Faculty research projects are wide-ranging and include work on fiscal and monetary policy in the United States, decentralization in river basins, labor market developments in China, the empirical relationship between urbanization and economic growth, public policy and health, and international finance and trade. Faculty members bring this variety of intellectual interests into their classrooms.

The department co-chairs for the 2025-2026 academic year are Associate Professor Leshui He and Associate Professor Austin Smith.

Samuel S. Bird

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics

Pubali Chakraborty

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics

Eugene S. Choo

Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics

Economics

Sandra H. Goff

Associate Professor of Economics

Economics Co-Chair

Leshui He

Associate Professor of Economics

Economics, Asian Studies

James W. Hughes

Thomas Sowell Professor Emeritus of Economics

Economics

Amanda R. Lindsay

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics

Margaret Maurer-Fazio

Betty Doran Stangle Professor Emerita of Applied Economics

Economics

Ben Moodie

Visiting Lecturer in Sociology and European Studies

Sociology, Economics, European Studies

Curtis S. Morrill

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics

Michael P. Murray

Charles Franklin Phillips Professor Emeritus of Economics

Economics

Hitanshu Pandit

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics

Daniel Riera-Crichton

Betty Doran Stangle Professor of Applied Economics

Economics

Carl R. Schwinn

Professor Emeritus of Economics

Economics

Anamika Sen

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics

Paul J. Shea

Dowling Family Professor of Economics

Economics

Austin C. Smith

Associate Professor of Economics

Economics Co-Chair

Anne D. Williams

Professor Emerita of Economics

Economics

Yu Hung Yaow

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics