Department of Economics

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Zhengyang 'Robin' Chen

Zhengyang 'Robin' Chen

  • Assistant Professor of Economics
  • Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas
  • Monetary economics, financial economics, time series econometrics

    Spring 2023 Office Hours
    Monday 10-11 a.m.
    Wedenesday 10-11 a.m. 
    And by appointment. 

Monica Garcia-Perez

Monica Garcia-Perez

  • Professor of Economics
  • Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park
  • Econometrics, labor economics, studies of immigration, health economics, microeconomics.

    Spring 2023 Office Hours
    Tuesday 9-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m. 
    Thursday 9-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.
    And by appointment. 

Eungmin  Kang

Eungmin Kang

  • Associate Professor of Economics
  • Ph.D. Georgia State University
  • Money and banking, international finance, econometrics.

    On sabbatical spring 2023. 

Mana Komai-Molle

Mana Komai-Molle

  • Department Chair
  • Professor of Economics
  • Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Microeconomics, game theory, experimental economics.

    Spring 2023 Office Hours
    Monday 10 a.m. to noon (virtual)
    Tuesday 9:30-10:45 a.m. and 2-4:30 p.m.
    Thursday 9:30-10:45 a.m. and 2-4:30 p.m.

Lynn MacDonald

Lynn MacDonald

  • Associate Professor of Economics
  • Economics Association Advisor
  • Major Advisor
  • Senior to Sophomore
  • Ph.D. Florida State University
  • Public finance, labor economics.

    Spring 2023 Office Hours
    Monday 2-3 p.m. (virtual)
    Tuesday 9:30-10:45 a.m. 
    Wednesday 2-3 p.m. (virtual)
    Thursday 9:30-10:45 a.m. 
    And by appointment.

Nimantha Manamperi

Nimantha Manamperi

  • Associate Professor of Economics
  • Ph.D. Texas Tech University
  • MBA St. Cloud State University
  • Monetary economics, time series econometrics, financial crisis and economic growth.

    On leave spring 2023.  

Artatrana Ratha

Artatrana Ratha

  • Professor of Economics
  • Fulbright Fellow 2010-2011
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  • Open-economy macroeconomics, development economics, time-series econometrics.

    Spring 2023 Office Hours
    Monday 2-2:45 p.m.
    Tuesday 8:30-11:30 a.m. (virtual)
    Wednesday 2-2:45 p.m.
    Thursday 8:30-11:30 a.m. (virtual)
    And by appointment. 

Kenneth Rebeck

Kenneth Rebeck

  • Professor of Economics
  • Economics and Business Economics advisor
  • Director MS in Applied Economics
  • Director Data Analytics Graduate Certificate
  • 5-year BA/MS Program Advisor
  • Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Economics education, personal finance education, microeconomics.

    Spring 2023 Office Hours
    Monday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
    Tuesday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Wednesday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
    Thursday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    And by appointment. 

David Switzer

David Switzer

  • Associate Professor of Economics
  • Economics Association Advisor
  • Major and Minor Advisor
  • Assessment and Tk20 Coordinator, SoPA
  • Faculty Director of Assessment
  • PhD Washington University, St. Louis
  • Industrial organization, applied microeconomics.

    Spring 2023 Office Hours
    Tuesday 1-4 p.m. (virtual)
    Thursday 1-4 p.m. (virtual)
    And by appointment. 

Student Services

Kristy Modrow

Kristy Modrow

  • Student Relations and Experiential Learning Director
  • Internships, career development, graduate school, study abroad
Brittney Hoff

Brittney Hoff

  • Success Advisor (0- 59 credits)

Staff

Vacant

  • Office Manager

Emeriti

Richard Gleisner

Philip Grossman

Nathan Eric Hampton

Patricia Hughes

Harold Lofgreen

William Luksetich

Richard MacDonald

  • PhD SUNY, Binghamton

Masoud Moghaddam

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