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William Perkins, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

William C. Perkins, Associate Professor of economics in the Department of Economics, Finance and Management, joined the faculty at Manhattanville College in the fall of 1987.   He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Rutgers University and from 1980 to 1987 held teaching positions at Rutgers College, Douglass College and Ramapo College of New Jersey. From 1975 to 1977 he was employed as an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, part of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. From 2000-2003, he served as chair of the Department of Economics, Finance and Management at Manhattanville.

William Perkins teaches economic theory, economic and business statistics, money and banking and government and business. He has a special professional interest in macroeconomics, monetary theory and policy and financial institutions. During the summer of 2010, he participated in the summer seminar called “Financial Crises: Past and Present” at New York University.

Professor Perkins has published articles and reviews in The American Economist, the Eastern Economic Review and Presidential Studies Quarterly. He is a member of the American Economic Association, the Eastern Economic Association, the History of Economics Society, the American Statistical Association and Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society in economics.