CURRICULUM VITAE
Bill Z. Yang
School of Economic Development
Tel: (912) 478 - 5727 (with voice mail)
P.O. Box 8152 Fax: (912) 478 - 0710
Georgia Southern University E-mail: ********@***************.***
Statesboro, GA 30460-8152 Web Page http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~billyang
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EDUCATION
Degree Field Institution Year
Ph.D. Economics The University of Iowa 1993
M.A. Economics Queen's University 1987
B.Sc. Math/Stat. The University of Wuhan 1982
AWARDS AND GRANTS College of Business Adminstration Faculty Award for Outstanding
Research, Georgia Southern University, 2011
William A. Freeman Professor of the Year, COBA, Georgia Southern University, 2010
Summer Research Grants, School of Economic Development, COBA, Georgia Southern
University, 2010, 2011
The T.J. Morris Faculty Award for Outstanding Research, COBA, Georgia Southern
University, 2003
Faculty Development & Research Committee's Small Grant, Minot State Univerity, 1999 -
2000
College Research Grant, Arts and Sciences, Minot State University, 1999 - 2000Establishment Research Grant, The Flinders University of South Australia, 1995 - 1996
Certificate for Outstanding Academic Achievement (GPA = 4.0), The University of Iowa,
1993
Paul Olson Award for the best second-year paper, Economics, The University of Iowa, 1990
Ponder Fellowship, Economics, The University of Iowa, 1989
APPOINTMENTS Professor, Georgia Southern University, 2011.8 - present
Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University, 2005.8 - 2011.7
Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, 2000.8 - 2005.7
Assistant Professor, Minot State University, 1997.8 - 2000.7
Visiting Assistant Professor, The University of Iowa, 1996.8 - 1997.7 (On leave from the
Flinders
)
Assistant Professor, The Flinders University of South Australia, 1993.3 - 1997.6
Instructor, South Central University of Business and Economics, 1982.1 1985.12
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Business Economics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Advanced Microeconomic Theory (Honors and Graduate levels)
Managerial Economics (MBA and Undergraduate levels)
Industrial Organization (Undergraduate and Graduate levels)
Economics of American Industries
Money and Banking
Advanced Financial Economics (Graduate Level, MSAE program)
International Economics (Trade and Finance)
Public Finance
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Business Statistics
Quantitative Methods
Introductary Econometrics
Behavioral Economics/Finance (an one credit seminar course)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Co-Editor (Finance), Journal of Economics and Finance Education (2009 - present)
Member of
Academy of Economics and Finance, Southern Economic Association, Canadian Economic
Assocation, Midwest Economic Association
Referee for
Rand Journal of Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization
Review of International Economics, Journal of International Economics
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economics and Management
Strategy, Journal of Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Economics
Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Economic and Finance Education
Australian Economic Papers, Economic Record, Harper Educational Publisher, Oxford
University Press, South-Western Thomas Learnin, Worth Publisher
Papers presented at
International Conference of E-Business, Manaagement and Economics, HongKong
International Atlantic Economic Society Annual Conference, Charleston, SC
Academy of Economics and Finance Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL
Midwest Economic Association Meeting, St. Louis, MO
Southern Economic Association Meeting, Tampa, FL
North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, San Francisco
Annual Conferences of Teaching Economics, Pittsburgh, PA
Australian Meeting of Econometric Society, Sydney, Australia
Conferences of Industrial Economics, Melbourne and Canberra, Australia
Conference of Economic Theory, Tasmania, Australia
Conference of Economists, Adelaide, Australia
Midwest Mathematical/International Economic Meetings, Northwestern and IUPUI
Seminars at ANU, Melbourne, Auckland, Iowa, and Minnesota
Professional Service
Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, School of Econ Development, 2007-2008
Chair, Personnel Committee, School of Econ Development, 2007-2008
Chair, Search Committee, School of Econ Development, 2006-2007
Graduate Committee, Georgia Southern University (2006 - 2008)
Graduate Committee, COBA, Georgia Southern University (2006 - 2008)
Undergraduate curriculum Committee, COBA, Georgia Southern University (2003 - 2005)
Faculty Senate, Chair of Faculty Development Committee, Georgia Southern University (2004
- 2005)
Faculty Senate, Minot State University, (1999 - 2000)
Judge for NCEE (National Council of Economic Education) Teaching Economics Award -
Midwest Region (1999)
Local Economic/Business Analysis: South Australian Economic Bulletin, Domestic Demand
(1995 - 1996)
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