(September 10, 2008) Economoney A Look at the 2008-09 Salaries in ECO Continuing recent reports examining
some of the financials in the CoB's economics unit, this report presents the 2008-09 salaries for all of the
CoB-H's economics faculty. These data, which come from the 2008-09 USM Budget Book, are shown below in
Table 1.
SAMI DAKHLIA, FORMER ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
(September 11, 2008) Special Report Swimming in Quicksand An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research
Credentials Assistant professor of economics, Daniel Monchuk, was one of first new hires of the 2003-07
Harold Doty administration of the CoB. As a new PhD from Iowa State University, Monchuk came to the CoB
earning $68,000 per year. That salary rose by $3,811 with the 2006 merit raises, and again by $3,875 with the
2007 merit raises, so that Monchuk is earning a salary of $75,686 for the 2008-09 academic year. During this
time, Monchuk was building up his research portfolio, which now contains publications in Review of
Agricultural Economics, Review of Regional Studies, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Journal of
Regional Analysis and Policy and others.
(October 20, 2008) CoB News, 21 October 2008 Dakhlia Misses Boat in 2008 With fall break 2008 having come
and gone, sources tell USMNEWS.net that associate professor of economics, Sami Dakhlia, missed the boat on
his annual teaching trip to Europe. Apparently Dakhlia remained in Hattiesburg for the fall break week. As
long-time readers of USMNEWS.net recall, in past years’ fall break Dakhlia has journeyed to Europe for a
week-long for-pay teaching gig.
(October 24, 2008)Trouble in Paradise? Here are the teaching schedules for two of George Carter’s favorite
economists in EFIB: