Economics and Management Faculty and Staff
Teaching and mentoring students is the first priority for Albion's Economics and Management faculty. Because of Albion's small class sizes, we get to know our students well.
Recent scholarly research by faculty addresses such topics as fighting botnets with economic uncertainty, ethical reasoning in management decision making, "zombie" lending by Japanese banks, networking to develop a professional identity, equity market liberalization, cost-effectiveness of video conferencing to diagnose stroke patients in rural areas, and decisionmaking principles of labor arbitrators in employment grievance cases.
Two Albion E&M professors have received prestigious fellowships from the National Science Foundation, and two have received Fulbright grants.
Jon A. Hooks, Department Chair and Professor
B.S., 1984, Cameron University
M.A., 1985, University of Texas at Dallas
M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1989, Michigan State University
C.F.A., 2000
Appointed 1989
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Phone: 517/629-0530; Office: Robinson 103
Scholarship: Articles on mutual fund returns, asset allocation, and the stock market in Journal of Business Research and elsewhere. Author of a textbook, Economics: Foundations for Financial Services Providers.
Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, The Economy and Financial Markets, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Government Economics and Policy, Money and Banking, Portfolio Theory, Financial Management, Financial Markets
Advisor: Investment Club, ODE-Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honors Society in Economics
Vicki L. Baker, Associate Professor
B.S., 1999, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.B.A., 2001, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
M.S, and Ph.D., 2007, Pennsylvania State University
Appointed 2007
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Phone: 517/629-0238; Office: Robinson 111
Scholarship: Development of professional identity and professional networks among doctoral students in business, education, and engineering. Moral disengagement and ethical decision making in business. Articles published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Higher Education, Studies in Higher Education, and elsewhere; chapters in scholarly books.
Courses: Managing People and Organizations, Human Resource Management, Women in Business and Leadership, Management, Lessons Learned at "The Office," Management Consulting, International Management
Advisor: Delta Sigma Pi fraternity
John B. Bedient, Associate Professor
B.A., 1975, Alma College
M.B.A., 1978, Indiana University
CPA, 1977
Appointed 1985
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Phone: 517/629-0343; Office: Robinson 118
Courses: Financial Accounting, Managerial Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting I and II, Auditing, Accounting Information Systems, Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting, Marketing Principles and Decision-Making, Business Functions, Management
Advisor: VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance); Site Coordinator, Accounting Society
Steven Christian, Adjunct Professor
B.S., 1968; M.B.A., 1971, Wright State University
Additional graduate studies at Eastern Michigan University,
Western Michigan University, Mary Grove College
CPA, 1983
Professor Emeritus Jackson Community College
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Phone: 517/629-0424: Office: Robinson 112
Courses: Financial Accounting, Managerial/Cost Accounting
Daniel S. Christiansen, Professor
B.A., 1969, Willamette University
M.A., 1971, Ph.D., 1975, Stanford University
Appointed 1981
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Phone: 517/629-0425; Office: Robinson 100
Web: http://people.albion.edu/christiansen
Scholarship: Articles on temporary equilibrium in Journal of Economic Theory and on oil supply in Resources and Energy. Working on a textbook manuscript on intermediate microeconomics with calculus.
Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Economic Statistics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Mathematical Economics
Mark Garrison, Adjunct Instructor
B.A., 1971, Albion College
J.D., 1974, University of Detroit
Appointed 1986
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Phone: 517/629-0419; Office: Robinson 113
Courses: Business Law
Dave Knapp, Adjunct Professor
B.S., B.A., 2007 The Ohio State University
M.A., 2009, Ph.D., expected 2013, University of Michigan
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Phone: 517/629-0444
Office: Robinson 114
Scholarship: Labor Economics, Retirement, Computational Economics, and Organizational Strategy
Courses: The Economy and Financial Markets, Honors: The Economy and Financial Markets
Zhen Li, Associate Professor
B.A., 1996, Peking University
M.A., 1999, Ph.D., 2004, Princeton University
Appointed 2004
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Phone: 517/629-0490; Office: Robinson 102
Scholarship: Economics of computer networks and computer security, equity market liberalization and economic development. Articles in Journal of Security and Communication Networks and in Journal of Economic Development; papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings; chapter in scholarly book.
Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, The Economy and Financial Markets, Intermediate Macroeconomics, The Chinese Economy, International Finance, International Trade
Gregory M. Saltzman, Professor
S.B., 1976, S.M., 1976, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Junior year, 1974-75, London School of Economics
M.A., 1978, Ph.D., 1982, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Appointed 1986
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Phone: 517-629-0422; Office: Robinson 101
Scholarship: Union-management relations, labor and employment law, labor arbitration, health insurance, occupational safety and health, health care cost-effectiveness. Articles in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Transportation Journal, Neurology, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and elsewhere. Chapters in scholarly books, including a National Bureau of Economic Research conference volume. Scholarly book: Truck Driver Occupational Safety and Health.
Courses: Principles of Microeconomics; Issues in Modern Political Economy; Labor Law, Unions, and Management; Labor Economics; Human Resource Management; Health Economics; Negotiation and Dispute Resolution; Health Policy in the U.S. and Canada; Economics, Politics, and Environmental Policy
Gaylord Smith, Professor
B.B.A., University of Michigan, 1966
M.B.A., Michigan State University, 1967
CPA, 1975
Appointed 1976
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Scholarship: Author of several books on using Excel in accounting; most recent books are Excel Quick (4th edition) and Excel Applications for Accounting Principles (4th edition).
Courses: Selected Topics: Advanced Taxation
Kotaro Yoshida, Assistant Professor
B.A., 1996, Waseda University-Japan
Ph.D., 2006, Duke University
Appointed 2006
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Phone: 517/629-0423; Office: Robinson 116
Scholarship: Zombie lending and banking crises, macroeconomics of productivity
Courses: The Economy and Financial Markets, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Financial Management, The Japanese Economy, Advanced Macroeconomic Policy
Advisor: Fed Challenge
Renée Harlow, Department Secretary
B.A., 2012, Albion College
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Phone: 517/629-0419; Office: Robinson 109
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Economics and Management Department
Albion College
Robinson Hall
611 East Porter St.
Albion, MI 49224
Office: 517/629-0419
Fax: 517/629-0428
