Elliott School Professors Martha Finnemore and Michael Barnett were listed as the No. 1 and No. 11 scholars, respectively, who produced the most interesting scholarship in the past five years in the 2011 Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) survey 
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Wenjie Chen
Assistant Professor of International Business and International Affairs
Office: Funger 401, 2201 G Street, NW
Phone: (202) 994-3275
Fax: (202) 994-7422
E-mail: chenw@gwu.edu
Web: http://home.gwu.edu/~chenw
Education:
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Expertise:
International economics, foreign direct investment, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Background:
Wenjie Chen is an assistant professor of international business at the George Washington School of Business. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and B.A. in economics and mathematics from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. She has also worked at the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund.
Professor Chen's main research interests include cross-border mergers and acquisitions, emerging markets and exchange rates. She has published in academic journals including the Journal of International Economics and the IMF Economic Review. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in international business.
Courses Taught:
IBUS 3301 International Business Finance (undergraduate)
IBUS 6301 International Business Finance (graduate)
MBAD 6243 Macroeconomics for the Global Economy