Utica Observer Dispatch, February 13, 2008, Wednesday

Utica Observer Dispatch

February 13, 2008, Wednesday

Utica Observer Dispatch

On the Move: Charles J. Whalen

Observer-Dispatch

Utica College names Whalen professor, director
Utica College has named Charles J. Whalen professor and director of business and economics.

Whalen has served as a professor at Cornell University in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Wells College.

A former Fulbright Senior Scholar and visiting professor at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China, Whalen went on to sit on the Fulbright Scholar Review Committee for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

He has written extensively for both academic and nonacademic audiences. His recent books include “Political Economy for the 21st Century,” “New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment,” and he is working on “Human Resource Economics and Public Policy.”

He also serves as editor of “Perspectives on Work,” a journal published by the Labor and Employment Relations Association. He also is a visiting fellow at Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Whalen earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Texas at Austin and has an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.