MOJISOLA O.

TAYO
Home Contact
1519 Stonefield Dr.
DeKalb, IL 60115
Mobile: (716)-836-2502
Email: mojitayo@yahoo.com

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL, 2016
Dissertation: “Three Essays on Health Economics.”
Committee: Prof. Virginia Wilcox-Gok (Chair), Prof. Jeremy Groves and Prof. Maria Ponomareva

M.A., Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, 2007
M.B.A., Business Administration, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria, 2001
B.S., Mathematics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1992

PERSONAL
Citizenship: USA, Nigeria Gender: Female
Language: English (fluent), Yoruba (native)

COMPUTER AND STATISTICAL SKILLS

Word Processing: Microsoft Office Suite, LATEX
Statistical Analysis Software: SAS (Basic), STATA, R, MATLAB (Basic)
Instruction Package: Blackboard, Desire-to-Learn, Connect, Aplia, MyEconLab

RESEARCH INTEREST
Primary: Labor Economics and Health Economics
Secondary: Public Finance, Econometrics and Financial Economics

TEACHING INTEREST
Principles of Economics (Micro/Macro), Intermediate Economics (Micro/Macro),
Corporate Finance, Money & Banking, Health Economics, Labor Economics,
Financial Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economics of Education,
Mathematical Economics, Public Finance

WORK EXPERIENCE
Visiting Professor of Economics August 2016-June 2018
Governors State University, University Park, IL
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON 2302)
Principles of Microeconomics (ECON 2301)
Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECON 3302)
Managerial Economics (ECON 3404)
Adjunct Instructor August 2015-May 2016
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Principles of Microeconomics (ECONO 2202)
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECONO 2201)
Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Groves, IL
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECN 202)
Principles of Microeconomics (ECN 201)
Introduction to Economics (ECN 100)
Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO 260)
Principles of Microeconomics (ECO 261)
Introduction to Economics (ECO 160)

Graduate Research Assistant August 2015-December 2016

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Office of Assessments – Fall 2015

Teaching Assistant August 2010-May 2015

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Principles of Macroeconomics – Spring 2015
Labor Problems – Fall 2014
Antitrust – Spring 2014
Government & Business – Fall 2013
Financial Derivatives – Spring 2013
Intermediate Macroeconomics – Fall 2012
Principles of Macroeconomics – Spring 2012
Principles of Macroeconomics – Fall 2011
International Economics – Spring 2011
Principles of Macroeconomics – Fall 2010

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Assistant Manager II, Wema Bank Plc, Lagos, Nigeria April 1994-October 2002
 Coordinating activities and reducing cost by 15 % in the accounting department
 Supervising a five staff team and ensure that timely and accurate reports are
presented to the management
 Handling accounts receivable and payable, reconciling books of account, preparing
and entering general ledger entries, journal entries as well as profit and loss
entries, and generating reports
 Handling inventories and fixed asset management

PUBLICATIONS
-Aigbokhan, B., & Tayo, M. (2017). Multidimensional Poverty Analysis for Nigeria.
Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 19(2), 67-90.
WORKING PAPERS
-Effect of Education on the Health of Minorities in the U.S.
- Impact of Education on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes among
Minorities in the U.S.
-Does Health affect Occupational Choices?: A study of Adolescents with
Early-onset major depressive disorder, with Virginia Wilcox-Gok

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
-The Impact of Duration to Graduation on College retention
-Impact of Occupation Average Income on College Enrolment in STEM
-Evaluation of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Labor force Participation and
Occupational Choices

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2013 Northern Illinois University
“Effect of Education on the Health of Minorities in the U.S.”
2015 Annual NIU ECONference
“Impact of Education on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes among
Minorities in the U.S.”
2015 Missouri Valley Economic Association
“Impact of Education on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes among
Minorities in the U.S.”
2015 Southern Economic Association
“Impact of Education on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes among
Minorities in the U.S.”
2016 Midwest Economic Association
“Health Status and Occupational Choice: A Study of Early Onset Depression”
2016 Illinois Economic Association: Discussant and Session Chair

AWARDS & HONORS

2010-2015 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, NIU
2015-2015 Rhoten A. Smith Summer Graduate Assistantship, NIU
2015-2015 Southern Economic Association Travel Grant, NIU
2015-2016 Graduate Research Assistantship, NIU

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
Missouri Valley Economics Association, Association for Social Economics,
American Economic Association, Association of Christian Economists,
Illinois Economics Association, Midwest Economics Association