Elijah Brewer III, professor of finance

Expertise: Monetary policy and banking, evaluation of President-Elect Obama's economic proposals. Served as a consultant in the economic research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Phone: (312) 362-5151; e-mail: ebreweri@depaul.edu

Rebel A. Cole, associate professor of real estate

Expertise: President Elect Obama's economic team, financial institutions, bank failures and takeovers, credit market meltdown, how the bailout proposal addresses concerns of small businesses, sub-prime lending, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Served as a financial economist for the Federal Reserve Board from 1991 to 1998.

Phone: (312) 933-0584; e-mail: rcole@depaul.edu

Werner F.M. De Bondt, chair and director, Richard H. Driehaus Center for Behavioral Finance

Expertise: Investor psychology in the wake of the financial crisis, financial decision making, how investors perceive uncertainty and risk, stock market reaction to dramatic news or events.

Phone: (312) 362-8394; e-mail: wdebondt@depaul.edu

Joseph Schwieterman, director, DePaul's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, and professor of public service
Expertise: Infrastructure improvement programs that are part of Obama's economic stimulus proposal.  
Phone: (312) 362-5732; e-mail jschwiet@depaul.edu.

David Ehrlich, visiting assistant professor of public service
Expertise: Infrastructure improvement program financing. Worked for 15 years as a senior analyst with the U.S. Government Accountability Office evaluating transportation and infrastructure financing.
Phone: (312) 362-6794; e-mail dehrlich@depaul.edu.

 
Joan Junkus, associate professor of finance

Expertise: International finance, history of U.S. financial markets.

Phone: (312) 362-5009; e-mail: jjunkus@depaul.edu

Ann Marie Klingenhagen, finance instructor
Expertise: Banking, investments, strategic personal financial planning.

Phone: (312) 362-5903; e-mail: aklingen@depaul.edu

Carl Luft, associate professor or finance

Expertise: Investments, risk management, derivatives, valuation, international finance.

Phone: (312) 362-8428; e-mail:  cluft@depaul.edu

Thomas Mondschean, professor of economics

Expertise: Money supply, financial institutions, bank regulation, international economics. Served as an economic research consultant with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Phone: (312) 362-5210; e-mail: tmondsch@depaul.edu

Bruce Newman , professor of marketing

Expertise: Image of President-Elect Obama in relation to the financial crisis and response.  Editor of the Journal of Political Marketing and author of several books on political marketing, including “The Marketing of the President.”

Phone: (312) 362-5186; e-mail: bnewman@depaul.edu

Timothy Opiela, associate professor of economics

Expertise: Monetary policy, interest rates, money supply issues, Federal Reserve policies, bank regulation and mergers. Stock market issues related to interest rates.

Phone: Available for interviews on his cell until Oct. 3; call (312) 362-8592 to arrange.  Available at his office thereafter: (312) 362-5584; e-mail: topiela@depaul.edu

David J. Roberts, associate professor of accountancy

Expertise: Tax policy; the role of tax cuts in causing the economic crisis.  Roberts is certified public accountant and retired attorney who has a master's degree in taxation.

Phone: (312) 362-8388; e-mail: droberts@depaul.edu

James D. Shilling, Michael J. Horne Chair in Real Estate Studies

Expertise: Real estate economics, finance and investment; role of real estate in institutional investors’ portfolios; housing finance, mortgage securitization; commercial mortgage default, real estate asset pricing.

Phone: (312) 362-5921; e-mail: shilling@depaul.edu

Michael Miller, associate professor of economics

Expertise: General macroeconomic issues, economic indicators and business conditions, money, banking, financial markets, interest rates, value of the dollar.

Phone: (312) 362-8477; e-mail: mmiller@depaul.edu