Faculty/Staff Directory

First Name
Roberta (Bobbie)

Last Name
Biby

Email
[email protected]

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Title
Affiliate Faculty of Practice

Office
SCB 3062

Phone
(616) 331-7231

Department
Economics

Biography

Bobbie Biby earned her B.A degree in Economics with a Teaching Certificate from Michigan State University and her M.B.A from Western Michigan University.  In addition to her many years of teaching at Grand Valley State University, she has worked at a housing software company where she provided accounting consultation services and software training to low-income housing providers.

Education

• M.B.A., Western Michigan University, 1994.
• B.A., Economics with Minor in Mathematics and teacher certification, Michigan State University, 1989

Teaching Areas

Principles of Microeconomics and Sports Economics

Publications

• Biby, R., Cruz, C. (2023). American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding for West Michigan. Grand Rapids, MI: Seidman Business Review/Seidman College of Business.\Biby, R.. Economic Impact of the Grand Rapids Griffins Calder Cup Championship. Seidman Business Review/Seidman College of Business. Vol. 20(1).
• Reviewed / Contributed to the following Publications:A Mind for Numbers by Dr. Barbara Oakley, The Economy Today Test Bank, Twelfth Edition McGraw Hill Higher Education, Principles of Microeconomics, Fifth Edition Cengage Learning, N. Gregory Mankiw, Economics/Microeconomics/Macroeconomics by Campbell McConnell, Stanley Brue, Sean Flynn - 2026 Release, and The Economics of Sports 7th Edition By Michael A. Leeds, Peter von Allmen, Victor A. Matheson.

Service

• ECO 211 Course Coordinator.
• Assessment Committee, Member.
• Scholarship Committee, Member.
• West Michigan Business Survey, Administrator.
• Advanced Placement Reader.
• Learner Success Taskforce, Member.
• Student Success Network, Faculty Advisor.
• Table Tennis Club, Faculty Advisor.

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