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The Department of Economics is lead by
award-winning professor, Drew Mattson. Professor Mattson has
received awards and recognition from The Joint Council on Economic
Education and Minnesota Economics Association as well as being
awarded the Master Teacher designation from the National Institute
for Staff and Organizational Development at the University of Texas
in Austin. He has been with Anoka-Ramsey since 1980 and has holds
BA, MA, and MBA degrees. He has had corporate experience as well as
experience as a Senior Economic Analyst for the State of
Minnesota.
Professor Mattson has published many
articles on economic education and also research on alternative
energy potential in Minnesota. His current research interests
are in international development with a special focus on the plight
of children in developing nations. In response to his concerns
about those children, he helped set up a non-profit charity in 1999 which helps
fund education, health care, food and housing for at-risk children
in Guatemala.
Professor Mattson has been a leader in
online economics instruction pioneering the trend in the community
college system in Minnesota. Today, the online courses are the
first to fill every semester. He has also been active in the
community appearing on local television newscasts discussing current
issues of special concern to those living in the Northwest Suburbs
of Minneapolis. |
