Faculty & Staff
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Ama Baafra Abeberese
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Research in development economics, with an emphasis on firm behavior in developing economies.
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Kristin Butcher
Marshall I. Goldman Professor of Economics
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., London School of Economics; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Researcher on labor and health economics, with a focus on immigration issues and issues surrounding childhood obesity.
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Courtney C. Coile
Class of 1966 Associate Professor of Economics
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public economist, interested in using economic principles and research to inform our thinking about critical public policy issues.
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Brett Danaher
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Haverford College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Researches the effects of digital technologies on consumers and firms; focus on online file sharing and copyright issues.
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Daniel Fetter
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., Harvard University
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Eric Hilt
Associate Professor of Economics
A.B., Occidental College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Focuses on the history of American business organizations and their governance, and more generally on the role of legal institutions in shaping economic and financial development.
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Joseph P. Joyce
Professor of Economics
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Research deals with financial globalization, IMF; teaches courses in macroeconomics; faculty director, Albright Institute
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Pinar Keskin-Bonatti
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Bilkent University; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Applied micro-economist focusing primarily on the environmental challenges facing decision makers in developed and developing countries
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Phillip Levine
Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics
B.S., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Applies statistical methods to social issues such as abortion and the well-being of children in research and teaching.
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David Lindauer
Stanford Calderwood Professor of Economics
B.S., City College of City University of New York; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Award-winning teacher and development economist specializing in labor issues; policy work throughout Africa and East Asia.
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Julie Ann Matthaei
Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Marxist-feminist-anti-racist-ecological economist, specializing in women, gender, feminism, and work, and involved in research about and promotion of the emerging solidarity economy.
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Patrick J. McEwan
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
The economics of education, applied econometrics, impact evaluation of education programs, and education policy in Latin America and Africa.
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Robin McKnight
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Health economist, using the tools of economics to answer questions about health policy.
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Seth Neumuller
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Research in applied macroeconomics, with an emphasis on issues related to consumer finance and labor markets.
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Casey G. Rothschild
Diana Chapman Walsh Assistant Professor of Economics
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public finance theorist interested in the role of government in taxation and insurance markets.
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Kartini Shastry
Assistant Professor of Economics
A.B., Brown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Conducts research on economic development, including questions related to education, health, and savings behavior.
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Olga Shurchkov
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research in behavioral and experimental economics, with emphasis on discrimination, institutions, and coordination.
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Daniel Sichel
Professor of Economics
B.A., M.P.P., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Princeton University
Research interests include macroeconomics, long-run growth, and technology.
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Susan E. Skeath
Professor of Economics
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests in microeconomics, advanced and intermediate theory applied game theory, and experimental economics.
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Akila Weerapana
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Oberlin College; A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
Interested in macroeconomics, particularly international economics, the economics of conflict, and monetary economics.
Faculty Emerita
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Karl Case
Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.A., Miami University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Research is concerned with the causes and effects of boom and bust cycles in real estate; co-developed Case-Shiller Index, a leading measure of home pricing trends.
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Marshall Goldman
Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.S., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Ph D in Economics, Harvard University
Studies economic and political developments in Russia, especially the energy sector and how it affects Vladimir Putin.
