Graduate Students

Congratulations to our Spring 2012 MIPER Graduates: Idara Ebong, Zuhra Faizi, Hamed Ibrahim, Eric Aboghe Nzet, Caterina Stewart, and Ross Wyeno.

Margaret "Mattie" Albert, malbert@mymail.mines.edu
Masters in International Political Economy of Resources, May 2013
Specialization: Engineering & Technology Management
B.S. Economics, George Mason University
Research Interests: property rights and natural resources, economic development, Central Asia, Middle East

Ghislain Boukoubi, gboukoub@mines.edu

Joe Carr, jocarr@mymail.mines.edu
Masters in International Political Economy of Resources, May 2013
B.A. Political Science, Colorado University
Research Interests: energy and foreign policy

Shawn Cole, mcole@mines.edu

Idara "Id" Ebong, iebong@mymail.mines.edu
Masters in International Political Economy of Resources, May 2012
Thesis: The Niger Delta Conflict: Breakdown of Corporate Social Responsibility and Institutional Failures
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Benin, Nigeria
Research Interests:resource conflicts, environmental and energy policies Experience:quality control of consumer products, oil and gas industry (systems operation and monitoring), insurance risk management

Zuhra Faizi, bfaizi@mines.edu

Taylor Foster, tfoster@mymail.mines.edu
Masters in International Political Economy of Resources, May 2013
B.A. Finance, University of Texas Arlington
Research Interests: international and U.S. development, international and U.S. security

Jamison Hill

Nate Mauger, nmauger@mines.edu

Cameron Nazminia, cameronnazminia@gmail.com
Masters in International Political Economy of Resources, December 2012
Thesis
B.S. Finance, University of Wyoming

Eric Aboghe Nzet, eraboghe@mymail.mines.edu
Masters in International Political Economy of Resources, May 2012
Specialization: ethnic conflict and natural resources
Working thesis: Natural Resources and Intractable ethnic-political conflict: Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Masters in Public Economy, BA in Public Economy
Research Interests: political science, evolution of institutions, regime types

Nathan Reich, nathan.marcus@gmail.com
Masters in International Political Economy of Resources, Decmber 2012
Minor: Mineral and Energy Economics
MA in Philosophy, Univeresity of Chicago; B.A. Philosophy, Bard College, Minor in German
Research Interests: geopolitics, macroeconomic theory, econometrics, U.S. foreign policy

Matthew Shafer, mshafer@mines.edu

Caterina Stewart, castewar@mines.edu

Ross Wyeno, rwyeno@mymail.mines.edu
Masters in International Political Economy of Resources, May 2012
Thesis: The Political Economy of Gasoline-to-CNG Switching
B.S. Finance and Business
Research Interests: enegery and environmental policy, political economy

Jing Xie, jxie@mines.edu

Kenny Yoo, kilnam001@comcast.net