John Connaughton, professor of economics in the Belk College of Business and director of the UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for North Carolina, has been elected president of the Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA) for 2009-10.
Founded in 1962, the Southern Regional Science Association provides intellectual leadership in the study of social, economic, political and behavioral phenomena which have a spatial dimension. The Association brings together scholars from a large number of fields, including economics, geography, urban and regional planning, civil engineering, sociology, finance and political science.The SRSA publishes The Review of Regional Studies, a peer refereed journal.