Experts Guide

International Culture

Hi-Res Photo	Carl Atkins Director of the Music Program Fields of Expertise: Humanities > International Culture Humanities > Music
Dept/Division:	Department of Fine Arts
E-Mail:	cjagsh@rit.edu
News Contact:	Vienna Carvalho, vnccom@rit.edu, 585-475-4952
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Carl Atkins is currently a professor of fine arts and director of the music program at RIT. He previously served as chair of the jazz studies program at the New England Conservatory of Music and co-director of the Thelonious Monk Institute for Jazz Performance. Also a noted saxophonist and composer Atkins has enjoyed a broad musical career that spans European classical music to jazz. He has performed and/or recorded with such major artists as Diane Wilson, Ray Charles, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock, among others. He also served as president of the David Hochstein School of Music and Dance and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Currently, Atkins is co-leader of the Rochester-based New Energy Jazz Orchestra

Hi-Res Photo	Amit Batabyal Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics Fields of Expertise: Business > Economics Business > Finance Business > International Business Business > Regulations Humanities > International Culture National & International Affairs > Political Science Social Sciences > Consumer Debt Sustainability > Sustainability Research and Education
Dept/Division:	Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
E-Mail:	aabgsh@rit.edu
News Contact:	Vienna Carvalho, vnccom@rit.edu, 585-475-4952
Website:	http://www.rit.edu/~aabgsh/
Amit Batabyal is an expert on microeconomic issues in general and international politics with particular reference to South Asia. He can also speak on natural resources and the environment, international economic development and international trade, South Asian politics and economics, globalization and its impact on rich and poor nations, and corruption and bribery in developing countries. Also regional economic growth and development and the management of invasive species. He has published more than 500 books, book chapters, refereed journal articles and book reviews. Batabyal has presented research at conferences and in universities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia and won numerous national and international awards for research. At RIT, his primary responsibilities are research, teaching and service. Batabyal earned his bachelor's in applied economics and business management from Cornell University (1987), master's in agricultural and applied economics from University of Minnesota (1990), and Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from University of California at Berkeley (1994).