Adjunct Faculty

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Diana MossDiana L. Moss

PhDÌýEconomics, Colorado School of Mines
President, American Antitrust Institute

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Diana Moss became the President of the American Antitrust Institute in January 2015. An economist, Dr. Moss has developed and expanded AAI’s advocacy channels and strategies, and strengthened communications with enforcers, Congress, other advocacy groups, and the media. Her work spans both antitrust and regulation, with industry expertise in digital technology, electricity, petroleum, food and agriculture, airlines, telecommunications, and healthcare. Before joining AAI in 2001, Dr. Moss was at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where she coordinated the agency’s competition analysis for electricity mergers. From 1989 to 1994, she consulted in private practice in the areas of regulation and antitrust. Dr. Moss has spoken widely on various topics involving competition policy and enforcement, testified before Congress, appeared before state and federal regulatory commissions, and made numerous radio and television appearances. She has published articles in a number of economic and legal academic journals, including: American Economic Review, Journal of Industrial Organization, the Energy Law Journal, and the Antitrust Bulletin. She is editor of Network Access, Regulation and Antitrust (2005). Dr. Moss is Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Economics at the °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼. She holds a MAÌýdegree from the University of Denver and a PhDÌýfrom the Colorado School of Mines. Email:Ìýdmoss@antitrustinstitute.org


Affiliated Faculty

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Sara Avila ForcadaSara Avila Forcada

Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Economics & Continuing EducationÌý

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Sara Avila is an economics Associate Teaching Professor​ with almost two decades of experience teaching in public and private universities. Her research interests are in the fields of environmental and urban economics. She has worked on topics related to air quality, climate change, urban transportation, and biodiversity conservation. She is always learning about better methods to communicate and teach. She is passionate about building understanding in a diverse environment, and she uses online teaching as a tool to achieve this goal.
Office:ÌýECON 06A •Ìý303.492.8737
Email:Ìýsara.avila@colorado.edu
Website:Ìý/faculty/avila-sara/

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AlpnaBhatiaAlpna Bhatia

Associate Teaching Professor​
Department of Economics & Continuing Education
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Dr. Alpna Bhatia (Dr. B) has a PhD in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her areas of academic research and interest include (but are not limited to) gender issues, sustainable development, and teaching methodology. She has been learning and teaching for around twenty years. Outside of class, Dr. B is the chief experimenter in her kitchen, master list maker, and occasional killer of plants.Ìý
Office:ÌýECON 06A •Ìý303.492.8737
Email:ÌýAlpna.bhatia@colorado.edu

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Matthew G. BurgessMatthew G.ÌýBurgess

Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies Program & Department of Economics

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Matthew Burgess is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies, with a courtesy appointment in Economics. His research focuses on natural resource management, endangered species conservation, and issues in global sustainability. He uses a combination of mathematical and computer modeling, data synthesis, and collaboration with stakeholders, in order to make conceptual advances and link them to practice.Ìý
Email:ÌýMatthew.G.Burgess@Colorado.edu
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Namsuk ChoiNamsuk Choi
Lecturer

Namsuk Choi, PhD, University of Colorado, 2008, is a lecturer at °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ and an associate professor of international trade at the Jeonbuk National University in Korea. He has researched on Korean trade policies with the U.S. His fields of research interest are international trade & investment and economic development. His current research focuses on the US military installations and its influence on Christianity and demographics in Korea.
Office: ECON 14C
Email:ÌýNamsuk.Choi@colorado.edu

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Karen GebhardtKaren Gebhardt

Associate Teaching Professor​
Professor of Economics Pedagogical Practice

Director of the Online Economics Program
Director for Undergraduate Online Learning

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Karen Gebhardt'sÌýresearch focuses on using learning analytics to improve student learning outcomes in economics education with an emphasis on improving grades and completion rates in online courses. She is an early adopter of technology in the classroom and advocates strongly for it because she sees the difference it makes in student engagement and learning. In her free time, Karen enjoys rock climbing and traveling in the Colorado Rockies and beyond.Ìý
Office:ÌýECON 203 •Ìý303.492.2493
Email:ÌýKaren.Gebhardt@Colorado.edu
Website:Ìý/faculty/karengebhardt/

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Kremena Platikanova-GrossKremena Platikanova-Gross

Visiting Assistant Professor

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Kremena Platikanova-Gross has a PhD in Economics from the University of Colorado since 2006. Her research interests are in the fields of Econometrics and International Trade. She teaches undergraduate classes in Econometrics.Ìý
Office:ÌýECON 14CÌý
Email: Kremena.Platikanova@Colorado.edu

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