NEW ECONOMICS PROFESSOR TO JOIN BRYN MAWR

Michael Rock, a distinguished scholar of international economic and environmental policy with special expertise in development in East Asia, has been appointed Harvey Wexler Professor and chair of the economics department at Bryn Mawr. Rock will begin his tenure at Bryn Mawr on July 1.

"I am excited about joining the Bryn Mawr community," said Rock, "because of the opportunities to work with an accomplished group of scholars in the economics department, play an active role in the Center for International Studies, and teach courses in economic development, international trade and development and the environment."

A native of Lyndora, Pa., Rock currently serves as professor of economics and chairman of the department of economics and management at Hood College in Frederick, Md. Rock has taught economics in Thailand and Vietnam and has consulted for the Asian Development Bank, the Asia Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank.

His books include Pollution Control in East Asia: Lessons from the Newly Industrializing Economies (2002), Asia's Clean Revolution: Industry, Growth and the Environment (2000) and Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development (1996). He has published widely in academic journals and has authored numerous reports for government and private-sector agencies.

Among the research grants, contracts and fellowships Rock has won are a MacArthur Foundation writing and research grant, a research contract from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and a grant from the National Science Foundation's Economics and Geography and Regional Science Program.

Rock has taught at Bennington College, the University of Denver and Mount Holyoke College. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. in economics from Duquesne University.

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