Biography
Dr. Inhyuck "Steve" Ha (Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) is a Professor
of Economics at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He has been
the director of the MBA program in the College of Business. His areas of interest
are economics of discrimination, spatial econometrics, community economic development
and economic impact analysis. He has extensive experience conducting statistical analysis
and understanding the complexities of real-world data. His current research projects
include studying the effects of affirmative action policy in public procurement and
contracting, and labor market discrimination. He has over 20 years of experience in
working on the issues of racial discrimination and numerous DBE goal-setting and disparity
studies. Prior to his current position, Dr. Ha worked in the Humphrey Institute of
Public Affairs at University of Minnesota, and in the Haas Center for Business Research
and Economic Development at University of West Florida as Forecasting Program Director.
Teaching Interests
He has been teaching Microeconomics (Econ 231), Macroeconomics (Econ 232), Business
Forecasting (Econ 300), Monetary and International Economics (Econ 303), Regional
Economic Analysis (Econ 307), and Natural Resource Economics (Econ 310), and two courses
- Applied Business Economics and Applied Business Statistics in the MBA program.
Research Interests
His concentrations are on regional economics, community economic development, economics
of discrimination, economic impact analysis, tourism economics, and econometric modeling.
