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Dr. McDermott
Professor of Economics International Economics & Economic Development |
John H. McDermott (Ph.D., Brown University, 1979) is a Professor in the Department
of Economics, where he has served since 1983. He has published several articles in the areas of
economic growth and development and international monetary theory. His papers “Early
Development” and “Industrial Development and the Convergence Question” appeared recently in the
American Economic Review. His paper “Development Dynamics: Economic Integration and
the Demographic Transition” was in the
Journal of Economic Growth.
He has served as chairman on numerous Ph.D. and M.A. thesis committees. He has taught for several years in the International Master of Business Administration (formerly MIBS) program, earning five Outstanding Professor awards. He has also taught International Monetary Theory and Growth Theory at the Ph.D. level and undergraduate level. In 1990 he taught for a semester at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He spent six months at the Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil on a Fulbright Award. He served on the University Budget Committee, the University Tenure and Promotion Committee, and the Faculty Senate. He was Graduate Director of the Department of Economics from 1991-1999.
Education
He has served as chairman on numerous Ph.D. and M.A. thesis committees. He has taught for several years in the International Master of Business Administration (formerly MIBS) program, earning five Outstanding Professor awards. He has also taught International Monetary Theory and Growth Theory at the Ph.D. level and undergraduate level. In 1990 he taught for a semester at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He spent six months at the Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil on a Fulbright Award. He served on the University Budget Committee, the University Tenure and Promotion Committee, and the Faculty Senate. He was Graduate Director of the Department of Economics from 1991-1999.
Education
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Ph.D., Brown University, 1979
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M.A., Brown University, 1974
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B.S., F.S., Georgetown University, 1973