Academic Advisory Board

Gurgen Aslanyan, Ph.D. is an applied economist and educator at the American University of Armenia, serving as the Chair of the MS in Economics program. His research and teaching focus on development economics and public policy, informed by prior academic appointments at CERGE‑EI and collaborations with institutions across Europe and the United States. He previously served as President of the Armenian Economic Association (2017-2025) and, since 2022 has been a member of the Economic Policy Council of Armenia.

Dr. Ferrarini is an internationally recognized economist, educator, and author with extensive leadership in economic education.  She is currently based at Florida State University’s Stavros Center. In the past, she served on the Missouri State Board of Education and currently holds various appointments at the Fraser Institute (Canada), Council on Economic Education (Japan), Mackinac Center, and University of Tennessee–Chattanooga. She was the Associate Director at the Hammond Institute and Professor at Lindenwood University. As the Sam M. Cohodas Professor at Northern Michigan University, she advanced rural economic development. She co-authored Common Sense Economics (2024).

Teresa. Ter-Minassian holds degrees in Law from the University of Rome (Italy) and in Economics from Harvard University. She had a successful career in the IMF, culminating in the directorship of the Fiscal Affairs Department in 2001-08. Following her retirement from the Fund, she is currently an international economic consultant. Mrs. Ter-Minassian has published more than 40 papers and books on fiscal issues, especially in the macro-fiscal and intergovernmental fiscal relations areas.

Theo Roos holds a Master of Education degree in Business Economics, complimented by two Bachelor’s degrees: one in Marketing and Business, which focuses on marketing strategies and business management, and another in Teaching General Economics, providing a strong foundation in economic theory and educational methods. Theo has been a teacher in business economics since the early 2000’s. He combines his creativity and passion for teaching and he is constantly enhancing his teaching by creating new learning formats, well appreciated by students and fellow teachers. Theo is board member of the Dutch Association for Economic Teachers (www.vecon.nl) and General Secretary for the Association of European Economics Education (www.economicseducation.eu) and through this roll involved in many educational projects (e.g. network financial literacy, local and national curriculum development), mostly in The Netherlands.