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Administration

Kevin Sylwester, Director

Kevin Sylwester
Director
Professor
Rehn Hall, 138A
ksylwest@siu.edu | 618-453-1421

 

Scott Gilbert, Program Coordinator Economics

Scott Gilbert
Program Coordinator, Economics
Associate Professor
Faner Hall, 4145
gilberts@siu.edu | 618-453-5095

 

Xiaoxin Wang Beardsley, Program Coordinator Finance

Xiaoxin Wang Beardsley
Program Coordinator, Finance
Hamilton Family Faculty Fellow
Rehn Hall, 128A
xwang@siu.edu | 618-453-1422

 

Mark Peterson, Ph.D. Program Coordinator Finance

Mark Peterson
Ph.D. Program Coordinator, Finance
Business Administration with Finance Concentration
Gordon & Sharon Teel Professor of Finance
Rehn Hall, 134A
map1@siu.edu | 618-453-1426

 

A photo of Chifeng Dai for the School of Analytics, Finance and Economics site

Chifeng Dai
Director of Graduate Studies, Economics
Faner Hall 4040
daic@siu.edu | 618-453-5347

 

Nancy Herzog, Interim Office Administrator

Nancy Herzog
Interim Office Administrator
Rehn Hall, 138
nancy.herzog@siu.edu | 618-453-2405