Economics

Musab Kurnaz joined the Belk College of Business in August 2018. Before joining the Belk College, Kurnaz began his career as an assistant professor of economics at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. Kurnaz’s research focuses on optimal policy design. One of Kurnaz’s research articles, on how technological change should alter the optimal income taxation, was […]

Hwan Lin joined the Belk College faculty in 1993. He is in the graduate faculty of the Belk College of Business. His research interests encompass technological innovation, economic growth, international trade and finance, and computational economics. His research has been recognized with a Best-Paper Award at the Belk College of Business. He pioneers research into […]

Dr. Theresa Mannah-Blankson joined the Belk College of Business in August 2019 and is the MS in Management Program Director. Prior to her joining the Belk College of Business, Dr. Mannah-Blankson received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and began her teaching career in 2016 as an Assistant Professor of Economics […]

Rob Roy McGregor joined the faculty of the Belk College in 1991. His principal research interests, that have been published extensively, center on the monetary policy decision process of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). He teaches courses in macroeconomics, monetary and financial theory, econometrics and forecasting. He also conducts continuing education seminars […]

Matthew Metzgar teaches undergraduate economic and MBA classes in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Previously, he taught undergraduate and graduate classes in Ohio and New York. He also spent several years working in the private sector. His research interests include the economics of obesity and the effectiveness of instructional techniques. Dr. Metzgar […]

Per Norander is a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte, Mr. Norander was a senior instructor of economics at Missouri State University, where he taught for seven years. He also spent several years working in the private sector in the […]

Krista J. Saral is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests broadly lie in auction markets, management/personnel economics, entrepreneurship, and experimental methods. Her research has published in leading journals including the Economic Journal, European Economic Review, among others, and has earned media attention in outlets such as the […]

Lisa Schulkind joined the Belk College of Business in August 2014. Before joining the Belk College, Dr. Schulkind began her career as an assistant professor of economics at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Dr. Schulkind’s research focuses on understanding how parents’ decisions and circumstances affect their children and using this knowledge in order to make […]