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JULIETTE TAYOU GUEMMEGNE

CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Economics
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131
Mobile: 575-639-3402. Email: jguemmeg@unm.edu
Webpage: www.jguemmegne.weebly.com
Citizenship Status: U.S. Permanent Resident

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, University of New Mexico.

Expected May 2016

Dissertation: Improving Primary Care and Healthcare Professionals Recruitment and Retention in
the United States
Committee: Jennifer Thacher (co-chair), Alok Bohara (co-chair), Melissa Binder, Jose Pagan
M.A. Economics, University of New Mexico.

2011

M.Sc. Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences (First Class Honors), University of Yaound, Cameroon.
2008
M.Sc. in Statistics, National Advanced School of Engineering, Cameroon.
2007
M.Sc. in Education, Higher Teacher Training School, Cameroon.

2005

B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Yaound, Cameroon.

2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Primary Fields: Health Economics, Public Economics, Environmental Economics
Secondary Fields: Game Theory and Decision Analysis
TEACHING INTERESTS
Principles of Economics (Micro/Macro), Intermediate Economics (Micro/Macro), Health Economics,
Public Economics, Game Theory, Applied Econometrics, Mathematical Economics, and Survey Design.
PUBLICATIONS

J. T. Guemmegne and R. Pongou. 2014. "A Policy-Based Rationalization of Collective Rules:

Dimensionality, Specialized Houses, and Decentralized Authority", Journal of Mathematical
Economics, 52, 2014, 182-193.
M.A. Tabatabai, J-J Kengwoung-Keumo, W. M. Eby, S. Bae, J.T. Guemmegne, U. Manne, M. Fouad, E.E.
Partridge, K.P. Singh. 2014. Disparities in Cervical Cancer Mortality Rates as Determined by the
Hyperbolastic Mixed-Effects Type II Model. PLoS ONE 9(9): DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107242

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J. T. Guemmegne, J-J Kengwoung-Keumo, M. A. Tabatabai and K. P. Singh. 2014. Modeling the
Dynamics of the U.S. Healthcare Expenditure Using a Hyperbolastic Function. Advances and
Applications in Statistics, 42 (2), Pages 95 -17.

PAPERS IN PROGRESS
Juliette T. Guemmegne, Alok Bohara, and Jose Pagan. Impact of Access to Care on Healthcare Costs and
Utilization.
Juliette T. Guemmegne and Jennifer Thacher. Estimating Health Professionals Willingness to Pay for
Family Friendly Benefits: A Choice Experiment Study.
Jean-Jacques Kengwoung-keumo and Juliette T. Guemmegne. Dynamics of Racial Disparity in Prostate
Cancer in the United States.
Juliette T. Guemmegne and Roland Pongou. Input Identification of Workers Productivity

WORK EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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Co-Investigator: UNM Health Science Center Family Friendly Benefits Project

2014 - present

I designed the survey online, prepared all the IRB documentation (Protocol, Consent Form, etc.),
conducted all the focus groups and debriefings, administered the survey, analyzed the data and wrote the
final report.
o Research Assistant: The economics of invasive species (for Prof. Christine Grimsrud)
Participated in the literature review.

2012

o Intern: National Institute of Statistics, Cameroon

2008
Work on two projects: The Determinants of Children Health in Cameroon, and the National Household
Survey.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
o Doctoral Instructor, the University of New Mexico:
Introductory Microeconomics (Online Course),
Introductory Microeconomics

Fall 2014, Spring 2015

Summer 2013

o Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor, the University of New Mexico:

Introductory Microeconomics (Online Course)
Spring 2014
Intermediate Econometrics
Fall 2013
Advanced Macroeconomics
Spring 2013
Personal Investment (Online Course)
Fall 2012
International trade
Spring 2012
Mathematical methods in Economics
Fall 2011
Introductory Microeconomics
Fall 2010, Spring 2011
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Introductory Macroeconomics

Fall 2009, Spring 2010

o Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor, the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon:

Introductory Mathematics
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High School Mathematics Teacher

2008
2005-2009

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
Effect of Access to Care on Healthcare Costs
o The New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

April 2015

Disparities in Cervical Cancer Mortality Rates as Determined by the Hyperbolastic Mixed-Effects Type II
Model
o Annual De La Raza Student Conference, Albuquerque, NM
March 2015
A Hyperbollastic modeling of the U.S. total healthcare expenditures
o The New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student Conference, Albuquerque, NM. April 2014
A policy-based rationalization of collective rules: Dimensionality, specialized houses, and decentralized
authority
o University of New Mexico/Department of Economics, Albuquerque, NM.
December 2013
o SACNAS National Conference, Seattle, Washington.
October 2012
o The New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student Conference, Albuquerque, NM. April 2012
Weighted Voting Games
o Symposium on the African Women and Mathematics, Maputo, Mozambique

November 2008

OTHER CONFERENCES, WORKSHOP & TRAINING ATTENDED

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Human Research Protection Training , The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2013, 2014
Grant Writing Workshop, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
2013
Online Class Teaching Training, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
2013
SACNAS National Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
October 2013
MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, California.
January 2010
Summer school: Modeling, prediction and controlling of the dynamics of the special diffusion of
infectious diseases, University of Yaound I, Cameroon.
August 2009

HONORS AND AWARDS

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Gerald Boyle Memorial Graduate Student Award

Deans Dissertation Scholarship (Department Nominee)
El Centro de la Raza Scholarship
UNM Graduate Fund Scholarship
African American Student Services Scholarship
Postgraduate Award of Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative
The University of Yaounde I Top students Award

2015
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2015
2014 & 2015
2014
2007
2000-2004
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FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellowship

Research Grant: The UNM Health Science Center family friendly benefits project
2012 SACNAS National Conference Travel Grant
African Women and Mathematics Symposium Travel grant

2015
2013
2012
2008

COMPUTER AND STATISTICAL SKILLS

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Statistics Software: STATA, SAS, SPSS, R, Mathematica, Biogeme

Survey Design Software: Opinio,
Other: Microsoft Office, Latex, html (basic).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Economic Association
Member, Southern Economic Association
Member, Southwestern Society of Economists
Member, American Society on Aging
Member, National Economic Association
Member, International Health Economics Association
Member, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
Member, Economic Graduate Student Organization (EGSO). University of New Mexico
SERVICES
Coordinator of the evaluation committee at the New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student
Conference, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Member of the outreach committee of the Red Cross , Yaounde, Cameroon

2012
1999-2000

LANGUAGE
English (Advance), French (Native)
REFERENCES

Jennifer Thacher
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Graduate Director,
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-277-1965
Email: jthacher@unm.edu
Melissa Binder
Professor, Department of Economics

Director, Institute for Social Research

University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-277-3548
Email: jthacher@unm.edu
Alok Bohara
Professor, Department of Economics
Director, Nepal Study Center
University of New Mexico,
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Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-277-5903
Email: bohara@unm.edu