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Chair
Richard Adelstein
Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics
860-685-2366
Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 419
860-685-2366
Chair, Economics
Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2366
BS Massachusetts Institute Techno
JD University of Pennsylvania
MAA Wesleyan University
MAT Harvard University
PHD University of Pennsylvania
ECON101 - 01
Introduction to Economics
ECON110 - 01
Intro to Economic Theory
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 1pm-4pm & by appointment
Faculty
John Bonin
Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social ScienceShow Bio and Photo
Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social Science
Public Affairs Center 305
860-685-2353
Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 305
860-685-2353
Co-Chair, College of Social Studies
Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2353
BA Boston College
MA University of Rochester
PHD University of Rochester
ECON301 - 02
Microeconomic Analysis
ECON110 - 03
Intro to Economic Theory
ECON263 - 01
China's Transformation
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:40 - 4:00 p.m. & Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m
Michael Clark
Visiting Assistant Professor of EconomicsShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 329
BA Grand Valley St University
MA University of Houston
PHD University of Houston
Research Interests:
Great Moderation, Okun's Law
Scholarly Keywords:
Macroeconomics, Applied Time Series Econometrics, and International Economics
Bill Craighead
Assistant Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
BA Carleton College
MA University of Virginia
PHD University of Virginia
ECON270 - 01
International Economics
ECON302 - 01
Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON302 - 01
Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON348 - 01
Equilibrium Macroeconomics
Personal Homepage:
http://bcraighead.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
Scholarly Keywords: International Economics, Macroeconomics, Economic History
Publications:
http://bcraighead.faculty.wesleyan.edu/research/
Richard Grossman
Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
AB Harvard University
MA Harvard University
MSC London School Econ & Political
PHD Harvard University
Personal Homepage:
http://rgrossman.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours:
Spring 2013 semester office hours: MW 1:30-2:30 pm and by appointment.
Christiaan Hogendorn
Associate Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
BA Swarthmore College
PHD University of Pennsylvania
Personal Homepage:
http://chogendorn.web.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
M 1-2, W 1-2, Th 11-12
Abigail Hornstein
Assistant Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
AB Bryn Mawr College
MPHIL New York University
PHD New York University
ECON329 - 01
Corporate Finance
ECON385 - 01
Econometrics
ECON300 - 01
Quantitative Methods in Econ
ECON328 - 01
Investment Finance
Personal Homepage:
http://ahornstein.web.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 2:40-4pm
Masami Imai
Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 303
860-685-2155
Professor, East Asian Studies
Public Affairs Center 303
860-685-2155
BA U. of Wisconsin Eau Claire
PHD University Calif Davis
Personal Homepage:
http://mimai.web.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours: M 12:00 - 1:00, 4:00-5:00 & by appointment
Research Interests: I am currently interested in financial history of Japan, related (or connected) lending, political economy of banking regulation and supervision, and government ownership of financial institutions.
Scholarly Keywords: Money and Banking, Economy of Japan, and Political Economy
Academic Associations: American Economic Association, Eastern Economic Association, American Finance Association, Japan Economic Seminar, International Society of New Institutional Economics.
Grants: FDIC Center for Financial Research Grant, 2008, "Real Effects of Finance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Japan". Mellon Summer Stipends, 2008, "Real Effects of Finance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Japan" Mellon Faculty Career Development Mini Grant 2005, "Related Lending and Financial Development"
Publications:
http://mimai.web.wesleyan.edu/research.htm
Joyce Jacobsen
Andrews Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
Andrews Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 332
860-685-2357
Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 332
860-685-2357
Dean of the Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Programs
Public Affairs Center 332
Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2357
BA Radcliffe College
MSC London School Econ & Political
PHD Stanford University
ECON385 - 01
Econometrics
Personal Homepage:
http://jjacobsen.web.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
whenever door is open and by appointment
Anthony Keats
Assistant Professor of EconomicsShow BioAssistant Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 210
860-685-2425
BA Macalester College
MA University of California LA
MA Tufts University
PHD University of California LA
ECON300 - 01
Quantitative Methods in Econ
ECON300 - 02
Quantitative Methods in Econ
ECON300 - 02
Quantitative Methods in Econ
ECON366 - 01
The Econ Of Developing Countri
Personal Homepage:
https://akeats.faculty.wesleyan.edu
Melanie Khamis
Assistant Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
Assistant Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 222
860-685-2944
Assistant Professor, Latin American Studies
BS London School Econ & Political
MS University of Warwick
PHD London School Econ & Political
ECON261 - 01
Latin American Economic Develo
ECON301 - 02
Microeconomic Analysis
Personal Homepage:
http://sites.google.com/site/khamismelanie/
Office Hours: On Leave
Research Interests: Labor Economics, Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Latin America, Transition Countries
Academic Associations: Research Fellow (IZA)
Jason Albert Patalinghug
Visiting Assistant Professor of EconomicsShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Wendy Rayack
Associate Professor of EconomicsShow BioAssociate Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 327
860-685-2358
Tutor, College of Social Studies
Public Affairs Center 327
860-685-2358
BA Oberlin College
MA University of Wisconsin
PHD University of Wisconsin
CSS220 - 01
Soph Tut: Hist. Econ Thought
ECON314 - 01
Comp Econ Child/Fam Policy
CSS220 - 01
Soph Tut: Hist. Econ Thought
CSS220 - 02
Soph Tut: Hist. Econ Thought
ECON213 - 01
Economics of Wealth & Poverty
Office Hours:
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Wednesdays and 4:30-5:00 on Fridays. To schedule a special appointment, please use the following email: wrayack@wesleyan.edu. For urgent matters, call x2358 or the economics department office at 2348 or 2349. Ms. Mascaro, in the economics department office will know how to reach me.
