Inmee Baek

Inmee Baek serves as Professor in the Department of Economics at Suffolk University, where she has held continuous faculty appointments since 1990. Her career progression includes Visiting Assistant Professor (1990-1993), Assistant Professor (1993-1995), Associate Professor (2000-2007), and Professor (2007–present), following prior roles as Assistant Professor at St. Louis University (1988) and Summer Intern Economist at the International Monetary Fund.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Economics from Indiana University
• Bachelor of Science in Law and Public Administration from SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, Korea

Dr. Baek's research centers on international investment mechanisms, foreign currency crisis dynamics, capital flow determinants, and sovereign debt resolution. Her work bridges international macroeconomics and development economics, with particular emphasis on emerging market vulnerabilities and policy responses to financial instability. Key contributions examine contagion effects in Asian stock markets, sovereign risk assessment methodologies, and the interplay between economic globalization and income distribution.

Her publication trajectory from 1995-2021 reveals consistent focus on international financial architecture, evolving from sovereign debt renegotiation mechanics to contemporary analyses of democratic institutions' impact on terrorism and capital-type effects on inequality. This progression demonstrates deep engagement with both theoretical frameworks and empirical validation of crisis transmission channels, market sentiment indicators, and policy efficacy in global economic governance.

Dr. Baek teaches undergraduate and honors courses including Global Macroeconomics (EC-102/EC-H102), Intermediate Macro Theory (EC-312), and Senior Seminar in Economics (EC-490/EC-H490), maintaining office hours by appointment at 73 Tremont Street, Room 1012.