Amyaz A. Moledina

I consider myself a liberal arts economist. As such, my intellectual interests are eclectic. I use my academic training to conduct research on a variety of topics in interdisciplinary teams. I also use this same training in my administrative functions to improve program effectiveness for social enterprises and not-for-profit organizations.

I mostly teach macroeconomics, courses that have a global lens, and social entrepreneurship at Wooster. My academic papers cover topics in environmental economics, times series analysis, agriculture, health and economic development. I also have unpublished work in the subject areas of the economics of antimicrobial resistance, One Health, Islamic finance, human trafficking, international trade, and pedagogy.

• Principles of Economics
• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• Growth Inequality and Globalization
• Alternative Financial Institutions
• Global Exchange and International Trade
• Economics of Mobility and Migration
• Monetary Economics
• Local Social Entrepreneurship Seminar
• Global Social Entrepreneurship Seminar
• Black Markets and the Underground Economy

• Amanda Iskin ’23 From Platforms to People: An Empirical Analysis of the Influence of Peer-to-Peer Lending on Financial Inclusion
• Mahi Lal ‘22 Wage And Other Forms Of Discrimination Against Migrant Nurses In The U.S.: A Mixed-Methods Approach
• Maggie Dougherty ’21 “The Refugees are Better Off Than We Are”: Evaluating the Impact of Syrian Refugees on Jordanian Labor Markets
• Lincoln Plews ‘15 The Political Business Cycle and Trade Policy Formation: How Do Electoral Incentives Impact Trade Policy?
• Varunavi Newar ’16 Legalization of Prostitution and its Impact on the Market for Human Trafficking
• Lauren Grimanis ’12 Inclusion of Gender in the Management of Water Resources in Rural African Communities
• Laura Valencia ’12 Study Abroad, Intercultural Friendships, and Transformation of Self and Society
• Sadaf Asrar ’11 Sowing the Seeds to a Higher Consumption: a Study on the Impact of Access to Formal Savings and Credit Mechanisms on the Economic Portfolios of Farming Households
• Matthew Jones ’05 Examining the impact of the East Asian crisis on household savings in Indonesia. Available at The Rand Corporation

To see more student research projects, visit Openworks.

Published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Eastern Economics Journal, Water International, and Journal of Extension. View a full list of publications.

• American Economics Association
• Eastern Economics Association
• INFER Research

• Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Club of Wooster, 2012
• Institute of International Education Heiskell Awards for Internationalizing the Campus -Business Education – Global Social Entrepreneurship 2011
• Mentorship Award, International Students Association, Wooster 2006.
• Nominee: Teacher of the Year, Bates College 2002

Grants

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