Rubana Mahjabeen School of Business and Economics University of Wisconsin-Superior Belknap & Catlin, PO Box 2000 Superior, WI 54880 Phone : 715-394-8434 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., Economics, University of Kansas 2005 M.S., Economics, Texas A&M University 1996 M.S., Economics, Dhaka University, Bangladesh 1988 B.S., Economics (Honors), Dhaka University, Bangladesh 1987 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Business and 2013-present Economics, University of Wisconsin-Superior Courses: Principles of Microeconomics (traditional and online), Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics, Comparative Economic Systems, Applied Economic Analysis, Applied Research and TBL (Masters online) Temporary Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 2008-2013 Truman State University Courses: Principles of Macroeconomics (traditional and online), Intermediate Macroeconomics, Economic Development, Environmental Economics, Microfinance and Millennium Development Goals, Readings in Economics: Sustainable Development, Issues of Social Business Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 2005-2008 University of Kansas Courses: Principles of Economics, International Finance, Economic Growth and Development, Managerial Economics Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, 1998-2005 University of Kansas Courses: Principles of Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics Lecturer, Department of Economics, Jahangirnagar University 1994-95, 1997 Courses: Public Finance, History of Economic Thought Rubana Mahjabeen Page 1 HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS and FUNDINGS Academic Service Learning Award, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2016 URSCA Curriculum Development Grant, University of Wisconsin System/ 2015-2016 University of Wisconsin-Superior (with Zamira Simkins and Sakib Mahmud) Selma Swanstrom Fund for Geography, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2015 LNG Outreach Meeting Fund, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2015 URSCA Student Research Assistant Grant, University of Wisconsin System/ 2014-2015 University of Wisconsin-Superior (with Zamira Simkins) Northwest Wisconsin Skills Gap Research Contract ($30,000), Northwest 2014-2015 Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board (with Zamira Simkins, David Johnson, and Jerry Hembd) URSCA Curriculum Development Grant, University of Wisconsin System/ 2014-2015 University of Wisconsin-Superior (with Zamira Simkins and Sakib Mahmud) Faculty Development Grant, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2014-2015 Shippar-Beam Economics Program Enhancement Fund, University of 2014, 2015, 2016 Wisconsin-Superior Summer Research Grant, Truman State University 2012 Missouri Campus Compact Micro-Grant 2009 Northeast Missouri Community Action Agency Fund 2009 Fulbright Scholar 1995-1996 The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Scholarship 1995-1996 Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Fellowship, Bangladesh 1992 Rubana Mahjabeen Page 2 REFEREED ARTICLES and PUBLICATIONS Zamira Simkins and Rubana Mahjabeen, “Measuring the Transportation Workforce Skills Gap Using New Indices and Survey of Employers and Workers”, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Fall 2017 (forthcoming). Zamira Simkins, Rubana Mahjabeen, and Sakib Mahmud, “Integrating Undergraduate Research into Economics General Education”, CUR Quarterly, Winter 2016, Vol 38, No. 2, 11-18. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Feasibility Study of Starting a Micro-Credit Program in a Midwest United States Town”, Southwest Business and Economics Journal, 2011, Vol. 19, 35-46. Rubana Mahjabeen, “On the Provision of Micro Loans - Microfinance Institutions and Traditional Banks”, Journal of Economic Development, 2010, Vol. 35, No. 1, 59-73. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Microfinancing in Bangladesh: Impact on households, consumption and welfare”, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, Vol. 30, Issue 6, 1083-1092. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Consumption Function Puzzle and Estimation of Consumption Functions for Bangladesh”, The Jahangirnagar Economic Review, 1997, Vol. 9, No. 1, 65-70. PEER-REIVEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Rubana Mahjabeen and Praopan Pratoomchat, “Number of Public High School Graduates of the Midwest USA: Why is it projected to decline?” (Accepted for presentation at Wisconsin Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2017.) Rubana Mahjabeen, “Undergraduate Research at University of Wisconsin: Current Status”, Wisconsin Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2016. Zamira Simkins, Rubana Mahjabeen, and Sakib Mahmud, “Integration of Undergraduate Research in UW-S Economics General Education Courses”, Allied Social Science Associations/American Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2016. Zamira Simkins, Rubana Mahjabeen, and Sakib Mahmud, “Integration of URSCA in Economics General Education Courses – Updated Results”, Wisconsin Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2015. Rubana Mahjabeen, B. Bellin, M. Faraz, S. Fu, K. Gondik, J. Hansen, Y. Li, D. Manion, D. Santos, A. Nyeck, A. Quinones, B. Roy, and E. Wontor, “Superior Low Income Family Financials Report, 2015”, Wisconsin Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2015. Abdullah Mamun and Rubana Mahjabeen, “Child Labor and Minimum Wage: Formal and Informal Sector Labor Market”, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2014. Rubana Mahjabeen Page 3 Rubana Mahjabeen, N. Fukur, M. Nordberg, D. Nordmark, S. Shestha, and W. Soderquist, “Superior Low Income Family Financials Report, 2014”, Wisconsin Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2014. