Economics at GCC  
 
Glendale Community College   6000 W. Olive Avenue   Glendale, Arizona 85302-9983   Tel: (623) 845-3685
 


Learn more about Economics by exploring websites designed by GCC's own faculty. What is the Consumer Price Index? How is it used to measure inflation? Check out Professor Garesché's Index Numbers website. Or experiment with Professor Kvaran's Circular Flow Models and discover how different elements of the economy interact.


Meet GCC's full-time* Economics faculty:

Dr. Paul DePippoPaul D. DePippo, Ph.D. (teaches Spring Semester only).  Paul DePippo received his BA and MS degrees from Arizona State University. In 1983 he received his Ph.D. in economics also from Arizona State University. While a doctoral student he was named economics student of the year. Since 1976 he has taught courses on labor economics, intermediate microeconomics, and introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics. Dr. DePippo has served as President of the Glendale Community College Faculty Senate and as President of the Maricopa County Community College District Faculty Association.
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Gay GarescheGay Garesché     Gay Garesché has been teaching at Glendale College since 1987. She has a BA in economics from the University of Illinois, where she graduated with high honors and distinction in economics. She has her MA from the University of Toronto where she was a University of Toronto Open Fellow. She did work toward an MBA at the University of Toronto and toward a PhD in economics at Arizona State University. In addition to teaching, Ms. Garesché worked nine years as an economist in industry, government, and a non-profit business research organization.  
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Hannes KvaranHannes Kvaran     Hannes Kvaran has a BS degree in mathematics and an MS degree in economics from Eastern Michigan University. His doctoral work at Arizona State University was in the field of international economic development. He began teaching at Glendale Community College in the Summer of 1982 and joined the permanent faculty in 1984. At Glendale Community College he has divided his teaching time among courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, algebra, business calculus, and integrated studies. He has served three terms as a member of the Glendale Community College Faculty Senate, and serves as the Maricopa District representative to the state-wide Economics Articulation Task Force.
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Dr. William LamkinWilliam Lamkin, Ph.D.     William Lamkin has a BA in economics from the University of Illinois and an MA (1976) and a Ph.D. (1983) in political science from the University of Toronto. While a student at the University of Toronto he was awarded four Open Fellowships and two International Studies research grants. He has done extensive postdoctoral work in economics. Dr. Lamkin has worked as a real estate agent, broker, and property manager in addition to teaching numerous evening classes at Arizona State University, Arizona State University West, and Glendale Community College as an adjunct faculty member. In 1991 he joined the permanent faculty at Glendale Community College where he teaches a broad range of economics and political science courses.
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Sasha Radisich, Ph.D. Sasha Radisich has a BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College and a MA and Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University. He spent six years teaching lower-division, upper-division, and graduate Economics courses at California State University, Long Beach, before coming to GCC in 2005.
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Gay Garesche, Assistant ChairHannes Kvaran
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Tel: (623) 845-3696
Office: 05-105 

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