Doctoral Students - Economics | SIU College of Business and Analytics

Omotara Adeeko received her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Redeemers University in Ede, Nigeria, and took a position as a Management Associate in Sterling Bank Nigeria for three years. She earned her Master of Economics degree from Eastern Illinois University in 2016. Her research interests include Development Economics, International trade and finance and Productivity.

Olawale Adisa received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Covenant University in 2013. In 2017 he earned his Master of Science degree in Economics from University of Rome, Tor Vergata.

Korede Ajogbeje received his Bachelor’s from Ekiti State University and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Prior to beginning his doctoral program, he had two years of research experience as a Management Scholar at the Lagos Business School, ...read full profile >>

Christian Darfah received his bachelor’s degree in 2012 in Economics and Mathematics at the University of Ghana, where he was awarded the Sadhu T.L. Vaswani/Indian Association of Ghana Endowment Fund for best economics students. He taught calculus and algebra at the University of Ghana as a ...read full profile >>

Oksana Grabova earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Finance from Sevastopol National Technical University in Crimea, Ukraine in 2012. She received her master’s degree in Economics from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 2018. Her current research interests include international trade and development.

Nneamaka “Amaka” Ilechukwu is an economics doctoral candidate. Ilechukwu received her bachelor’s degree in economics from Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Nigeria in 2000. She went on to earn her Master of Science in International Economics and Finance in 2015. Her ...read full profile >>

Aroni Kabita Porna earned her bachelor’s degree from North South University, Bangladesh and master’s degree in Economics from Carleton University, Canada. Prior to joining the PhD program, she worked as a lecturer at North South University, where she taught courses on economics and ...read full profile >>

A. M. Muhib Morshed Ami earned his BSc (Hons) degree from University of Toronto – St. George campus, and MA in Economics degree from Carleton University, Canada. He then worked as a lecturer at North South University in Bangladesh, where he taught courses in economics and mathematics. He joined ...read full profile >>

Nawaraj Sharma Paudel is a third year Ph.D. student in Economics and a Teaching Assistant. He began the Ph.D. program in Economics at SIUC in Fall 2017. His doctoral research focuses on the U.S.A. Interstate Migration, Interstate Trade and Politics. In broad, his research interest lies in the field of ...read full profile >>

Erickosowo Tiku received her bachelor's degree in Economics from Bingham University in Karu, Nigeria in 2011. She earned her master's degree in Economics from Eastern Illinois University in 2015. Her research interests include Development Economics and International Trade.