Christopher Rakovalis

Christopher Rakovalis is a Senior Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Economics at the University of Detroit Mercy, part of the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. He also teaches at Henry Ford Community College. With a B.A. in Logistics from Wayne State University (1991), an M.B.A. from University of Detroit Mercy (1996), and an M.A. in Financial Economics (2008), he specializes in economics education and applied logistics management.

As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and inventory planning specialist supervisor at Ford Motor Company since 1997, he oversees operations in two Detroit-area manufacturing facilities. His teaching spans macroeconomics, microeconomics, international economics, fiscal/monetary policy, labor economics, and public finance. He has taught at Detroit Mercy since 2008 and at Henry Ford Community College since 2004.