School of Management

John Gorlorwulu

Gorlorwulu
Assistant Professor of Economics
Phone: 503-554-2815
E-mail: jgorlorwulu@georgefox.edu
Office Location: Newberg campus, Hoover 144


Office Hours:
By appointment





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Professor Gorlorwulu has been at George Fox University since 2007 and teaches in undergraduate and graduate programs. He worked on economic and community development policy issues for the state of Oregon and humanitarian relief for UNDP/UNSCOL in Liberia prior to joining the George Fox family. John enjoys empirical research and has conducted field studies in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia. He lives in Tigard with Weedor (wife), Garmai and Marvah (daughters) and Arthur (son).

Professor Gorlorwulu Teaches:

  • Microeconomics

  • Managerial Economics

  • Public Economics

  • Selected advanced topics

 Education

  • PhD, Economic Development, Cornell University

  • MRP, Regional Planning, Cornell University

  • BS, Mathematics, Cuttington University College

 Research Interests

  • Economic Development Policy in Developing Countries

  • Postwar Economic Reconstruction Financing

  • Regional Economic Development in Developed Economies

 Current Research Projects

  • Financing Postwar Economic Reconstruction

  • Foreign Aid and Faith-based Organizations

  • Structural Transformation of the U.S. Pacific Northwest Regional Economies

Recent Publications, Presentations, and Working Papers

  • Gorlorwulu, J. Aid Provision through Public Private Partnerships for Postwar Reconstruction: Lessons from Liberia. (Center for Global Development sponsored Working Paper)

  • Gorlorwulu, J.  Public and Private Funding for FBO’s in International Development: Complements, Substitutes or Neither? (Working Paper)