News and Events

• The Finance Club honored two professors at their annual Awards Banquet this past April: Dr. John Lewis and Dr. Kyle Jones  for outstanding teaching in 2006-2007.

• Dr. Jim Howard, Associate Professor of Economics, received the 2007 Teaching Excellence Award for the Department of Economics and Finance.

• After 31 years at SFA, the last 23 of which were spent in our department, Dr. James Howard, associate professor of economics, has retired at the end of the Spring 2007 semester. His colleagues will miss his sharp wit and boundless defense of faculty issues, while his students will miss his engaging and enthusiastic teaching. We wish him all the best as he starts a new chapter in his life and hope he will visit us often.

• We welcome two new assistant professors of economics to our department this fall:

  Dr. Mikhail Kouliavtsev (Ph.D., Temple University), who comes to us from Philadelphia University.  Dr. Kouliavtsev's research interests include industrial organization, antitrust policy and international trade.                                                         

  Dr. Ryan T. Phelps (Ph.D., University of Kentucky), who has just completed his graduate studies.  Dr. Phelps' research interests include health and environmental economics.

• As reported in the Daily Sentinel's "Best of Nacogdoches Contest 2007," Dr. John Lewis was voted #1 University Professor for Stephen F. Austin State University. Congratulations Dr. Lewis!