Kossi Makpayo

Professor, School of Business and Economics

Biography

Dr. Kossi Makpayo is a Professor of Economics at Concordia University Irvine. Prior to joining Concordia, he taught and mentor many students for ten years at has been at Marymount California University. He is passionate about teaching and always looks forward to help students attain their academic goals. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics (fields: International Economics and Applied Econometrics) from Suffolk University, Boston, MA, a Masters (D.E.A) in Economics (fields: Money, Finance, Banking and International Economics) from the University of Senegal (UCAD), and a B.A. (Maîtrise) in Economics (fields: Math, Stats and Econometrics) from the University of Bamako, Mali. 

He taught Economics for Planning, Global Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, Statistics Decision Making& Modelling; Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, People Profit Planet and Perspectives on Global Development at Marymount California University. Prior to joining MCU, he has taught various courses including Principles of Economics, Economic Development, Introduction to Globalization Studies (co-taught), Statistics & Business Decision Models, Applied Statistics to Business and Economics, and Managerial Economics at Siena College, Upstate NY; Northeastern University and Suffolk University, both in Boston, MA. 

He has been voted twice Outstanding Faculty of the Year (2014-2015 & 2016-2017) by the students of MCU. He was also the first recipient of the Award of Teaching Excellence (Economics Department, Suffolk University; January 2010), a 2008 Outstanding Faculty of the Year nominee (Student Government Association, Suffolk University, April 2008), and Certified E-learning Instructor (Northeastern University, July 2010). His areas of teaching and research interests include General Economics, Business Economics, International Economics (Trade and Finance), Development Economics (including Poverty Analysis and Impact Evaluation), Applied Statistical Methods, Applied Econometrics (including Applied Microeconometrics).

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