Damien Sheehan-Connor
Assistant Professor of EconomicsShow BioAssistant Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 322
860-685-2531
Affiliated Faculty
BA Amherst College
MD Tufts University
PHD University Calif Santa Bar
ECON110 - 02
Intro to Economic Theory
ECON301 - 01
Microeconomic Analysis
CSS320 - 01
Jr Tut: Econ. of Welfare State
CSS320 - 02
Jr Tut: Econ. of Welfare State
ECON110 - 02
Intro to Economic Theory
Personal Homepage:
http://wesfiles.wesleyan.edu/home/dsheehanconn/web/
Office Hours:
M 4-5, Tu 3-5
Gilbert Skillman
Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo
Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 325
860-685-2359
Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2359
BA University Kentucky Lexngt
MA University of Michigan
PHD University of Michigan
CSS391 - 01
Sr Col: Political Economy
ECON380 - 01
Mathematical Economics
ECON101 - 01
Introduction to Economics
ECON358 - 01
Classical Political Economy
Office Hours: Thursday 1:30pm-3pm & by appointment
Pao-Lin Tien
Assistant Professor of EconomicsShow BioAssistant Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 312
860-685-5351
BA Wesleyan University
MA Washington University
PHD Washington University
ECON241 - 01
Money, Banking, Financial Mkts
ECON302 - 02
Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON302 - 02
Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON331 - 01
Open-Economy Macroeconomics
Personal Homepage:
http://ptien.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
Spring 2012: Mon 4-5:30pm and by appointment
Research Interests:
My current research interest focuses on the sources and causes of exchange rate fluctuations. In addition to that, I am also interested in measuring and modeling business cycle fluctuations.
Scholarly Keywords:
Time series econometrics, International Finance, Business Cycle Analysis.
Gary Yohe
Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental StudiesShow Bio and Photo
Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
Public Affairs Center 328
860-685-3658
Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 328
860-685-3658
Professor, Environmental Studies
Public Affairs Center 328
860-685-3658
BA University of Pennsylvania
MA SUNY at Stony Brook
MPHIL Yale University
PHD Yale University
ECON110 - 01
Intro to Economic Theory
ECON310 - 01
Environmental-Resource Econom
ECON301 - 01
Microeconomic Analysis
Personal Homepage:
http://gyohe.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
Monday 10:30-noon; Wednesday 10:30am-noon & by appointment
Scholarly Keywords:
GARY W. YOHE is the Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University; he has been on the faculty at Wesleyan for more than 30 years. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, and received his PhD in Economics from Yale University in 1975. Most of his work has focused attention on the mitigation and adaptation/impacts sides of the climate issue. He is a senior member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Involved with the Panel since the mid 1990's, he served as a Lead Author for four different chapters in the Third Assessment Report that was published in 2001 and as Convening Lead Author for the last chapter of the contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report. It that Assessment, he also worked with the Core Writing Team to prepare the overall Synthesis Report. Dr. Yohe is also a member of the New York City Panel on Climate Change and the standing Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change of the National Academy of Sciences. He has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the "Hidden (climate change) Cost of Oil" on March 30, 2006, the Senate Energy Committee on the Stern Review on February 14, 2007, and the Senate Banking Committee on "Material Risk from Climate Change and Climate Policy" on October 31, 2007. In addition to accepting an invitation to join the Adaptation Subcommittee of the Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change (CT), he is serving on the Adaptation Panel of the National Academy of Sciences' initiative on America's Climate Choices, National Research Council Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change through the Behavioral and Social Sciences, The Sustainability Leadership Council of the Green Education Foundation and the National Research Council Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, 2009-2010
Academic Associations:
