Robert Brownlee
Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Education
BA: University of Wisconsin, Madison
PhD: Syracuse University
Expertise
Economic issues facing developing countries
BIOGRAPHY
Robert J. Brownlee is a professor emeritus of economics at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, where began teaching in 1978. He had prior teaching experience at Kalamazoo College in Michigan.
RESEARCH
Brownlee has special expertise in economic issues facing developing countries, and he spent a year in Uganda researching that country's developing economy. More recently, Brownlee has done work in the economics of tourism in Mexico (1993, 2000), Ecuador (1997, 2000), and in Fiji/Tonga/Samoa, including visits to remote rainforests. Brownlee and ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø students have investigated the question of whether developing areas could find a way to establish sustainable economic development without total disruption of their native lifestyles.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Brownlee's professional activities while at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø have emphasized consulting legal firms dealing with foregone future earnings cases.