Akacem, Mohammed

Professor Akacem received a BA (UK) in Economics in 1976 and an MA and a PhD in Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1981. Dr. Akacem worked on world oil market issues at ICEED in Boulder, Colorado. He worked at The Saudi Fund for Development in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Akacem joined Metro State University of Denver 1991. He teaches courses on Money and Banking, Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa, Geopolitics and Economics of oil among others. In addition to teaching, Dr. Akacem has published in a number of US papers as well as in refereed journals.Dennis D. Miller holds the Buckhorn Endowed Chair at Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio. He worked at the International Center for Energy and Economic Development and the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado–Boulder. He also taught at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and was an analyst for the US Department of Agriculture. Dr. Miller, who has published in US newspapers and journals, received his PhD from the University of Colorado–Boulder