RESIDENCE
1626 Avenue Y,
Apt 2,
Lubbock, TX 79401
OFFICE
Rm 272 Graduate Assistant Office
Department of Personal Financial Planning
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79401
Cell: (806) 317 8832
Email: henry.duru@ttu.edu
DURU, HENRY
CHUKWUMA
EDUCATION
Aug. 2012 - Date ● Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
 PhD., Personal Financial Planning
o Research Area: Asset management and Risks
o Advisor : Prof. Vickie Hampton
Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 ● Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
 MA., Economics
o Research Topic: The Effect of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Evidence
from Nigeria and South Africa Exports
o Advisor : Prof. Masha Rahnama
Sept. 2003 – June 2008 ● Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria
 B.Sc.(Ed.), Economics
COMPUTING LITERACY
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Software: Working Knowledge of GRETL and SPREADSHEETS, and appreciable knowledge and use of
MATLAB
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aug. 2012 – Date
Teaching and Graduate Assistant – Department of Personal Financial Planning, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas
 Instructor/Lecturer:
o Personal Finance: Investments (PFP 3381)
Aug. 2010 – July. 2012
Teaching and Graduate Assistant – Department of Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
 Teaching Assistant to Dr. Rashid Al-Hmoud:
o Price and Income Theory (ECO 5310)
o Principles of Micro Economics (ECO 2301)
o Principles of Macro Economics (ECO 2302)
 Teaching Assistant to Dr. Timothy Hubbard:
o Natural Resources and Environmental Economics (ECO 5317)
o Principles of Micro Economics (ECO 2301)
 Teaching Assistant to Haktan Sarikaya (Instructor):
o Intermediate Macro Economics (ECO 3311)
o Managerial Economics (ECO 3320)
Aug. 2008 – July 2009
NYSC Trainee – Ovia South-West Education Board, Ovia South-West Local Govt., Nigeria
 Economics instruction and curriculum development for secondary school education
April 2006 – July 2006
Counseling Intern – Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria
 Counseling of secondary school students on career options and paths
 Coordinator for awareness campaign against HIV-AIDS
ACADEMIC RESEARCH WORK
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‘The Effect of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Evidence from Nigerian and South Africa Exports’ –
MA thesis submitted to the Department of Economics, Texas Tech University
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“The Evolutional Trends and Evaluation of the Nigerian Currency: Achievements, Problems and Prospects” –
Undergraduate final year project submitted to the Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University
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“Analysis of Structuralism and Neo-liberal Economies with Emphasis on Export Promotion Strategy (EPS) and Import
Substitution Strategy (ISS). Case Studies: Ghana and Ivory Coast (African Countries), and Singapore and South Korea
(Asian ‘Tiger Countries)” – Paper presented at Obafemi Awolowo University
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Elected to Membership of Omicron Delta Epsilon – International Economics Honor Society
Omicron Delta Epsilon Award for High Scholastic Achievement in the Field of Economics (2011)
OTHER INTERESTS
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National political discussions and national policy analysis
Advocacy for electoral and political reforms in Nigeria
Stage drama
REFEREES
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To be provided on request