@***.***

Tel: 217-***-****

Zsolt Becsi, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Economics,

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Professor, Department of Economics,

E mail: ****@***.***

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Tel: 618-***-****

E mail: *****@***.***

Tel: 618-***-****

Chifeng Dai, Ph.D.

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