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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  August  21,  2006  David  Fiske  202-  418-  0513 
 MICHELLE  P.  CONNOLLY  NAMED  FCC  CHIEF  ECONOMIST 
 Washington,  DC  –  Michelle  P.  Connolly  has  been  named  Chief  Economist  of  the  FCC.  Dr.  Connolly  is  a  member  of  the  Economics  faculty  at  Duke  University. 


 FCC  Chairman  Kevin  Martin  praised  Dr.  Connolly  saying,  “I  am  pleased  Michelle  has  agreed  to  serve  in  the  critical  role  of  Chief  Economist.  Her  talent  and  expertise  will  be  a  great 
 asset  for  the  Commission  and  will  strengthen  our  policy-  making.” 
 Dr.  Connolly  is  an  expert  in  the  fields  of  International  Trade,  Growth  and  Development.  Her  research  interests  include  the  implications  of  technological  progress  and  diffusion, 
 international  trade,  and  human  capital  on  growth  and  development.  Prior  to  joining  Duke’s  Department  of  Economics  in  1997,  Dr.  Connolly  spent  a  year  as  an  economist  at  the  Federal 
 Reserve  Bank  in  New  York. 
 Dr.  Connolly  currently  serves  as  the  Director  of  EcoTeach  and  Associate  Professor  of  the  Practice  at  Duke  University.  She  teaches  advanced  graduate  macroeconomics  and  international 
 trade,  and  intermediate  undergraduate  macroeconomics.  Dr.  Connolly  has  written  extensively  on  those  subjects  including  having  been  published  in  the  Journal  of  Economic  Growth,  the  Journal 
 of  Development  and  Economics,  the  Journal  of  Economic  History  and  the  American  Economic  Review. 


 Dr.  Connolly  received  her  B.  A.  in  Economics,  with  Distinction  in  the  Major,  at  Yale  University.  She  graduated  Summa  Cum  Laude,  and  was  made  a  member  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and 
 was  awarded  the  William  Massee  Prize  for  Excellence  in  Economics.  Dr.  Connolly  received  her  M.  A.  and  her  Ph.  D  in  Economics  also  from  Yale. 


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