Derek K. Yonai, Ph.D.
Dean, Dauch College of Business and Economics
Professor of Economics, Finance, and Business Analytics
101F Dauch College of Business and Economics
Department(s)
College
Area of Specialty
Law and Economics, Public Choice, Business Philosophy
Biography
- Directed a university-wide leadership and ethics center at Emporia State University under the Office of the President
- Directed multiple centers and initiatives integrating applied learning, ethics, and business education, raising over $2.8 million in philanthropic and grant support
- Guided curricular reform and academic program development, launching nine new programs and minors that expanded student opportunity and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Held the Peter and Sue Freytag Associate Professor of Economics, Flagler College
- Awarded the Spirit of Inquiry Award, Pope Center of Higher Education Policy, 2010
- Held the Lundy Chair of the Philosophy of Business
- Awarded Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 2006
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, George Mason University
- M.A., Economics, George Mason University
- J.D., Cum Laude, Whittier Law School
- B.A., Economics, Minor in English, University of California, Irvine