Tom Hamami

Meet Tom Hamami

• Ph.D., Managerial Economics and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
• M.S., Managerial Economics and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
• M.A., Economics, Temple University
• B.A., Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
• B.S., Accounting, University of Maryland, College Park

Hello! My name is Tom Hamami, and I’m an assistant professor of business management and the John Barlow Murray ’37 and Nellie Weiss Murray ’37 Professor in Economics. I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and studied accounting and economics and the University of Maryland, College Park before completing my doctorate in managerial economics and strategy at Northwestern University.

I have been teaching at Ripon College since 2017. In the department of economics and business management, I teach the entire microeconomics sequence, from introductory (Principles) through intermediate (Price Theory) to advanced electives (Game Theory and Industrial Organization). I also teach the department’s mathematics course, which I designed from scratch to prepare our students for upper-level coursework in economics and finance. At the time of this writing, I am also designing a brand-new Catalyst course where students will develop their quantitative reasoning skills by analyzing the National Football League’s salary cap. Outside the classroom, I serve as faculty advisor for the Creative Enterprise Center (our student-run business consulting firm) and the Ripon College Gaming club.

I currently live in Green Lake, Wisconsin with my wife and two young children.