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MINA BALIAMOUNE-LUTZ, Ph.D., MBA
Professor of Economics and Holder of Richard de Raismes Kip Professorship
Prof. Mina Baliamoune-Lutz is Richard de Raismes Kip Professor and Distinguished Professor (2012) at the University of North Florida, Senior Fellow at Policy Center for the New South, and Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum and the Global Labor Organization. Prof. Baliamoune-Lutz specializes in Macroeconomics, International Trade, and Development Economics. She holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in economics from Northeastern University. She has taught and lectured at numerous universities and research institutions around the world. Her current research focuses primarily on trade and labor market outcomes in Africa and the MENA region, development finance, the gender effects of globalization, and sustainable development.
Prof. Baliamoune-Lutz has been a regular contributor to research themes debated at the United Nations World Institute of Development Economics in Helsinki, United Nations Economic Conference on Africa, African Development Bank and the European Report on Development. She has an extensive record of service to the national and international community and to the Economics Profession. She has served as President-elect and President (2012-2014) of the African Finance and Economics Association (AFEA), Associate Editor of the Journal of African Development, the Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, and Information Technology for Development (from 2005 to present). She also served on the Editorial Board of Feminist Economics, the Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, and the Journal of Business and Accounting, and on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Economic Association.