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Lesley Chiou
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Daron Djerdjian |
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Jorge Gonzalez
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Meric Keskinel |
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Masanori Kuroki |
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Brandon Lehr
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Robby Moore
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Daryl Ono |
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Sita
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Woody Studenmund
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Kirsten
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Jim Whitney |
Professor Ashenmiller joined the faculty at Occidental College in the fall of
2005. As an undergraduate at Princeton University, in the Slavic Languages and
Literature department, she studied Economic History and Abortion in the Soviet
Union. Living in Russia in the early 1990’s she began to appreciate how
important economics was in the day to day decisions of the people she met.
Returning to the United States she began studying economics, and in particular,
she became fascinated with the situations under which markets fail. Her primary areas of research are Environmental Economics and Labor
Economics. Her research consists of program evaluation of environmental
policies. She has studied the labor market effects of subsidizing recycling
through consumer deposit-refund programs and is currently working on projects
that evaluate the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. More detailed
information about her research agenda can be found on her homepage. In her buckets of free time she enjoys hanging out with her husband and their
three children, camping in the Sierras, and tending to their new edible front
yard.
Bevin Ashenmiller
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Assistant Professor of Economics
A.B., Princeton University, 1992
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006
Send email to bevin@oxy.edu
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here to connect to Bevin Ashenmiller's web page
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Lesley Chiou
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Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2000
Ph.D., Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Send email to
lchiou@oxy.edu
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Professor Chiou's fields of interest are Industrial Organization and Applied Econometrics.
Her research focuses on understanding how consumer behavior can influence the actions of firms and inform public policy. Prof. Chiou's work spans three main areas: the retail sector, information and technology, and arts and media markets. Please refer to her website for further information on her research.
In 2011-2012, she will be teaching Principles of Economics II, Applied Econometrics, and Senior Seminar.
Jorge Gonzalez
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Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Professor of Economics
B.A., Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), Monterrey, Mexico, 1984
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1989
Send email to
jorgegonzalez@oxy.edu
Gonzalez has published extensively on such topics as foreign investment, undocumented immigration, international trade in the Americas, the Mexican financial system, and the political economy of U.S. trade and immigration legislation. A winner of Trinity's top teaching award, he has taught courses in micro- and macroeconomics, international trade, and the economies of Mexico and Spain.
Gonzalez has presented his research findings at
professional conferences in North, Central, and South America, Europe,
Africa, and Asia. He is often invited to speak to companies, organizations,
and community groups about the Mexican economy, and is frequently sought out
for media interviews. He is currently a member of the board of directors of
the International Trade and Finance Association.
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 2005
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010
Send email to lehr@oxy.edu
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Brandon started at Oxy in 2010, after finishing his dissertation at MIT on the
impact of heterogeneous individuals in an economy that same year. As an
undergraduate at UC Berkeley, he initially became interested in the ways
markets can fail or lead to undesirable outcomes due to issues of asymmetric
information or suboptimal consumer behavior.
His fields of interest are Public Finance, Labor, and Microeconomic Theory. In
particular, he is interested in questions of optimal public policy, taxation, and
social insurance, especially in the context of workers and firms who may interact
in complicated or inefficient ways.
This year he will be teaching Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral
Economics, and Game Theory.
When Brandon is not reading, writing, or doing arithmetic, he also enjoys cooking
and watching old movies.
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., University of California, Riverside, 1997
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2003
Send email to mlopez@oxy.edu
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Mary has been with the department since the fall of 2004.
Mary’s primary field of interest is labor economics. Mary’s teaching and research interests include immigration and immigration policy and gender and racial inequality. Her current research focuses on immigrant entrepreneurs, the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, and nativity in the labor market, and the labor market experiences of immigrants and Latinos.
During the 2011-2012 academic year, Mary will be teaching Principles of Economics II, The Economics of Race and Gender, and CSP.
In her spare time, Mary enjoys kickboxing, yoga, and cycling. She is also currently training for a sprint triathlon.
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Elbridge Amos Stuart Professor of Economics
B.A., Pomona College, 1971
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1977
Send email to moore@oxy.edu
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Robby joined the Occidental faculty in 1978. Prior to that he
was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard, where he was in charge
of the introductory economics course. He teaches a variety of courses
including introductory economics, intermediate microeconomic theory, public
sector economics (public finance/expenditure analysis),
frosh writing seminar, and his newest course, the economics of human
resources management (personnel economics). Always extremely interested in
teaching and teaching pedagogy, Robby has conducted teaching workshops at
colleges and universities throughout the country, and is also the current
Director of Oxy's Center for Teaching Excellence. In
addition to authoring four textbooks, he has published numerous journal
articles in his fields of special research
interest, public finance, labor/personnel economics, and economic
education. His articles have appeared in such journals as the Quarterly
Journal of Economics, the American Economic Review, the Review
of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, the National
Tax Journal, and the Journal of Economic Education, among others. His
current research deals with the financing (and appropriate taxation) of
investments in a college education as
well as the effect of group composition on student learning in introductory
economics. Robby is the recipient of
Occidental's Graham L. Sterling Memorial Award, given "in recognition of
strong teaching and service, and in particular, distinguished professional
achievement,"
and the Io Triumphe Award, given "in recognition of extraordinary
contributions to Occidental's Spirit of Community." Robby is married with two children, and is an avid tennis
player.
