PNC Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Distinction

 WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central faculty member Dr. Tantatape Brahmasrene, professor of economics, has again distinguished himself in his field as he was recently selected for a Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant in Economics at Prince of Songkla University Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Thailand.

Brahmasrene will help establish the faculty of economics and aid in curriculum development, faculty enrichment and international program enhancement. The Fulbright program works to increase understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

This is the second Fulbright distinction for Brahmasrene. In April 2001 he became the first PNC faculty member to receive the prestigious J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship.
Brahmasrene’s honors include earning the Outstanding Educator Award from the Academy of Educational Leadership, the Distinguished Research Award from the Academy for Studies in International Business, a Sasakawa Fellowship from the Nippon Foundation, the Foundation for Economic Education Scholarship, a Purdue University Summer Faculty Grant and Prochnow Educational Foundation Scholarship. Moreover, Brahmasrene was a recipient of the Purdue University North Central 1997-1998 Outstanding Teacher Award. He has been an editor of Managerial Finance, an editorial member of the Journal of International Business Research and is an author of EconTrends.

He holds a B.S. from Kasetsart University, an M.S. from Indiana State University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. He also earned two professional designations: Certified Financial Planner (1991) and Chartered Financial Consultant (1992). He has published articles in the Journal of International Business Research, Southwestern Economic Review, Managerial Finance, The Journal of Business Economic Research, Journal of Education for Business, Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, Journal of Correctional Education, North Central Business Journal, The CPA Journal and Journal of Contemporary Business Issues.

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