Westchester Community College, State University of New York

Farhad Ameen

Contact Information

Phone: 914-606-7860
Office location:  CLA 39
Email: farhad.ameen@sunywcc.edu
Title: Professor of Economics
Department/Division: Arts, Humanities & Social Science

Degree Information:

• Ph.D., Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (1996)
• M.A., Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (1988)
• B.S.S. (Honours), Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1985)

Courses Taught:

• Econ 101:  Macroeconomics
• Econ 102:  Microeconomics
• Econ 101-H:  Macroeconomics-Honors
• Econ 102-H:  Microeconomics-Honors
• Econ 215:  International Economics

Honors and Awards:

• SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor (2015)
• WCC Foundation Faculty Excellence Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2007)
• SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2001)
• Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Endowed Chair for Business & Public Policy (since 2000)
• Outstanding Mentor Award for student paper at BEACON – A Conference of Student Scholars. Pennsylvania. (2004)

Publications:

• “Does it Pay to be Social?” in Social Capital and Economic Well-Being, CFPR Working Paper Series No. 15, Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), Aga Khan Foundation Canada and Canadian International Development Agency. November, 2006.
• “Loan Repayment in the Grameen Bank: The Importance of Borrower Opportunity Cost and Gender,” in Research in Banking and Finance, 5. Special issue on Bank and Financial Market Efficiency:  Global Perspectives. Hasan and W.C. Hunter, eds. Elsevier, 2004.
• “Why This Doomsday Fiscal Scenario Could Be Far Off,” Letter to the Editor, Financial Times. February, 2007.
• “Professor Muhammad Yunus: Building a World Without Poverty,” in Bengali magazine Porshi. (in Bengali). April, 2005. 

Conference Presentations:

• Presented paper entitled “Does It Pay To Be Social? Social Capital and Economic Well-Being,” at the American Economic Association (AEA) annual meetings – Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB) session.  New Orleans.  January, 2008.
• Presented paper entitled “Does It Pay To Be Social?” at the 63^rd International Atlantic Economic Conference. Madrid. March, 2007.
• Presented paper entitled “Loan Repayment in the Grameen Bank: The Importance of Borrower Opportunity Cost and Gender” at the 75 Years of Development Research Cornell University, May, 2004.
• Presented paper entitled “The Determinants of Loan Repayment in the Grameen Bank: An Empirical Analysis” at the Eastern Economic Association annual meetings. New York. March, 1998.
• Presented paper entitled “Analysis of an Interlinked Loan Scheme,” presented at the Fourth Annual Southeast Economic Theory and Trade Conference. University of Alabama. October, 1992.

Institution Service or Academic Service:

• Curriculum Chair, Liberal Arts/Social Sciences, WCC (1999 – 2008)
• Acting Chair, Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences, WCC (2003)
• Chair & Member, Central Committee, WCC (1998-2000)
• Chair, Search and Screen Committee for the position of Associate Dean of the Division of Business, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Public & Human Services, WCC, 2002.
• Member, Search and Screen Committees for faculty positions in Business, Economics, Geography, History, Human Services, Nursing, Philosophy, Sociology, Travel & Tourism.  WCC
• Faculty Advisor (Amnesty International, Human Rights Union), WCC
• Referee – Middle East Development Journal.
• Reviewer – McGraw Hill, Pearson, Norton.