
Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Linda M. Hooks
Professor of Economics and Head of the Department
- Huntley Hall 303
- Email: hooksl@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8621
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.
Michael Anderson
Robert E. Sadler, Jr. Professor of Economics
- Huntley Hall 313
- Email: andersonm@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8971
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.
Niels-Hugo (Hugo) Blunch
Darrold and Kay Cannan Term Professor of Economics
- Huntley Hall 113
- Email: blunchn@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8619
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.
Jamie Casey
Professor of Economics
- Holekamp Hall 119
- Email: caseyj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8102
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.
Martin Davies
Professor of Economics
- Holekamp Hall 106
- Email: daviesm@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8157
Davies teaches courses on macroeconomic theory, international trade and international finance. Davies grew up in Papua New Guinea and researches international economic policy.
Art Goldsmith
Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics
- Huntley Hall 212
- Email: goldsmitha@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8970
Goldsmith鈥檚 courses are often interdisciplinary and draw from insights in other disciplines to foster a deeper understanding of topics in economics.
Peter Grajzl
John F. Hendon Professor of Economics
- Holekamp Hall 003
- Email: grajzlp@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8049
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.
Joseph Guse
Professor of Economics
- Hopkins House 207
- Email: gusej@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8915
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.
Mario E. Negrete
Assistant Professor of Economics
- Holekamp Hall 203
- Email: mnegrete@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8223
Katharine L. Shester
Professor of Economics
- Hopkins House 102
- Email: shesterk@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8607
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.
Shikha Silwal
Associate Professor of Economics
- Holekamp Hall 213
- Email: silwals@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8256
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.
Chantal Smith
Assistant Professor of Economics
- Huntley Hall 313
- Email: csmith@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8617
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.
Emeritus Faculty
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.
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.
Larry C. Peppers
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Economics
Staff
Leslie Coffey
Administrative Assistant
- Holekamp Hall 105
- Email: lcoffey2@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8603