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Associate Professor Department of Economics School of Business Virginia Commonwealth University 1015 Floyd Avenue |
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Overview:
Dr.
Mitchell teaches undergraduate courses in principles of micro-
and
macroeconomics, international economics and development economics and
graduate
international economics. Dr. Mitchell's research and consulting
interests
include health economics in developing countries, the economics of
landmines
and mine clearance, international trade negotiations, international
trade
policy, and R&D policy.
Biography:
A
native Hoosier, Dr. Mitchell first came to Virginia in 1984.
After
completing the doctoral program in economics at the University of
Virginia
in 1989, she accepted a position as an assistant professor with the
Department
of Economics at Wayne State University. In 1990 she joined the
faculty
at Virginia Commonwealth University as an assistant professor, writing
on general equilibrium models of international trade policy and game
theoretic
modelling of international trade agreements. She spent 1995-1996
as a visiting lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney,
Australia, where she continued work on R&D policy, paying special
attention
to the needs of small, industrial economies.
In 1997, Dr. Mitchell
was promoted to associate professor. She spent 1999 on sabbatical
at the University of Virginia as a visiting professor, studying
development
economics. She has published several articles on international
trade
policy, international trade negotiations, and R&D policy. She
has a particular interest in the socioeconomic implications of
landmines
for developing countries, having completed consulting projects on
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Recently her attention
has turned to trade and development issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.
She received a Fulbright lecturing and research award in 2001 and was
hosted
by the University of Cape Town from July through December. While
there, Dr. Mitchell studied trade liberalization in the South African
automobile
industry. Her current research is on behavioral issues relating
to AIDS in Southern Africa.
Education:
Ball State University,
B.S., Honors College, cum laude, Economics, 1984
University of Virginia,
M.A, Economics, 1987
University of Virginia,
Ph.D., Economics, 1989
Econ 205-Economics of Product
Development and Markets (Engineering Economics)
Econ
210-Principles of Microeconomics
Econ
211-Principles of Macroeconomics
Econ
315-Development Economics
Econ
329-International Economics
Econ
609-Advanced International Economics
Photo courtesy of Suzanne Gallagher
Last updated: February 2006