CHINYERE EMMANUEL EGBE, BSBA, MBA, MA, PHD
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Chinyere Emmanuel Egbe is a native of Ovim in Abia State of Nigeria. He is the son of Mazi Pliny Abel Igwe Egbe and Anna Nnenna Egbe of Amaeke Ovim. Dr. Egbe began his education in Umuahia where he attended primary school at the Methodist Central School in Amawom Oboro and later at the Government Secondary School in Owerre (The OGSSIAN) where he completed his secondary school after a two-year disruption due to the Nigerian civil war (1967 – 1970). After secondary school in December 1971, Dr. Egbe attended the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu (1972 – 1974) and briefly the University of Nigeria from 1974 – 1975. In January 1976, Dr. Egbe departed to the United States and was educated at the University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma where he graduated BS in Business in 1977 and MBA in 1979 specializing in business quantitative methods. Later Dr. Egbe attended Washington State University in Pullman, Washington and graduated with a MA (1983) and a PhD in Economics, specializing in econometrics (1984).
Dr. Chinyere Emmanuel Egbe is an economist and currently a tenured full professor of Business at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) where he has taught business statistics and finance since 1989. Dr. Egbe is also a consortial faculty of the City University of New York School of Professional Studies (SPS). At the SPS, Dr. Egbe teaches Business Mathematics and provides services that contribute to curriculum development, curriculum review and governance.
During his tenure at the College Dr. Egbe held various positions including Deputy Chairperson (1992-97) and Dean of the School of Business (1997-2002). While he was dean, he led the School to complete a self-study that eventually enabled the School of Business to gain national accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Schools of Business and Programs (ACBSP) in 2003; Dr. Egbe also wrote proposals that established two new degree programs. Dr. Egbe continued to provide leadership in the School of Business, where he led the School faculty to reaffirm its national accreditation, after ten years in 2014. Dr. Egbe led the faculty to establish a new degree in Financial Economics and a Financial Markets Simulation lab that brings Wall Street to Medgar Evers College. This new degree program has also been accredited by the ACBSP, graduated its first class after only three years and established the first 100% online degree program, among the comprehensive campuses of CUNY.
In addition to his administrative contributions, Dr. Egbe has been actively involved in local economic development. In October 2000, Dr. Egbe established the Community Outreach Partnership Center, funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and worked with small business in the Central Brooklyn Community. From May 2002 to June 2004, Dr. Egbe completed a major research study on Transportation Impediments to Job Access for Low Income Residents in Brooklyn and Queens and completed several statistical surveys on the economic development of the Crown Heights neighborhood around the College. Dr. Egbe also established the Brooklyn International Trade and Development Center from 2006 – 2011 and served as its Deputy Director; helped to establish the project “Empowering Youth to Excel and to Succeed” (EYES) from 2010 – 2013, among others. Dr. Egbe has also conducted research from which he published papers in various journals and presented research findings at many conferences.
Dr. Egbe’s other professional activities include active involvement in accreditation and educational improvement. Since September 2005, Dr. Egbe has been actively involved in the activities of the Accreditation Council for Schools of Business and Programs (ACBSP). The ACBSP is an internationally acclaimed educational organization that provides accreditation in business education to higher education institutions around the world. Dr. Egbe served as Regional President (Region 1) of the ACBSP and served in the Council of Regional Presidents from 2010 – 2012. Dr. Egbe is also an avid student of military history and the history of human conflicts.