Benjamin Bobo, Ph.D.

Office: Hilton 205
Phone: 310.338.2979
Email: bbobo@lmu.edu

Areas of Expertise

• Multinationals-Third World Relations
• International Economic Strategy
• Urban Economic Development

Biography

Benjamin Bobo, a finance professor with the College of Business Administration, has 10 years of service in the federal government's senior executive service in sub-cabinet level posts, including Manager of the Los Angeles U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Assistant Secretary (Acting) of the Office of Policy Development and Research at the national headquarters for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Studies. He also taught at the University of California (Riverside), California State Polytechnic University (Pomona), and UCLA. Bobo received the Distinguished teaching and service award from Delta Sigma Pi and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the Multinational Finance Society and the Association of Third World Studies.

Education

• PhD:	UCLA (1974)
• MBA:	UCLA (1971)
• BS:	CSU-Long Beach (1969)

Recent Publications

• Bobo, B. (2006). “A Research Agenda for the NEPAD Initiative: A Note,” Journal of ThirdWorld Studies, 23(1), 75-86.

• Bobo, B. (2003). “Assessing the Burden of Location Determined Automobile Insurance Premium: An Inner City-Suburban Comparison Approach,” The Journal of Intergroup Relations, 30(2), 17-34.

• Bobo, B. (2002).“Disenfranchisement: The Process-The Cost,” Vistas, 5(4), 14-18.