A native of Nashville, Tennessee, and an Appalachian boy at heart, Philip Powell is a seventh-generation Tennessean who accidentally stumbled into a career in academia, and is so glad he did. While attending the University of South Carolina, he was an exchange student in Economics & Political Science in the Fiji Islands at the University… Read more »
Faculty
Faculty Spotlight: Ralph Boleslavsky Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
After earning his PhD at Duke in 2009, Ralph Boleslavsky became an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami Herbert Business School in Coral Gables, Florida. In 2016, he was promoted to Associate Professor and continued at Miami Herbert until he joined the IU faculty in July 2022. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife,… Read more »
New Faculty: Kelly Yang
Kelly Kaili Yang is happy to join the BEPP faculty as an Assistant Professor. Born and raised in Beijing, Yang received her undergrad degree from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong (BSc. in Mathematics and Economics). Following graduation, she came to the U.S. to attend graduate school at Duke University. As… Read more »
Course Spotlight: Energy Economics and Environmental Policy
Energy Economics and Environmental Policy (G455) is a brand-new course that the Business Economics and Public Policy department is offering to help prepare students to think critically about energy and environmental issues and how they relate to businesses as well as public policy. Currently, this course will be able to serve as an elective for… Read more »
BEPP Faculty in the News & Publications
Each year our faculty shine in various media outlets. They converse on an array of topics in Economics. Read more about how they got involved this year below. BEPP professor Boyoung Seo was interviewed on April 15th on Marijuana tax revenues. She stated that the “revenues in states like Colorado and Washington have fallen short… Read more »
Learning About Luxury: Students Enjoy Unique & Popular Course About Luxury Brands in France
In a global business environment, it’s important that students have some understanding of different cultures. Therefore, the Kelley School wants to send the maximum number of their students abroad. Of course, not all students can spend a semester or year overseas due to financial or curriculum constraints. Thus, for more than a decade the Kelley… Read more »
Faculty Spotlight: Michael Rauh
Michael Rauh will never forget when he first arrived on campus in 2005 to join the BEPP faculty. “The faculty had decided to protest en masse against the IU President [at the time]. Hundreds of professors met in the IU Auditorium to speak out against him,” says Rauh. “While this was going on, a tornado… Read more »
New Faculty: Jennifer Rice
Raised on a farm and a self-proclaimed “farm kid,” Jennifer Rice, the youngest of eight children, showed pigs and cows in 4-H in North Manchester, Indiana. She received her undergraduate degree from Manchester College where she played golf and basketball. “I played in a basketball tournament in Beijing, China, on an Indiana high-school all-star team,”… Read more »
Faculty Spotlight: Andrew Butters
Before beginning graduate school, Andrew Butters worked as an Associate Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. “I feel fortunate to have gotten that opportunity,” says Butters, who worked on the inflation and international memos for the Federal Open Market Committee meetings. He also helped create the National Financial Conditions Index. “I got to… Read more »
New Faculty: Jia Xiang
You never know how life will turn out. Just ask Jia Xiang, who once majored in film directing. “I wrote my script and produced my own little movie!” says Xiang, who grew up in Sichuan Province, China, an area famous for its spicy food and pandas. Midway through her studies, however, she pivoted and decided… Read more »