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ACADEMIC AFFILIATES & SENIOR ADVISORS


Economists and Staff

Academic Affiliates & Senior Advisors

Alphabetical Listing





Bernard E. Anderson, Ph.D. is Senior Advisor of Econsult Corporation and former Whitney M. Young Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Anderson is an expert on labor economics and human resource management and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor for the Employment Standards Administration.

William Babcock, J.D. is Senior Advisor of Econsult Corporation and Director of Development and Communications with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project and an Adjunct Professor in the Temple University Department of Criminal Justice. He has over 35 years of experience in criminal justice, including court administration, litigation, nonprofit management and education.

Jere R. Behrman, Ph.D. is the William Kenan Professor of Economics and former Chairperson of the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Behrman is an internationally recognized authority on labor economics, human resources, and the economics of developing countries.

Douglas H. Blair, Ph.D. is Professor of Economics and Political Science and former Chair of the Department of Economics at Rutgers University. Dr. Blair has applied his expertise in microeconomic theory to a variety of litigation areas including antitrust, regulation, and stockholder disputes.

Peter Cappelli, D.Phil. is the George W. Taylor Professor, Director of the Center for Human Resources, and former Chair of the Management Department of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a recognized expert on the organization of work, job skills, and the employment relationship.

Joseph P. Fuhr, Jr., Ph.D. is Senior Advisor of Econsult Corporation and Professor of Economics at Widener University. Dr. Fuhr has extensive experience in the analysis of antitrust matters and economic issues relating to the health care industry, telecommunications and sports.

David C. Lawrence is Senior Advisor of Econsult Corporation served as the Court Administrator of Philadelphia. The court system of Philadelphia is comprised of 125 judges in commission and almost 2,000 employees. During his tenure with the court, Mr. Lawrence worked to improve the delivery of justice to the citizens of Philadelphia and throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was deeply involved in the design and construction of the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center, a 500,000 square foot facility housing the criminal courts.

Janice F. Madden, Ph.D. is Professor of Regional Science, Sociology and Real Estate at the University of Pennsylvania. She received a Ph.D. in economics, specializing in econometrics (statistics) and microeconomics from Duke University. She has served on the faculty of the Federal Judicial Center. Dr. Madden is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on Equal Employment Opportunity litigation.

Roberto S. Mariano, Ph.D. is Professor of Economics and Statistics at the University of Pennsylvania. An expert on econometric modeling for forecasting and policy analysis, Dr. Mariano has consulted with Asian and American firms, Asian central banks and governments, and international agencies.

Olivia S. Mitchell, Ph.D. is the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor of Insurance and Risk Management in the Wharton School and Executive Director of the Pension Research Council. She is an expert on private and public pension systems and on other fringe benefits.

Robert A. Pollak, Ph.D. is the Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Pollak is one of the world's leading experts on price indices and consumer demand behavior.

Andrew W. Postlewaite, Ph.D. is Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Economics and Professor of Finance and Public Policy and Management in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Postlewaite's areas of specialty are industrial organization and finance.

Thomas J. Prusa, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Economics at Rutgers University. Dr. Prusa is an expert on international trade and on the process of adjudicating unfair trade complaints. He has testified before the International Trade Commission.

Lawrence J. Quartana, Ph.D. is a management and organizational consultant with over 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors. He is an Associate Director in the Wharton Communication Program at the University of Pennsylvania and was the Manager of Organizational Development for the City of Philadelphia during the Rendell Administration. 

Anita A. Summers, M.A. is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Public Policy and Management in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a leading expert on the economics of education and urban economics.