Faculty/Staff Directory
Faculty/Staff Directory
First Name
Roberta (Bobbie)
Last Name
Biby
Email
bibyr@gvsu.edu
Title
Affiliate Faculty of Instruction
Office
3062 L. William Seidman Center
Phone
616-331-7231
Department
- Economics
Biography
Bobbie Biby earned her B.A degree in Economics with a Teaching Certificate from Michigan State University and her M.B.A from Western Michigan University. In addition to her many years of teaching at Grand Valley State University, she has worked at a housing software company where she provided accounting consultation services and accounting training to low-income housing providers.
Education
- M.B.A., Western Michigan University, 1994
- B.A., Economics with Minor in Mathematics and teacher certification, Michigan State University, 1989
Teaching Areas
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Sports Economics
Publications
- Biby, R., Cruz, C. (2023). American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding for West Michigan. Grand Rapids, MI: Seidman Business Review/Seidman College of Business.
- Biby, R.. Economic Impact of the Grand Rapids Griffins Calder Cup Championship. Vol. 20(1).
- Reviewed / Contributed to the following Publications
- A Mind for Numbers by Dr. Barbara Oakley
- The Economy Today Test Bank, Twelfth Edition McGraw Hill Higher Education,
- Principles of Microeconomics, Fifth Edition Cengage Learning, N. Gregory Manki
- Economics/Microeconomics/Macroeconomics by Campbell McConnell, Stanley Brue, Sean Flynn - 2026 Release.
- The Economics of Sports 7th Edition By Michael A. Leeds, Peter von Allmen, Victor A. Matheson
Service
- Michigan State University College of Education Board, President
- Learner Success Taskforce, Member
- ECO 211 Course Coordinator
- Scholarship Committee, Member
- West Michigan Business Survey, Administrator
- Advanced Placement Reader
- New Student Faculty Advisor
- Tested Automatic Grading in McGraw Hill’s Connect Program
- Student Success Network, Advisor
- Table Tennis Club, Faculty Advisor