Faculty & Staff

Economics Faculty & Staff

Amanda Bayer

Franklin E. and Betty Barr Chair in Economics

Department Chair, Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7821
  2. Kohlberg Hall 209
  3. Office Hours: By appointment

Links

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest:  Microeconomics, Labor Markets, Game Theory, the Economics Profession

Amanda Bayer

Syon Bhanot

Associate Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8369
  2. Kohlberg Hall 206
  3. Office Hours: Fridays 2:00pm-3:30pm 

Links

  1. Profile
  2. Personal site

Areas of Interest: Behavioral Economics, Public Economics, Experimental Economics, Public Policy 

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Erin Bronchetti

Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6140
  2. Kohlberg Hall 213
  3. Office Hours: Mondays & Thursdays 1:30pm-2:30pm 

Links

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest:  Public Finance, Labor Economics, Health Economics

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John Caskey

Joseph Wharton Professor of History and Political Economy

Social Sciences

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8128
  2. Kohlberg Hall 215
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00am-11:00am & by appointment

Links

  1. Profile

Area of Interest:  Financial Economics, Urban Economics

John Caskey

Ella Foster-Molina ’07

Social Science Quantitative Laboratory Associate

Economics

Political Science

Sociology & Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6384
  2. Kohlberg Hall 234
  3. Office Hours: Kohlberg 234
    Wednesdays 1:15-3:45pm
    Thursdays 11:45-1:45pm
    Appointments preferred, walk-ins welcome. 
    Email me if you need to meet by Zoom instead of in person.
  1. Website
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Daifeng He

Professor

On Leave - Academic Year

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6898
  2. Kohlberg Hall 212

Links

  1. Personal site

Areas of Interest: Health Economics, Public Economics, Medicare and Medicaid Policies

Daifeng He

Paul Ko

Assistant Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8103
  2. Kohlberg Hall 204
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00pm-4:30pm and by appointment

Links

  1. Personal site

Area of Interest: International Trade, International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics, Labor Economics

Paul Ko

Mark Kuperberg

Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8123
  2. Kohlberg Hall 207
  3. Office Hours: Mondays 1:00pm-2:00pm, Wednesdays 11:00am-12:00pm, Fridays 11:00am-12:00pm

Areas of Interest:  Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Law and Economics

Mark Kuperberg

Aleks Michuda

Visiting Assistant Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6476
  2. Kohlberg Hall 220
  3. Office Hours: Mondays 10:30am-11:30am and by appointment 
Aleks Michuda

Ellen Magenheim

Centennial Chair

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8140
  2. Kohlberg Hall 211
  3. Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:15pm-2:45pm

Links

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest:   Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Economics of the Family 

Ellen Magenheim

Steve O'Connell

Gil and Frank Mustin Professor

On Leave - Spring

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8107
  2. Kohlberg Hall 205
  3. Office Hours: On leave Spring 2025

Links

  1. Personal site

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics, International Trade, Economic Development

Stephen O'Connell

Maria Pia Olivero

Associate Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7331
  2. Kohlberg Hall 208
  3. Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30pm-4:30pm 

Links

  1. Personal site

Areas of interest: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Credit Markets, Latin American Economies.

Maria Pia Olivero

Jennifer Peck ’06

Associate Professor

Economics

Environmental Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6182
  2. Kohlberg Hall 210
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30pm-2:30pm
  1. Profile

Areas of Interest:  Labor Economics, Development Economics, and Energy and Environmental Economics

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Emma Rackstraw

On Leave - Academic Year

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8125
  2. Kohlberg Hall
Emma Rackstraw

Marc Remer

Associate Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8105
  2. Kohlberg Hall 203
  3. Office Hours: Thursdays 2:45pm-4:45pm

Links

  1. Personal Website

Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization, Antitrust

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Tao Wang

Lead Associate of the Social Science Quantitative Lab

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6139
  2. Kohlberg Hall 214
  3. Office Hours: Please make an appointment. Walk-ins welcome when door is open.

Links

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest: International Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Data Science

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Joseph Hargadon

Visiting Professor - Part Time

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8125
  2. Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00am-11:00am & by appointment

Retired and Emeritus Professors

Stephen Golub (1953-2020)

Franklin and Betty Barr Professor of Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Profile
  2. Memorial notice

 

Stephen Golub

Rob Hollister (1935 - 2021)

Joseph Wharton Professor Emeritus of Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Memorial Notice

Areas of interest: Poverty, welfare reform, health care.

Rob Hollister

Larry Westphal (1942-2020)

J. Archer and Helen C. Turner Professor Emeritus of Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Memorial notice

Areas of Interest: Applied Economic Theory, Economic Development, International Economics, Environmental Economics

Larry Westphal