Herman Sahni

Dr. Herman Sahni is coordinator of the economics program and an associate professor of economics and finance at 91探花. She is an economics research scholar and a teacher interested in applied microeconomic applications, real-time data analysis, large data-sets, econometric modeling and higher education. Her research areas are in the field of labor economics, health economics and corporate governance. Her current research topics include analyzing the effects of Alzheimer's disease on family labor supply and analyzing the causal link between household electrification and childhood education in rural India.

Sahni has published several articles and presented her research at several conferences including the American Economic Association, Midwest Economic Association and Financial Management Association. During her tenure at Northern Illinois University, her research earned many accolades such as the Outstanding Graduate Research Scholar Award (2014) from the Division of Research, the La Tourette Scholarship Award in Economics (2014) and the Doctoral Completion Fellowship Award (2015).

Aside from researching and teaching, she is a member of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) and is also serving as 91探花’s CSWEP liaison. Other professional memberships include American Economic Association (AEA) and the Midwest Economics Association (MEA). She has served as conference session chairperson and paper discussant on various occasions.

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, health economics, development economics and corporate finance.

Courses

Undergraduate

• Empirical Methods of Finance (FNC-485)
• Intermediate Finance (FNC-446)
• Intermediate Statistical Methods (ECN-379)
• Corporate and Organizational Finance (FNC-342)
• Principles of Microeconomics (ECN-201)
• Applied Financial Statistics (FNC-280)
• Bloomberg & Excel Certifications (ACC-245)

Graduate

• Health Economics (MGT-772)
• Financial Management (FNC-548)

Scholarly Activities

Recent Publications

With Christian Nsiah and Bichaka Fayissa), Tourism Economics, 2022.

With Virginia Wilcox, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2022.

With Christian Nsiah and Bichaka Fayissa, Journal of African Development, 2021, Vol. 22(1), pp 7-37.

With Christian Nsiah and Bichaka Fayissa, Tourism Economics, 2021, Vol 27(5), pp 915-932.

Book Chapters

Sahni, H. & Paul, S. (2019). , Byproducts from Agricultural and Fisheries: Adding Value for Food, Feed, Pharma and Fuels. In B. K. Simpson, A. N. Aryee & F. Toldrá (Eds.), (Chap. 25, Vol. 2, pp. 201–213). John Wiley & Sons, NJ.