Guoqiang Tian

Background

Tian, Guoqiang was born on April 7, 1956 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Came to the United States, 1983. Son of Zheng and Qunhua (Dai) Tian.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics, Huazhong (China) University of Science and Technology, 1980. Master of Arts in Mathematics, Huazhong (China) University of Science and Technology, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Minnesota, 1987.

Career

Lecturer mathematics, Huazhong U. Science and Technology, spring 1980, 82; research assistant, teaching assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1983-1985; teaching associate department economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1986; assistant professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1987-1990; associate professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1991-1994; professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1995. Guest professor Konstanz U., Germany, 1991. Adjunct Professor Wuhan Institute Economics, since 1993, department economics and finance Wuhan U. Technology, since 1993, department social science Wuhan U. Hydraulic and Elec.

Engineering, since 1993, department quantitative economics Huazhong U. Science and Technology, since 1993. Invited participant National Bureau Economics Research-National Science Foundation conferences on decentralization U. Rochester, New York, 1988, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1989, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1990, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1992, Toronto University, Canada, 1994. Invited participant other professional conferences, Chicago, Hong Kong, Minnesota.

President Association Chinese professors of Social Sciences in the United States.

Achievements

• Guoqiang Tian has been listed as a noteworthy economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Chinese Economists Society (honorary, president 1991-1992). Member American Economics Association, Econometric Society, Society for Promotion of Economics Theory.

Connections

Married Yafei Lu, January 18, 1982. Children: Mary Humei, Robert Long.

Father:

Zheng Tian

Mother:

Qunhua (Dai) Tian

Spouse:

Yafei Lu

child:

Robert Long Tian

child:

Mary Humei Tian