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Designing an Academic Service Learning Economics Course: Effective Use of the Local Economic Condition”, Wisconsin Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2013. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Designing an Economics Course: Effective Use of the Local Economic Condition’, Sixth Annual Economics Teaching Conference, 2010. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS and OTHER PUBLICATIONS Zamira Simkins, Rubana Mahjabeen, David Johnson, and Jerry Hembd, “Northwest Wisconsin Skills Gap Analysis”, Research Report for Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board, 2015. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Designing an Economics Course: Effective Use of the Local Economic Condition”, Sixth Annual Economics Teaching Conference Proceeding, 2010. INVITED and OTHER PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Abdullah Mamun and Rubana Mahjabeen, “Child Labor and Minimum Wage: Formal and Informal Sector Labor Market”, UW-S Thursday Noon Seminar/Brown Bag for Faculty Development Grant Recipients, 2015. Zamira Simkins, Rubana Mahjabeen, David Johnson, and Jerry Hembd, “Northwest Wisconsin Skills Gap Analysis”, Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board Presentation, 2015. MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION and WORKING PAPERS Rubana Mahjabeen and Abdullah Mamun, “Child Labor and Minimum Wage: Formal and Informal Sector Labor Market”, (revising to submit to Journal of Economic Development). Rubana Mahjabeen and Praopan Pratoomchat, “Number of Public High School Graduates of the Midwest USA: Why is it projected to decline?” Mark McCoon and Rubana Mahjabeen, “A Cost-Benefit Approach to the Evaluation of Global Climate Change Mitigation Efforts”. Rubana Mahjabeen, B. Bellin, M. Faraz, S. Fu, K. Gondik, J. Hansen, Y. Li, D. Manion, D. Santos, A. Nyeck, A. Quinones, B. Roy, and E. Wontor, “Superior Low Income Family Financials Report, 2015”. Rubana Mahjabeen Page 4 Rubana Mahjabeen, N. Fukur, M. Nordberg, D. Nordmark, S. Shestha, and W. Soderquist, “Superior Low Income Family Financials Report, 2014”. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Student Learning Outcomes Using Different Teaching Methods”. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Reaching the Millennium Development Goals - Microfinance versus Foreign Aid”. Rubana Mahjabeen, “Microfinance in Bangladesh: A General Equilibrium Framework”. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Services to the university: Management Search and Screen Committee, School of Business and 2017-present Economics, University of Wisconsin-Superior Award Committee, School of Business and Economics, University of 2017-present Wisconsin-Superior Chair, Economics Search and Screen Committee, School of Business and 2016-2017 Economics, University of Wisconsin-Superior University Studies Committee, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2016-present Social Event Committee, School of Business and Economics, 2015-2017 University of Wisconsin-Superior Search Committee for Director of Small Business Development Center, 2014-2015 University of Wisconsin-Superior Student Financial Aid Review Board, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2014-2016 Session Chair and Discussant, 10th Annual Senior Thesis History 2014 Conference, University of Wisconsin-Superior Curriculum Committee, School of Business and Economics, 2013-present University of Wisconsin-Superior Global Studies Minor Advisory Committee, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2013-present Rubana Mahjabeen Page 5 Services to students: Advisor, Stimulus (Economics Students) Club, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2016-present Faculty Mentor, Economics Students Capstone Projects, University of 2017 Wisconsin-Superior Faculty Mentor, Economics Summer Undergraduate Research Stipend, 2017 University of Wisconsin-Superior Faculty Mentor, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, 2016, 2017 University of Wisconsin-Superior Faculty Mentor, McNair Scholars Program, University of Wisconsin-Superior 2016 Faculty Mentor, TruScholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program, 2011 Truman State University Services to professional societies and the community: Researcher, Regional Economic Indicator Forum, National Bank of Commerce 2014-present Discussant, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting 2014 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Southwest Business and 2012-present Economics Journal Reviewer, Journal of Applied Economics and Policy 2012-2013 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Minnesota Economic Association Board 2016-present Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh 2013-Present American Economic Association 2008-Present Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession 2008-Present Rubana Mahjabeen Page 6 .