Edward Sayre
Professor
Bio
Dr. Edward A. Sayre is Professor of Economics and Executive Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Sayre鈥檚 research focuses on the economics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and statistical analyses of Middle East labor markets, including those of Tunisia, Palestine, and Qatar. Sayre is the co-editor (with Tarik M. Yousef) of Young Generation Awakening: Society, Economy, and Policy on the Eve of the Arab Spring (Oxford University Press, 2016). Before starting his current position at USM, Sayre was a visiting research associate at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) in Jerusalem and taught at Kenyon College and Agnes Scott College. From 2010-2012 Dr. Sayre was a Non-Resident Fellow for Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Sayre served on the Board of Directors the Middle East Economic Association from 1999 to 2015 and was Treasurer from 2009 to 2015.
- PHD - University of Texas at Austin (1999)
- MS - University of Texas at Austin (1996)
- BA - University of Texas at Austin (1993)
ECO 305 Economic Issues
ECO 101 Basic Economics
ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 305 History of Economic Thought
ECO 340 鈥婸rice Theory
ECO 436 International Economics
ECO 493 Economics Captsone
- Mandated Benefits and Gendered Wage Gaps: Evidence from Israel, Feminist Economics, 2022,
- Social Vulnerability and Perceptions of Recovery from the 2011 Tuscaloosa Tornado, Southeastern Geographer, 2018,
- The School-to-Work Transition in Palestine: The Role of Education and Family Background, MUSLIM WORLD, 2017,
- Relative Deprivation and Palestinian Suicide Bombings, ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2010,
- Arabic (Professional Working)