Junior and Senior Economics Majors will also have a faculty advisor assigned.
Request or Change Your Faculty Advisor Here: http://econ.uconn.edu/facultyadvisorrequest
The Economics Department encourages students to build relationships with the faculty advisor and see them for mentorship and questions regarding:
- Career advice
- Grad School Preparation
- Guidance in the Economics courses you should take to form your curriculum
- Recommendation letters
Below is a list of ECON faculty members and their area(s) of expertise.
Attend the office hours of your faculty advisor or make an appointment by emailing them directly. Click on their name for contact info, office hours, and research and teaching bio.
| Expertise |
Faculty Member |
| Behavioral & Experimental Economics |
Mike Shor |
| Demographic Economics |
Delia Furtado |
| Development Economics |
Nishith Prakash, Jorge Aguero, Patricia Ritter |
| Ecological Economics |
Michele Baggio, Paul Hallwood |
| Econometrics |
Subhash Ray |
| Economics of Education |
Jorge Aguero |
| Economic History |
Derek Johnson, Richard Langlois, Metin Cosgel |
| Economics of Organization & Institutions |
Richard Langlois |
| Environmental & Resource Economics |
Michele Baggio, Ling Huang, Kathleen Segerson |
| Field Experiments |
Nishith Prakash |
| Game Theory |
Mike Shor, Vicki Knoblauch |
| Health Economics |
David Simon, Jorge Aguero, Patricia Ritter |
| Industrial Organization |
Talia Bar, Ling Huang, Derek Johnson, Vicki Knoblauch, Mike Shor |
| International Economics |
Kanda Naknoi, Owen Svalestad, Francis Ahking |
| International Finance |
Paul Hallwood |
| International Trade |
Paul Hallwood |
| Labor Economics |
Kenneth Couch, Delia Furtado, Nishith Prakash, Stephen Ross, David Simon |
| Law and Economics |
Derek Johnson, Thomas Miceli |
| Macroeconomic Theory |
Olivier Morand |
| Macroeconomics & Monetary Economics |
Kanda Naknoi, Owen Svalestad, Francis Ahking, Kai Zhao, Hyun Lee |
| Mathematical Economics |
Vicki Knoblauch, Olivier Morand |
| Microeconomics & Applied Microeconomics |
Talia Bar, Subhash Ray, Michele Baggio, Thomas Miceli |
| Political Economy |
Nishith Prakash |
| Political Economy of Religion |
Metin Cosgel |
| Public Economics |
Kenneth Couch, David Simon |
| Public Finance |
Stephen Ross. Kai Zhao, Paul Hallwood |
| Urban Economics |
Thomas Miceli. Stephen Ross |