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Director, Office of the University Economist; Director, Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research; Professor of Economics
Senior Research Economist, L. William Seidman Research Institute
Associate Director, Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research; Manager of Research Initiatives, Office of the University Economist
Provides a demographic profile of the Latino population in the United States and in Arizona, based primarily on the 2018 American Community Survey; examines demographic changes between 2010 and 2018; and simulates the economic impact of raising the educational attainment of Latinos. The rate of increase in the Latino population has been less since 2007 than during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Director, Office of the University Economist; Director, Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research; Professor of Economics
Dennis received a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Grand Valley State University, a M.S. in economics from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University in 1978. He has served on the faculty of the Department of Economics at ASU since 1979, as director of ASU’s L. William Seidman Research Institute (2004-24), and as the director of the Office of the University Economist since 2005.
Senior Research Economist, L. William Seidman Research Institute
Eva received her B.S. in finance from Babes-Bolyai University in Romania, a M.S. in business management from Politehnica University in Romania, and a M.A. in economics from Western Michigan University in 2000. She worked as a research analyst at the W. E. Upjohn Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan prior to joining ASU’s L. William Seidman Research Institute in 2007.
Associate Director, Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research; Manager of Research Initiatives, Office of the University Economist
After receiving his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Toledo, Tom earned his Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University in 1976. After working in the private sector, he joined ASU in 1980, working for the predecessor of the L. William Seidman Research Institute. Since 2005, he has served as manager of research initiatives in the Office of the University Economist.
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