The university has compiled a list of faculty experts to help reporters develop stories related to domestic and global economics. To interview a faculty member, contact the staff member listed with each expert. We are continuing to build and update this list.
Trade, Tariffs and Supply Chain
Mark Ferguson is the Associate Dean for Accreditation and Strategic Planning, and the Dewey H. Johnson Professor of Management Science at the Darla Moore School of Business at USC. His research involves many areas of supply chain management, including design, efficiency, pricing and revenue management. Early in his career, he served for five years as a manufacturing engineer and inventory manager with IBM.
News Contact: Adam Brown, adam.brown@moore.sc.edu, 614-596-6724.
William R. Hauk Jr. is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the Darla Moore School of Business at USC. He has taught international trade, intermediate macroeconomics, principles of macroeconomics and government policy toward business and regularly teaches an international trade course for the university’s doctoral program. His research focuses on political economy impacts on international trade preferences and economic growth prospects.
News Contact: Kristine Hartvigsen, hartvigk@mailbox.sc.edu, 6803-777-7548.
Economic Forecasting and Market Research
Joseph C. Von Nessen is a research economist in the Division of Research at the Darla Moore School of Business, where he specializes in regional economics, regional economic forecasting and housing economics. He regularly conducts a wide variety of economic impact analyses, feasibility studies and independent market research projects for clients in both the private and public sector. He is responsible for the preparation and presentation of USC’s annual statewide economic forecast. He serves on the advisory committee of the South Carolina Board of Economic Advisors and is regularly invited to brief the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on economic conditions in South Carolina.
News Contact: Kristine Hartvigsen, hartvigk@mailbox.sc.edu, 6803-777-7548.