Abegaz, Berhanu
Professor of Economics
Fields: Development, Comparative, Growth
Email: bxabeg@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 335 (757-221-2379)
Faculty Directory
The Department of Economics has more than twenty five full-time faculty members, all of whom hold Ph.D.s in Economics. We are productive researchers in the areas of economic theory, econometrics, macroeconomics, applied microeconomics. We are well represented in the areas of development economics, econometrics, human resource economics, and economic history. We teach almost 40% of the courses in the Master of Public Policy Program. Some of us also teach in the Business School, the Law School, or the School of Marine Science.
In addition, the faculty also includes a number of adjunct and visiting instructors who help expand our course offerings to students.
Anderson, Lisa R.
Francis Thorton West Professor of Economics
Fields: Experimental
Email: lrande@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 265 (757-221-2359)
Baldomero Quintana, Luis
Assistant Professor of Economics
Fields: International Trade, Economic Geography, Urban Economics
Email: labaldomeroqui@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 268 (757-221-2366)
BenYishay, Ariel
Professor of Economics
Fields: Development, Health, Environmental
Email: abenyishay@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 267 (757-221-2375)
Dustan, Andrew
Assistant Professor of Economics
Fields: Development
Economics of Education
Labor
Email: addustan@wm.edu
Office (Phone) : Chancellors 248
(757-221-4778)
Feldman, David H.
Professor of Economics
Fields: Education, Trade, Political Economy
Email: dhfeld@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 266 (757-221-2372)
Han, Zhao
Assistant Professor of Economics
Fields: Monetary Macroeconomics, Asset Pricing
Email: zhan03@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 247 (757-221-2600)
Hicks, Robert L.
Professor of Economics
Fields: Environmental, Econometrics
Email: rlhick@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 252 (757-221-3707)
Hiriscau, Andra
Assistant Teaching Professor
Fields: Gender and Labor Economics
Email: ahiriscau@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 464
(757-221-1128)
Lopresti, John
Associate Professor of Economics
Fields: International Trade
Email: jwlopresti@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 243 (757-221-2432)
Lopresti, Katie
Associate Teaching Professor
Email: kelopresti@wm.edu
Office: Chancellors 257
McHenry, Peter
Paul R. Verkuil Professor of Public Policy and Economics and Department Chair
Fields: Labor, Health, Education
Email: pmchenry@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 317A (757-221-1796)
Mellor, Jennifer M.
Tang Professor of Economics
Fields: Health
Email: jmmell@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 336 (757-221-1913)
Moschini, Emily
Assistant Professor of Economics
Fields: Macroeconomics and Labor Economics
Email: egmoschini@wm.edu
Office: Chancellors 258
Parman, John
Professor of Economics
Fields: Economic History, Labor
Email: jmparman@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 254 (757-221-2852)
Pereira, Alfredo M.
Thomas Arthur Vaughn Jr. Memorial Professor of Economics
Fields: Public, Environmental
Email: ampere@wm.edu
Office : Chancellors 356
Pereira, Rui
Teaching Professor
Fields: Environmental, Energy
Email: rmpereira@wm.edu
Office : Chancellors 365
Qi, Shi
Associate Professor of Economics
Fields: Empirical Industrial Organization
Email: sqi01@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 246 (757-221-4645)
Schmidt, Martin B.
Professor of Economics
Fields: Sports
Email: mbschm@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 261 (757-221-2376)
Shiferaw, Admasu
Associate Professor of Economics
Fields: Development
Email: ashiferaw@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 263 (757-221-2369)
Shrestha, Ranjan
Associate Teaching Professor
Fields: Development, Health, Demography
Email: rshrestha@wm.edu
Office: Chancellors 461
Smit, Abhiprerna
Assistant Professor of Economics
Fields: Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Email: asmit@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 338
(757-221-4780)
Stafford, Sarah L.
CSX Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Fields: Environmental, Regulation
Email: slstaf@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 232 (757-221-1317)
Throckmorton, Nathaniel A.
Associate Professor of Economics
Fields: Monetary Macroeconomics, Time Series Econometrics
Email: nathrockmorton@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 433 (757-221-1318)
Twinam, Tate
Associate Professor of Economics
Fields: Urban Economics, Econometrics and Economic History
Email: tatwinam@wm.edu
Office (Phone) : Chancellors 250 (757-221-2126)
Valdes, Enrique
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics
Email: evaldes@wm.edu
Office: Chancellors Hall 425
Weldeegzie, Samuel
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics
Fields: Education and Health
Office: Chancellors Hall 337
Email: sweldeegzie@wm.edu
Yin-Herr, Liang
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics
Fields: Economics of Crime
Applied Microeconomics
Email: lyinherr@wm.edu
Office (Phone): Chancellors 460
(757-221-5271)