{"id":992,"date":"2014-09-19T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/?p=992"},"modified":"2014-09-19T20:47:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T20:47:32","slug":"new-faculty-interview-peter-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/2014\/09\/19\/new-faculty-interview-peter-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faculty Interview: Peter Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Economics department this year\u00a0welcomes two new members to the faculty. This week we have an exclusive interview with one of the two new Assistant\u00a0Professors. Hired for his background in Macroeconomics, here is Peter Sullivan<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So where did you go to college? <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUniversity of New Hampshire. I did all my degrees there.\u201d<\/p>\n

And how many degrees was that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bachelor of Arts in Economics, the Master of Scienc- or Arts in Economics, so the B.A., M.A., and Ph D. The program I did for the Ph D. gets you a Master\u2019s degree after ten months.\u201d<\/p>\n

What brought you to the northwest?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m coming out for the outdoor activities and the sort of similar social climate to the Northeast, but a lot less snow. I\u2019m looking forward to get my skating in and not having to shovel.\u201d<\/p>\n

And have you spent much time in Seattle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I\u2019ve only spent just a couple days in Seattle. Most recently, we went to a Sounder\u2019s game last week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides the New Hampshire, where else have you lived?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI lived primarily outside of Boston, and then I lived in Boston for a little while after undergrad. Lived downtown for about four years, but I spent three Augusts in Copenhagen. I was there first as a student for an econometrics program and then twice as a teacher. We did kind of a team teaching.. with heavily condensed days for the students. …There were different kinds of things, the kind of things I did were more project based. Actually it\u2019s that model we were talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh, the VAR models? <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah It\u2019s actually how you go about solving that. Actually those problem sets would be something if you want to do that, it\u2019d be really good for you.\u201c (We had talked early that week\u00a0about my summer research and econometric models.)<\/p>\n

What courses are you teaching this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis semester I\u2019m teaching the Contemporary Economics class, so 170, and International Economics, which is Econ 271. And in the spring I\u2019ll be teaching the Contemporary Economics class and Macroeconomics.\u201c<\/p>\n

What is a good book you\u2019ve read recently?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUmm, I haven\u2019t read a book recently. In the summer time I used to read two books at a time but I haven\u2019t read anything in awhile. Not since grad school, there\u2019s always something to read. Mostly now I read the Economist every night.”<\/p>\n

What are your hobbies or interests?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI sail and work on cars. I sailed as student at UNH and as a grad student I was a sailing coach.. so I could just go out and sail anytime. So I definitely\u00a0need go out and find the Puget Sound sailing team and where they sail. My brother and I actually fixed up a high end mannual recently and I\u00a0drove it out here with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0Are you working on any car or boats right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cActually, I have a 16 foot New England dory I brought out across country, that I was given as a gift for graduation. It\u2019s like a work man style boat with an open flat bottom and rounded sides.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you have a name for it yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I haven\u2019t gotten it in the water yet. I need to get it registered. At home, we don\u2019t have to register sail boats like that, as long as you don\u2019t put a motor on them.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What kind of music do you like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMy two favorite bands are the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the Pearl Jam. They’re a Ska band, it\u2019s like a fusion between rock and Jazz. Like a rock band, with a horn section.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is your favorite part about Puget Sound so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMostly I really like the people out here. They’re very interested in what you’re doing and don\u2019t only do work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Join the Economics Department in welcoming Peter to the University of Puget Sound community. Check in again soon to meet another\u00a0new Assistant Professor, Lea Fortmann!<\/p>\n

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