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Faculty and Staff

Professor of economics Linda Hooks teaches class in Leyburn Library.

Faculty 

Linda M. Hooks

Linda M. Hooks

Professor of Economics and Head of the Department

Hooks teaches courses in money and banking, macroeconomics and monetary policy. Her research focuses on the role of banks in economic growth and the impact of regulation on bank risk.

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Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson

Robert E. Sadler, Jr. Professor of Economics

Anderson teaches courses on international trade, finance and econometrics. He researches topics in international trade such as how firm-level decisions affect state-level poverty in India.

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Niels-Hugo (Hugo) Blunch

Niels-Hugo (Hugo) Blunch

Darrold and Kay Cannan Term Professor of Economics

Blunch teaches econometrics and health economics, and also takes 91传媒 to Ghana for study abroad. His research pertains to health, education and labor market issues. Previously, Blunch worked with the World Bank and the United Nations.

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Jamie Casey

Jamie Casey

Professor of Economics

Casey is a 1991 W&L graduate who teaches courses that focus on the relation between the economy and the environment. His research centers on environmental funding and the economics of agriculture.

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Martin Davies

Martin Davies

Professor of Economics

Davies teaches courses on macroeconomic theory, international trade and international finance. Davies grew up in Papua New Guinea and researches international economic policy.

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Art Goldsmith

Art Goldsmith

Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics

Goldsmith鈥檚 courses are often interdisciplinary and draw from insights in other disciplines to foster a deeper understanding of topics in economics.

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Peter Grajzl

Peter Grajzl

John F. Hendon Professor of Economics

Grajzl teaches courses in introductory economics, microeconomics, economics of institutions and mathematical methods. His research centers on comparative institutional economics, law and economics, and political economy.

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Joseph Guse

Joseph Guse

Professor of Economics

Joseph Guse teaches Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, and Statistics and Environmental Economics. He co-teaches Spring Term courses on the Lakota and Tohono O鈥檕dham tribes. His research focuses on credit in American Indian communities.

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Mario E. Negrete

Mario E. Negrete

Assistant Professor of Economics

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Katharine L. Shester

Katharine L. Shester

Professor of Economics

Shester teaches courses on urban economics, women in the economy and U.S. economic history. Her research interests include American economic history, urban and labor economics, demography and education.

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Shikha Silwal

Shikha Silwal

Associate Professor of Economics

Silwal teaches courses such as The Economics of War and Peace, and Culture and Economic Development. She also co-teaches a study abroad course in Nepal. Silwal researches conflict and peace studies with a focus on South Asia.

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Chantal Smith

Chantal Smith

Assistant Professor of Economics

Chantal D. Smith is a labor economist focusing on education with additional interests in stratification economics, urban economics and economic history. She is also interested in the impact that changing climates have on economies largely dependent on natural resources.

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Emeritus Faculty 

James Kahn

James Kahn

Emeritus Faculty, John F. Hendon Professor of Economics and Professor of Environmental Studies

Kahn is a 1975 alumnus who teaches courses on the economics of the environment and development. He also teaches a Spring Term study abroad course in the Amazonas and researches environmental policy and resource economics.

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Carl P. Kaiser

Carl P. Kaiser

Emeritus Professor of Economics

Kaiser teaches courses on labor economics, labor-management relations and principles of economics. He has researched topics such as employee absenteeism and labor demand.

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Larry C. Peppers

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Economics

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Mike Smitka

Emeritus Professor of Economics

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John Winfrey

Emeritus Professor of Economics

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Staff 

Leslie Coffey

Leslie Coffey

Administrative Assistant

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