Daryl Ono
Adjunct Instructor of Accounting
MBA, Claremont Graduate School, 1983
M.S., Southern Methodist University, 2002
M.S., Southern Methodist University, 2005
MSEM, Southern Methodist University, 2005
M.S., Golden Gate University 2003
Send email to ono@oxy.edu
Daryl is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (CCE/A). He has been an adjunct instructor at various colleges and universities in the Los Angeles area for over 25 years.
Daryl has worked in the Corporate Finance Division of Southern California Edison, both as a financial analyst and accountant. His primary responsibilities are financial mathematics, engineering economics and operations research. Daryl is also on the board of directors for the JACOM Credit Union. He has published articles in the area of financial education.
Daryl is a poor basketball player who continues to participate in competitive basketball leagues and tournaments.
Sita N. Slavov (CV)
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., College of William and Mary, 1997
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003
Send email to sslavov@oxy.edu
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Sita has been at Oxy since 2002. Her field is public economics, and
she has published papers on political economy, retirement, and Social
Security. She teaches a variety of courses, including public finance,
game theory, economics of information, applied econometrics, and a
senior seminar on advanced microeconomics.
Sita is currently doing research on whether stock market fluctuations
affect people's retirement expectations. She has also recently studied
the impact of mortality inequality (the fact that high-income
individuals tend to live longer than low-income individuals) on the
rates of return that different income groups get from Social Security.
During a one-year leave in 2007-08, she served as a senior economist
at the Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, DC.
Sita is on sabbatical this year, and she will be spending her time in
the Washington, DC area. She will be visiting at George Mason
University in the fall and the Cato Institute in the spring.
In her spare time, Sita enjoys running, cycling, and kickboxing.
Woody Studenmund
(CV)
Laurence de Rycke Distinguished Professor of Economics
Chair, Department of Economics
A.B., Hamilton College, 1966
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1970
Send e-mail to woody@oxy.edu
His main scholarly interest is in the field of econometrics, and his textbook, Using Econometrics, is one of the top two best-selling elementary econometrics textbooks in the world. He teaches applied econometrics and managerial economics.
Woody has received the Loftsgordon award for excellence in teaching,
the Io Triumphe award for contributions to Occidental's spirit of
community and the Janosik award for service to the College. He also is
an avid sports fan, father, and claret drinker (no causality implied!).
Kirsten
Wandschneider
(CV)
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Kiel, 1997
M.S., University of Illinois, 2001
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2003
Send email to
kirsten@oxy.edu
Kirsten is in her fifth year at Oxy. She completed her graduate work at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her undergraduate studies at the
University of Kiel in Germany.
Kirsten’s primary area of research is Economic History. She is especially
interested in the development of financial markets and institutions in early
20th century Europe and has published several articles in this field. Her
teaching experiences include courses in Macroeconomics, International Economics,
International Finance and Economic History.
In her free time, Kirsten spends time with her family. She enjoys the beach and
the water and likes to travel.
Professor of Economics
B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1974
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1983
Send e-mail to whitney@oxy.edu
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Jim has been at Occidental since 1982. His teaching interests include introductory economics, microeconomic theory, international economics, and law and economics. He coauthored Microeconomic Principles in Action as well as various publications of suggested course exercises and applications of economics issues. He has also been involved in the development and presentation of Web-based course resources and a wide range of software for computer-assisted learning.
Jim's research covers topics in international trade, industrial organization, and the economics of professional team sports. He has published professional journal articles on issues such as the interaction between market structure and imports, and on the competitive performance of professional sports leagues. His current projects include further research into the economics of professional team sports and research into the economics of higher education.
Jim will continue to serve as Chair of the Economics Department for the 2010-11 Academic Year. He will also teach International Economics both semesters, a Senior Seminar on Law and Economics in Fall 2010, and a frosh research seminar on globalization in Spring 2011.
Jim and his wife Linda enjoy traveling, exercising, playing bridge, visiting with their daughter, and, in past years, watching Dodgers and Angels baseball.