Ragui Assaad is a nonresident senior fellow with Global Economy and Development and professor of planning and public affairs at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota.
Experience
Current Positions
- Professor of Planning and Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, the University of Minnesota
- Member, Board of Trustees, Arab Council for the Social Sciences
- Research Fellow and Project Director, Economic Research Forum (ERF)
Past Positions
- Regional Director for West Asia and North Africa, The Population Council (2005-2008)
- Associate Professor of Planning and Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota (1997-2003)
- Member, Board of Directors, Middle East Economic Association (1995-2000)
- Associate Editor for Economics, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (1992-1995)
- Assistant Professor of Planning and Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota (1990-1997)
- Principal Investigator, Construction Labor Market Study, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt (1987-1989)
Education
- Ph.D. (1991) Cornell University
- B.Sc., M.Sc. (1981) Stanford University
Language Fluency