Rate My Professor Oak Pongsree

Oak Pongsree, Ph.D., is the Associate Program Chair for Business and Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, Business at Pennsylvania State University - Abington. He also serves as Business Co-Coordinator in the academic leadership structure, supporting the coordination and development of business programs. Pongsree is listed in the Business Directory and Business Faculty pages, where he is a key contact for majors such as Accounting, Finance, Project and Supply Chain Management, Business, and the Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate Master of Business Administration. His office is in 305A Sutherland Building, and he engages with students through teaching courses like microeconomic policy and supervising honors theses, including Chad Skinner's 'Tipping Point: The Outcome of Eliminating the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers' presented at the 2024 commencement.

Pongsree earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University in 2006, with the dissertation 'Learning and Experimentation in Dieting and Health' co-chaired by R. Pecchenino and T.D. Jeitschko. His academic background includes an M.A. in Economics from Michigan State University, an M.B.A. from Western Michigan University, and a B.E.E. from Chulalongkorn University. Prior to Penn State Abington, he held the position of Assistant Professor of Economics at Wesley College in Dover, Delaware, beginning in 2006. Earlier, he was a Visiting Instructor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration and the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University in 2004. Pongsree has participated in professional activities such as presentations at Eastern Economic Association annual meetings in 2011 and 2013, and he was a signatory to an open letter by economists opposing certain provisions in energy bills sent to Congress in October 2007. At Wesley College, he advised students presenting at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research and served as chapter treasurer for an academic society.