Dr. Cobbe is Professor of Economics. He has been at FSU since 1976 and previously taught at the University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. His PhD is from Yale and his BA from the University of Cambridge, U.K. At FSU he has been Associate Dean [1985-1991] and Interim Dean [1986-87] of the College of Social Sciences, Director of Graduate Studies in Economics [1992-1997], and Chair of the Department of Economics [1997 - 2006]. He has worked in more than fifteen countries in the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.