Professor
Department of Economics
Office - Barbelin 107C
Office Hours: Tuesday/Wednesday 12:00-2:00, Tuesday/Wednesday 5:00-7:00 and Thursday by appointment
Phone: (610) 660-1590
Email: mbookman@sju.edu
Education
Ph.D. Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (1983)
M.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics, London, England (1976)
B.A. with Honors International Relations, Brown University, Providence, RI (1975)
Certificate of Attendance, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (1974)
Certificate of Attendance, Patrice Lumumba University, Moscow (1973)
Courses Taught
Spring 2012
ECN 430-D01 Modern Economic Systems, TW 3:30-4:45
ECN 430-D02 Modern Economic Systems, TW 2:00-3:15
Research
Economic Development
Population Movements
Selected Publications
Economics in Film and Fiction, with Aleksandra Bookman (2008)
Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, with Karla Bookman (2007)
Tourists, Migrants and Refugees: Population Movements in Third World Development (2006)
After Involuntary Migration (2002)
Ethnic Groups in Motion (2002)
The Third Career (2000)
The Demographic Struggle for Power (1997)
Economic Decline and Nationalism in the Balkans (1994)
The Economics of Secession (1993)
The Political Economy of Discontinuous Development (1991)
Issues in Indian Agricultural Development (1987)
Invited Lectures:
University of Pennsylvania, The Woodrow Wilson Center, Foreign Policy Research Institute, University of Miami, United States Army War College, among others.
University Leadership:
Director of RECES Program (Russian and East Central European Studies) 2002-2005
Awards:
Tengelmann Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research (2001)
Saint Joseph's University Research Award (1999, 1998, 1994, 1992)
Saint Joseph's University Summer Grant (2008, 2001, 1994, 1991, 1989, 1985)
Winner of Choice's Outstanding Book of the Year Award (1983)
