Years at Knox: 1972 to present

Education
Ph.D., Economics, 1972, University of Illinois
M.A., Economics, 1967, Northern Illinois University
B.S., Business Administration, 1965, Northern Illinois University

Professional Interests
"I am trying to sort through the meaning and importance of the 'globalization' phenomena on the functioning of the international system. I am especially interested in conning the wider implications of global interdependence on the lower income countries of the world."

Teaching Interests
Microeconomics, international economics, development economics

Recent Scholarly Achievements
Publications
Politics and Change in the Middle East. Co-authored with Knox faculty Robert Seibert and Jon Wagner. Prentice-Hall; eighth edition, 2006.

Presentations
"Teaching the Middle East to US Undergraduates." Symposium on Conflict and Peace in the Middle East, 1998.

"Recent Developments in the Middle East." Illinois Central College, Peoria, Illinois, 1998.

Performance Rankings of Illinois School Districts. With Knox faculty members Richard Stout, Martin Eisenberg and James Nowlan. Taxpayer Federation of Illinois, Springfield, 1993.

Recognition
CIIS Fellow: Research on Economic Liberalization in Vietnam

Malone Fellow: Research in Syria and Kuwait, 1991

Malone Fellow: Research in Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, 1990

Awards
Most Distinguished Research Award: U.S. Governmental Research Association, 1994

Grants
Fulbright Grant: Research in Pakistan, 1986

Fellow, Institute for European Education:  Research in Germany on the Common Market, 1983

Involvement
Fulbright Professor: University of Zambia 1980-1981

Contact
randerse@knox.edu

What Students Say
"Professor Andersen is eccentric, highly entertaining in and out of the classroom, and always unpredictable.  Along with the upside-down graphs and satirical anecdotes, you will come away with a firm understanding of economics. He has a way of motivating students by demanding initiative. He challenges students to question theory and to arrive at insightful conclusions."
—Keith Lee, Economics and Philosophy Major