People

Program Leadership

  • Faculty Director of MCECON: Dr. Zach Bethune
  • Director of Graduate Studies: Dr. Ted Temzelides
  • Assistant Dean for Student Programs: Abbey Godley
  • Academic Program Coordinator: Lexi Phillips

Core Faculty Instructors

The core courses of the MCECON program are taught by distinguished faculty members from the Department of Economics, ensuring a high-quality and rigorous educational experience.

  • Microeconomics I (ECON 501): Nina Bobkova or Mallesh Pai
  • Econometrics I (ECON 510): Bill Brown or Matthew Thirkettle
  • Econometrics II (ECON 511): Bill Brown or Matthew Thirkettle
  • Quantitative Methods for Program Evaluation (SOPE 503): Flávio Cunha
  • Tools for Computational Economics (ECON 630): Chase Coleman

Elective Course Instructors

Students in the MCECON program will benefit from a wide array of elective courses, each taught by faculty experts across various specialized fields of economics and related disciplines. This diverse faculty expertise allows for in-depth specialization and provides students with access to cutting-edge research and applied knowledge.

  • Macroeconomics (ECON 502): Zach Bethune
  • Computational Economics (ECON 504): Jeremy Fox
  • Financial Economics I (ECON 505): Kerry Back
  • Microeconomics II (ECON 508): Nina Bobkova and Hulya Eraslan
  • Labor Economics (ECON 515): Flavio Cunha
  • Empirical Microeconomics (ECON 516): Yunmi Kong
  • Empirical Industrial Organization I (ECON 514): Isabelle Perrigne
  • Empirical Industrial Organization II (ECON 517): Jeremy Fox
  • Economic Growth and Development (ECON 519): Rossella Calvi
  • Matching and Market Design (ECON 521): YingHua He
  • Computational Dynamic Economics (ECON 523):
  • Advanced Topics in Energy Economics (ECON 547): Ken Medlock
  • Health Economics (ECON 565): Vivian Ho
  • Topics in Macroeconomics I (ECON 575): Zach Bethune
  • Topics in Macroeconomics II (ECON 576): Shihan Shen
  • Topics in Econometrics II (ECON 579): Xun Tang
  • Applications in Program Evaluation – Criminal Justice (SOPE 502): Diego Amador
  • Applications in Program Evaluation – Labor (SOPE 504): Diego Amador
  • Applications in Program Evaluation – Health (SOPE 506): Christopher Kulesza
  • Applications in Program Evaluation – Early Childhood Development (SOPE 508): Erin Baumgartner