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.
How to Meet with a Faculty Advisor:
- Attend the office hours of your faculty advisor.
- 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 |