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Robert Koopman Hurst Sr Prof Lecturer SIS - Pol Govern Econ

Contact
Robert Koopman
SIS - School of International Service
Thursday 3pm to 5pm
or by arrangement
Degrees
PhD, Economics, Boston College, 1985
BS, Economics, University of Southern Maine, 1979

Bio
Currently Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer
November 2014-July 2022 Chief Economist and Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division.
July 2011 - October 2014 Chief Operating Officer and Director, Office of Operations, USITC
July 1999 - July 2011 Chief Economist and Director, Office of Economics, USITC
October 1996 0 July 1999, Deputy Administrator, Economic and Community Systems at CSREES (now NIFA), USDA
Previously (1985-1996), Deputy Director for Research and Analysis, Chief of the Europe, Africa, and Middle East Branch, Section Head, Central and East European Section, Research Economist Agricultural Trade Policy Branch, and Research Economist in the USSR Branch, Economic Research Service, USDA
For the Media
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Teaching

Spring 2023

  • SIS-754 Topics in Int'l Econ Relations: WTO and U.S. Trade Policy

Fall 2023

  • SIS-616 International Economics

  • SIS-616 International Economics

  • SIS-754 Topics in Int'l Econ Relations: Climate Change Global Trading