ACCOUNTING

Financial Accounting
Cost Accounting
Computers & Accounting Information Systems
Intermediate Accounting I, II
Federal Income Tax
Advanced Accounting
Auditing
Current Topics in Accounting
Not-for-Profit Sector Accounting
Tax Planning
Business Valuation
Special Topics
Independent Study
Field Study
Honors

ECONOMICS

Principles of Economics
Economic and Business Statistics
The Economics of Crime
The Economics of Health and Health Care
The Economics of Sports
Intermediate Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Managerial Finance
Industrial Organization
Labor Economics
Money, Banking, and Financial Policy
History of Economic Thought
Economic Development
Public Finance
International Economics
Special Topics
Independent Study
Field Study
Honors

MANAGEMENT

Applied Information Management
Consumer Behavior
Legal Environment of Business
Managerial Finance
Marketing Management
Human Resource Management
Production and Operations Management
Marketing Research
Management and Organizational Theory
Legal Environment of Finance and Credit
International Issues in Management
Investments and Portfolio Theory
Management Strategy and Policy
Special Topics
Independent Study
Field Study Honors

Students may qualify for membership in Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international economics honor society. They may participate in numerous clubs related to economics and business, including the Accounting Club, the Economics & Business Club, the Moravian College Student Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), and the Amrhein Investment Club, which manages a fund of over $1,000,000.

SONIA N. AZIZ

Assistant Professor of Economics

EDUCATION: B.A. & M.Sc., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Maine

INTERESTS: Dr. Aziz's most recent research involves valuation of arsenic in drinking water in rural Bangladesh. Her scholarship primarily involves Environmental Economics with a focus on Health Economics. Dr. Aziz's research focuses on valuation of health and other non-market goods (environmental goods) by looking at human behavior in response to potential health and environmental risks, and the impact of that behavior on the outcomes experienced. She is particularly interested in risk mitigating actions taken by individuals in highly resource constrained economies and most of her field work is based in developing countries. Dr. Aziz has an interdisciplinary background in the natural as well as the social sciences and is part of the Environmental Studies program at Moravian College. She can be contacted at aziz@moravian.edu.

GEORGE D. BROWER

Professor of Economics and Business

EDUCATION: B.A., M.S., State University of New York College at Oneonta; M.B.A., Ph.D., The University at Buffalo: SUNY

INTERESTS: Statistics and operations management; developing materials and methods in problem solving, statistics, and microeconomics; the economics of crime. Dr. Brower is Vice President (Program) for Minsi Trails Council, BSA; past chair of the Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums Board of Trustees; and past President of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of APICS: The Educational Society for Resource Management.

GARY KASKOWITZ

Associate Professor of Management

EDUCATION: B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana; MBA, Averett College; M.A. & Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park

INTERESTS: Primary interests are in market research and direct marketing. Research interests include adaptive marketing strategies, the psychology of the market, and all aspects of marketing and decision sciences. Outside of teaching and marketing, Dr. Kaskowitz’s interests include photography, scouting, and theatre. He also enjoys coaching and playing with his children, Sara and Eric.

EVA MARIKOVA LEEDS

Associate Professor of Economics and Business

EDUCATION: B.A., Michigan State University; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University

INTERESTS: Financial institutions, international economics, and transition economies. Dr. Leeds conducts research on mortgage finance and privatization in the Czech Republic. She was a Fulbright Lecturer in 1991 and an advisor to the minister of the economy in the Czech Republic in 1994-95.

SANTO D. MARABELLA

Associate Professor of Management

EDUCATION: B.S., Villanova University; M.B.A., St. Joseph University; D.S.W., University of Pennsylvania

INTERESTS: Strategic management using scenario-building and organizational visioning; management of teams; the development of not-for-profit boards of directors of public housing authorities and community organizations.

JONATHAN MUNEMO

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

EDUCATION: B.S., M.S., University of Zimbabwe; M.A., Ph.D., West Virginia University

INTERESTS: Dr. Munemo's teaching interests include Managerial Finance, Economics and Business Statistics, Applied International Trade, and International Finance. His current research focuses on empirical analyses of foreign aid and trade issues affecting developing countries.

LINDA L. RAVELLE

Associate Professor of Economics and Business

EDUCATION: B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

INTERESTS: Corporate and public finance, economic theory, and investments. Dr. Ravelle’s most recent research focuses on the effect of public pension funding on municipal bond ratings. Advisor to the Amrhein Investment Fund.

JOHN D. ROSSI III

Associate Professor of Accounting

EDUCATION: B.A., LaSalle University; M.B.A., Moravian College; CPA/PFS, CMA, CFM, CFP, CVA

INTERESTS: Professor Rossi is a frequent presenter at workshops and continuing professional education programs. These speaking engagements are extensive and include presentations on technical as well as tax and financial planning issues to a variety or professional organizations. His research interests include financial accounting standards, taxation, business valuation, not-for-profit organizations and financial planning. He is the advisor for the Moravian College Student Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). Professor Rossi also assists students in finding internship and field study opportunities.

BARBARA M. VINCIGUERRA

Assistant Professor of Accounting

EDUCATION: B.S., The Pennsylvania State University; M.B.A., Temple University; Ph.D., Drexel University; CPA, Pennsylvania

INTERESTS: Teaching interests include Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, and Auditing. Research interests include judgment and decision making behavior in accounting and auditing contexts and factors influencing auditor independence. Dr. Vinciguerra worked as a finance manager in the pharmaceutical industry and as a certified public accountant to clients in the financial services and healthcare industries. She is active in professional associations, including the American Accounting Association and the Institute of Management Accountants.

PETER VON ALLMEN

Professor of Economics and Business

EDUCATION: B.A., College of Wooster; Ph.D., Temple University

INTERESTS: Dr. von Allmen teaches courses in microeconomic theory, labor economics, industrial organization, the economics of sports, and the economics of health & health care. He has published in the areas of family labor supply, compensation schemes in professional sports, the influence of European players on competitive balance in the NHL, and post-secondary pedagogy. He is the co-author (with Michael Leeds) of The Economics of Sports, currently in its third edition; and Economics, a two semester principles of economics text (with Michael Leeds and Richard Schiming).  Both texts are published by Addison Wesley. In addition, he has served as a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry.

JAMES P. WEST

Professor of Economics and Business; Chair of the Department of Economics and Business

EDUCATION: B.S., Marquette University; M.Comm., University of Poona; M.B.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

INTERESTS: The role of financial markets in national and international economic development, issues in international management. Dr. West has served as a consultant to foundations and government organizations. Dr. West received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1994 and was a Fulbright Scholar in 1996.

GARY R. WRIGHT

Visiting Assistant Professor of Management

EDUCATION: B.A., Waynesburg College; M.Ed. & Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

INTERESTS:

Lawrence Bezdziecki John Gehman Mayo Lanning Thomas Parkinson Shapour Samii G. Alden Sears