2001 S. Summit
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
Phone: (605) 274-5223
Fax: (605) 274-5229
E-mail: david.sorenson@augie.edu

Associate Professor of Economics David Sorenson received his BS degree in Geography from the University of North Dakota in 1981 and his MA in Geography from the University of Iowa in 1985. He worked as a researcher at the Regional Research Institute of West Virginia University from 1986 to 1997 and completed his Ph.D. in Economics in 1997 at West Virginia University with major fields in Regional Economics and Money & Banking. Dave joined the Augustana faculty in 1997 and currently teaches introductory Statistics and Human Geography. His research interests include analyzing lending risk for banks and bank groups, economic impact assessment using control group methods, the regional implications of the growth and decline in economic sectors, population estimation and projection, spatial effects of the incidence of crime, and congressional voting behavior.