Member of the Earth Science Applications and Societal Objectives Panel of the Earth Science and Applications from Space Panel of the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council of the National Academies, 2005 - 2006. Member of the Board of Editors (with H.J. Schellnhuber, W. Cramer, N. Nakicenovic, and T. Wigley), for Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 2005 - the Proceedings of the Symposium on Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change hosted by Tony Blair in Exeter, UK in February of 2005. Consult http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue. Member of Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee for the United States Department of Energy by the Secretary of Energy. 2006-present. Convening Lead Author of Chapter 20 in the contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "Perspectives on Climate Change and Sustainability", Consult http://ipcc.ch. Member of the Core Writing Team for the Synthesis Report of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Consult http://ipcc.ch. Testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the "Hidden (climate change) Cost of Oil" on March 30, 2006, the Senate Energy Committee on the Stern Review on February 14, 2007, and the Senate Banking Committee on "Material Risk from Climate Change and Climate Policy" on October 31, 2007. Member of the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change of the National Academy of Science, 2007-present. Member of the New York (City) Panel on Climate Change, August 2008-present. Member, Adaptation Subcommittee of the Governor's (CT) Steering Committee on Climate Change, 2008-2010. Member, National Research Council Committee on America's Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change, 2008-2011. Member, National Research Council Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change through the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 2009-2010. Member, The Sustainability Leadership Council of the Green Education Foundation since June of 2009; see www.greeneducationfoundation.org. Member, National Research Council Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, 2009-2010.
Publications:
https://wesfiles.wesleyan.edu/home/gyohe/web/index.htm
Emeriti
Peter Kilby
Professor of Economics, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Economics, Emeritus
BA Harvard University
DPHIL Oxford University
MA Johns Hopkins University
MAA Wesleyan University
Personal Homepage:
http://pkilby.faculty.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 2:30 -to- 5:30 pm
Research Interests: SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: "The Heffalump Revisited," Journal of International Entrepreneurship 2003; "Exploring the Relationship between Price and Quality for Hand-Rolled Cigars," with David Freccia Wes '98 and Joyce Jacobsen, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 2003; Transforming Agrarian Economies, Cornell University Press, with Tomich and Johnston, 1995; editor, Quantity and Quiddity, Wesleyan University Press, 1987; Industrialization in an Open Economy, Cambridge Univ. Press 1969; "Small-Scale Manufacturing in Kenya," MSU Rural Development Working Paper, 1982; also in World Bank, Kenya: Growth and Structural Change 1983; Agriculture and Structural Transformation, with B. Johnston, Oxford University Press 1975; editor, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Free Press 1971; "Organization and Productivity in Backward Economies," Quarterly Journal of Economics 1962; "African Labour Productivity Reconsidered," Economic Journal 1961.
B.A., Harvard; M.A., Johns Hopkins; D.Phil., Oxford. Editorial Board, Journal of Entrepreneurship 1991-, World Development 1990-, Small Enterprise Development 1990-. Guggenheim Fellowship 1995-96. Fellow, Smithsonian, Woodrow Wilson Center, 1986-87. Visiting Professor, Michigan State University, 1980-81. Member Ciskei Commission, Republic of South Africa, 1979-80. Senior Advisor ILO, Geneva, 1975-76. Senior Fellow at East West Centre 1973. Consultant to the ILO, FAO, AID, and the World Bank. Fulbright Research Fellow at Nigeria.
Michael Lovell
Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social Sciences, EmeritusShow Bio and Photo
BA Reed College
MA Stanford University
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD Harvard University
Personal Homepage:
http://mlovell.web.wesleyan.edu/index.html
Richard Miller
Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics, EmeritusShow BioWoodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics, Emeritus
BA Oberlin College
MA Yale University
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD Yale University
Basil Moore
Professor of Economics, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Economics, Emeritus
BA
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD Johns Hopkins University
Thomson Whitin
Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social Sciences, EmeritusShow BioChester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social Sciences, Emeritus
MAA Wesleyan University
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