Department: Accounting, Economics and Finance

Academic Credentials

MBA/CPA CMA CFM CGFM CIA CFSA CISA CFE AR

Teaching Areas

Accounting

Research Interests

Accounting, Financial Management, and Audit […]

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Academic Credentials

Ph.D., Economics, University of Bordeaux

Biography

Dr. Amel has been a faculty member at Marymount University since 2017. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Bordeaux (France). She also holds a B.S. in Economics and two master’s degrees in International Economics and Finance.

Her main research interests are focused on industrial policy, cluster policy, economic growth, innovation and monetary unions. She has manipulated large datasets and has published in peer-reviewed journals. For instance, she used quantitative skills to analyze the selection process of a cluster policy through a logit model, and to capture its impact on firms’ performance in the optic/photonic industry by combining a propensity score matching procedure and a differences-in-differences estimation. This work was published in 2019 in the peer-reviewed journal Regional Studies and was supported by a public grant overseen by the French National Research Agency. Dr. Amel collaborates with the University of Bordeaux on research projects related to competitiveness.

Dr. Amel has been teaching economics at several institutions since 2009. She has received a Turnitin Global Innovation Award in 2018 for her efforts to address academic integrity issues, and she offers her economic expertise to the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys. She speaks four languages and has lived in France, England and Scotland before settling in the DC area. 

Other Information

Teaching Area

• International Economics
• Money and Banking
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics

Research Interests

• Industrial Policy
•  Competitiveness Policy
• Industrial Clusters
• Innovation
• Monetary Unions
• European Economies
• Economics Education 

Publications

• Ben Abdesslem, A., & Kauffmann, P. (2014). European growth: a crisis exit strategy. Economic analysis, 47(3-4), 3-19. Ben Abdesslem, A., & Chiappini, R. (2019).
• Cluster policy and firm performance: a case study of the French optic/photonic industry. Regional Studies, 53(5), 692-705. Ben Abdesslem, A. (2019)
• How to Turn a Check for Plagiarism Into a Teachable Moment. Faculty Focus. Ben Abdesslem, A. (2021)
• Proper sourcing isn’t just good scholarship – It’s also essential for our democracy. EdTechReview. January.

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Academic Credentials

B.Sc., M.B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of New Orleans
M.B.A.-PLUS, University of North Carolina

Biography

Other Information

Teaching Area

• Finance
• Economics

Research Interests

Her current research interests include : The impact of colonialization on GDP per capita of emerging (developing) nations, determining the probability of bankruptcy with various models and Behavioral Finance. 

Bio

Dr. Theresia Wansi holds a Ph.D in Financial Economics from the University of New Orleans, MBA-PLUS (Information & Technology Management) from the University of Carolina at Charlotte, MBA (Finance concentration), MA (Economics) and BSc (Business Administration – computer science option) from the University of New Orleans. She teaches face-to-face and online at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Publications

Her publications include:

• “Drivers Of Reserves Accumulation In The South East Asian Countries,” co-authored with Shrestha, B Min, http://www.seacen.org/workingpapers.php , 2014.
• “Does Purchasing Power Parity hold between the US and Canada? Evidence from 1957 to 2010,” co-authored with Grumlose, Dean, The South Western Journal of Economics. Vol X1, No. 111, 2012.
• “Integration across the MIS and Finance Curriculum – A Case Study of Team Teaching,” co-authored with Liu,Michelle , Competition Forum. 2012.
• “Changing Risk, Return and Leverage: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis,” co-authored with N. Maroney and A. Naka, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) March 2004.”

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