Dean, Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government

St. Vincent College 

Aurelius Hall, Room 204
Office Hours Available Upon Request
724-805-2131
gary.quinlivan@email.stvincent.edu

Academic Career

In addition to his Dean’s position, Dr. Quinlivan is a full professor of economics at Saint Vincent College. As Dean he oversees approximately 40 full time and adjunct faculty members, 550 undergraduate and graduate students, four centers and is executive director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought. He is also an adjunct scholar at the Center for Economic Personalism at the Acton Institute. From 1989 to the 2001, he served as an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University’s Economics Department where he taught international trade, international monetary theory, and monetary theory.  He was a Fulbright Scholar at Shandong University in the People’s Republic of China from 1988 to 1989. In 1997, Shandong University awarded Quinlivan an honorary professorship.

Dr. Quinlivan has co-edited or authored seven books, six monographs, and has written numerous articles in the areas of international trade, public finance, and international finance. Recent books include A Catholic Response to Economic Globalization: Applications of Catholic Social Teaching (co-authored with Paul Cleveland, Gregory Gronbacher and Michel Therrien; Public Morality, Civic Virtue and the Problem of Modern Liberalism (co-edited with T. William Boxx); For Freedom and Prosperity: Philip M. McKenna and the Gold Standard League (co-authored with Brian Surkan); and Toward the Renewal of Civilization: The Political Order and Culture (co-edited with T. William Boxx). 

Other Honors

Dr. Quinlivan has won teaching awards at both Saint Vincent College (1993 and 2007) and Carnegie Mellon University (2000). During the summer of 2005, Quinlivan received an International Business Fellowship from the University of Pittsburgh, for ten-day seminar in Russia, Bulgaria, and Czech Republic.

Other Interests

Dr. Quinlivan is the faculty moderator of the ballroom dance club and the Gilbert and Sullivan club at Saint Vincent College.  In addition, Dr. Quinlivan and his wife are the faculty moderators of the swing dance club. Dr. Quinlivan is one of the key administrators dedicated to enhancing Saint Vincent College’s academic links to China. He has traveled to China 22 times and has negotiated nine academic affiliations between Saint Vincent College and some of the best universities in China.