Menna Bizuneh
Associate Professor of Economics
On Sabbatical 2023-2024
Director, Claremont Faculty Leadership Program (CFLP)
+Scholar-In-Residence
With Pitzer Since: 2014
Field Group: Economics
Campus Address: Scott 204
Phone: 909.607.9127
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: See Faculty Directory
Educational Background
PhD Economics, Georgia State University
MS Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BS Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
BA Economics, Emory University
Recent Courses
Time Series Analysis (ECON 197)
Senior Seminar (ECON 198)
International Finance (ECON 147)
International Trade (ECON 145)
Macroeconomic Theory (ECON 104)
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON 051)
Selected Scholarly Works
Bizuneh, M. (2021). Are We Floating Yet? Duration of Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes. Eastern Economic Journal, doi: https://rdcu.be/cAct0
Bizuneh, M., & Geremew, M. (2021). Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Emerging Market Economies. Eastern Economic Journal, 1-27.
Bizuneh, M., Buigut, S., & Valev, N. (2020). Beyond Borders: The Euro Crisis and Public Support for Monetary Integration in East Africa. South African Journal of Economics, 88(4), 518-535.
Bizuneh, M., Buigut, S., & Valev, N. (2018). Gaining global clout through monetary union: Evidence from East Africa. Journal of Economic Integration, 33(2), 1363-1387.
Bizuneh, M., & Valev, N. (2014). Safety in Numbers: Bailouts and the Decision to Join the EMU. Comparative Economic Studies, 56(3), 452-468.
Bizuneh, M., & Valev, N. (2014). The Devil you Know: Pegs vs Floats with Uncertain Outcomes. Review of International Economics, 22(4), 686-699.
Recent Conferences and Invited Talks
“Are We Floating Yet? Duration of Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes,” invited talk, paper presented at the International Trade and Finance Association Seminar, Virtually, April 2021.
“Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Emerging Market Economies,” (with Menelik Geremew), paper presented at the Eastern Economic Association Conference, Virtually, February 2021.
“Matching Matters: Women and the Choice to major in Economics,” (with Alexandre Baude, Antara Anand, and Morgan Stockham) paper presented at the Southern Economic Association Conference Washington DC, November 2018.
Selected Grants, Honors and Awards
Women in Education Leadership, Harvard University, 2021
Claremont Faculty Leadership Program, 2020
Doman Faculty Fellowship, “Breaking the Peg-Determinants of Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes”, 2020
Consortium for High Achievement and Success Pedagogy Grant for Promoting Excellence, “Demystifying the Economics Major Shortage of Women in Minority Groups,” 2015
Other Information
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