The Tale of the Paper Tiger (English Version) Truyen Con Cop Giay (Vietnamese Version) L'Histoire du Tigre de Papier (French Version) Biographical information on the Speaker Mr. Nguyen Khac Chinh
Department of EconomicsHome: 12716 S Morrow Cir Wayne State UniversityDearborn MI 48126 656 W Kirby, 2142 FABCell phone: (313) 4438581 Detroit MI 48202Citizenship: United States Email: mohamad_karaki@wayne.edu Education PhD in Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, June 2012 (Expected) Dissertation: “Essays onthe nonlinearities in the effect of Oil Prices on Unemployment and InflationEvidence from Micro data” Committee:Ana Marίa Herrera(Chair), Robert Rossana, Tatsuma Wada, Kazuhiko Shinki MA in Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, December 2008 BA in Economics and Applied Statistics, with Distinction, University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn,MI, May 2007 Fields of Specialization Primary: Macroeconomics, Energy Economics Secondary: International Economics, Applied Time Series Econometrics Working Papers “Reevaluating the Impact of Oil Prices on Job Creation and Job Destruction in Manufacturing”Work in Progress “Nonlinearities and the Effects of Energy Prices on Regional Job Flows”“Are Oil Price Shocks Inflationary or Deflationary? The Answer Might be on the Source of the Shock”Research Position Short term Applied Time Series Econometrics Consultant,World Bank, November 2011 A study on food prices in East Asia using nonlinear vector error correction models
Teaching Experience Part time Faculty,Wayne State University,August 2007 current Lecturer,University Of MichiganDearborn,January 2010current Adjunct online Faculty,Davenport University,August 2009current Courses Taught Survey of Economics Principles of Microeconomics Principles of Macroeconomics Awards and Honors Liberal Arts Scholarship, College of Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University, 20082009 Housing Allowance, Department of Economics, Wayne State University 20082009 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Economics, Wayne State University 2007 2011 University Grant, University of Michigan Dearborn, 20052006 Dean’s list, University of Michigan Dearborn, 20052007 Golden Key International Honor Society Omicron Delta Epsilon international honorary society for Economics Computer Skills Proficient in Gauss, Matlab, Stata, SPSS, Minitab Languages English (excellent fluency), Arabic (excellent fluency), French (excellent fluency) University Service Organizer: Stata Workshop, Department of Economics, Wayne State University, October 2011 Organizer: Gauss Workshop, Department of Economics, Wayne State University, October 2011 Memberships American Economic Association (AEA), Midwest Economic Association (MEA)
References Ana Marίa Herrera RobertJ. RossanaTatsuma Wada Wayne State UniversityWayne State UniversityWayne State University Department of EconomicsDepartment of EconomicsDepartment of Economics amherrera@wayne.edu r.j.rossana@wayne.edutatsuma.wada@wayne.edu (313)5773343 (313)5773760(313)5773001 Michael Twomey University Of MichiganDearborn Department of Social Sciences mtwomey@umd.umich.edu (313)5935176