Professor Steven E. Nord, Emeritus

Professor Nord received his Ph.D. degree in 1977 from the University of Illinois and held a faculty appointment at the University of Miami before coming to Northern Illinois University in 1979. He also taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Thomas Nelson College. He received outstanding teaching awards at each of the universities. He received grants from the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce and from the MacArthur Foundation. After 28 years of dedicated teaching and research for NIU, Professor Nord retired in the spring of 2007. He continues to teach for the Department of Economics.

Current Research:
His major research interests are the distribution of income,
discrimination, and the racial inequality of earnings.

Area of Specialization:
Urban Economics
Regional Economics

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