E.
WAYNE NAFZIGER
University Distinguished Professor of economics
A
noted expert in international economics and developing economies,
E. Wayne Nafziger, University Distinguished Professor of economics
at Kansas State University, has presented lectures worldwide.
He has written more than 16 books including "Economic Development,
Inequality, and War" (with Juha Auvinen); "War, Hunger,
and Displacement: The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies"
(with Frances Stewart and Raimo Vayrynen); "The Debt Crisis
in Africa," nominated for the Political Economy Best Book
Award by the American Political Science Association; "Inequality
in Africa: Political Elites, Proletariat, Peasants and the Poor,"
which was named the Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1990;
and the fourth edition of "The Economics of Developing Countries."
In 1996-98, he was resident director of the United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economics Research's project in Helsinki, Finland, on the causes and prevention of humanitarian emergencies. The project, with 45 scholars from all over the world contributing, was in cooperation with Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University.
He has been Visiting Professor at the International University of Japan; Hewlett Fellow at the Carter Center, Atlanta; Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge; Fulbright Professor at Andhra University, India; Research Fellow at the University of Nigeria; Fellow of the East-West Center, Honolulu; and consultant for the International Peace Academy, the United Nations, and US Agency for International Development, and US Department of State.
He has been at K-State since 1966 where he has received the Edgar S. Bagley Research Award, the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research Senior Faculty Award for research excellence, and the Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Member award. He was named a University Distinguished Professor in 1999.
Nafziger is a member of many professional organizations including the American Economic Association, the Development Studies Association, the Association of Indian Economic Studies, the African Studies Association, and Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Kappa Phi honoraries.
Nafziger received his bachelor's degree from Goshen College, his master's from the University of Michigan, and his doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois.
Nafziger can be reached at 785-532-4579 or by e-mail at nafwayne@k-state.edu.