Econ
Program
Faculty
Office
Hours
Course
Offerings
Honors Program
Student
Awards
After Oxy
Newsletters
Pictures
Web
Links
To find out more about a professor, please click on the name or scroll down the page
Laurel Bond Mitchell
|
Robby Moore
|
|
John Romley
|
Giorgio Secondi
(Chair)
|
|
Sita
N. Slavov
|
|
|
Kirsten
Wandschneider |
|
Bevin Ashenmiller
Assistant Professor of Economics
A.B., Princeton University, 1992
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006
Send email to bevin@oxy.edu
Click
here to connect to Bevin Ashenmiller's web page
Before joining the faculty at Occidental College in the fall of 2005, Bevin taught Economics at Claremont McKenna College.
Bevin was an undergraduate in the Slavic Languages and Literature department at Princeton University. 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. When she returned 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. In particular, she studies the labor market effects of subsidizing recycling through consumer deposit-refund programs. More detailed information about her research agenda can be found on her homepage.
Bevin is on leave for the Fall semester of 2007. In the Spring of 2008 she will teach Principles of Economics I and Environmental Economics of Los Angeles.
In her buckets of free time she enjoys hanging out with her husband and their three children in their newly acquired minivan.
Before joining the department in the fall of
2005, Lesley was a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley. During the 2007-2008
academic year, she will be teaching Intermediate Microeconomic Theory,
Applied Econometrics, and Industrial Organization. Lesley's fields of interest are Industrial
Organization and Applied Econometrics. Her research focuses on competition in
the retail sector and the application of simulation methods in estimation. Lesley enjoys musical theater and listening to
Big Band and vocal jazz. She is also an avid spectator and enthusiast of figure
skating.
Mary has
been with the department since the fall of 2004 after
having taught Microeconomics and the Economics of Immigration at the University
of California, San Diego. 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 Latinos.
In 2007-08,
Mary will be teaching Principles of Economics II and Labor Economics. In the past, Mary has incorporated community-based learning projects and
classroom experiments into her courses.
Mary lives in Glendale. In her spare time, Mary enjoys taking yoga, dance, and
spinning classes.
Jerry joined the
Occidental faculty in 2001. Prior to that he taught at Vassar College and the
University of California, Santa Cruz. Jerry is on leave
during the fall semester. Spring 2008 he will offer two sections of Econ 311,
International Economics, and one section of Econ 361, Topics in Macroeconomic
Theory and Policy. Jerry's research
focuses on the behavior of the real wage over the business cycle, long run
economic growth and international monetary policy. Specifically, he is
interested in labor market dynamics during expansions and contractions, how the
input-output relations between firms affect long-run economic growth, how
monetary and fiscal policy may interact to affect long-run growth, and how in a
monetary union the central monetary authority and the individual fiscal
authorities influence economic performance and impose constraints on one
another. Jerry enjoys traveling
in Europe, camping in California and going to the movies or the opera with
friends.
Teaching at Occidental
since 2006, Laurie has also taught at the Claremont Colleges and
University of Redlands. She teaches Econ 233, Accounting and Financial
Analysis.
After
undergraduate studies at William and Mary, Laurie worked in public accounting
for KPMG Peat Marwick for a number of years, then as an assistant chief
accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington D.C. Her
Ph.D. is from Columbia Business School with a concentration in accounting.
Laurie is
passionately interested in the topic of lifetime financial literacy, and has
recently developed in connection with the Financial Literacy Institute a series
of materials to teach middle- and high-school students about financial
management. She also has written numerous financial analysis cases and studies
the impact of regulation on companies, their auditors and the financial markets.
Laurie is
married and has two teen-aged children. She enjoys painting with watercolors
and is an avid but rotten golfer. 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), labor economics, frosh writing
seminar, and his newest course, the economics of human resource 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. 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.
Before
coming to Occidental, John was an economist at the RAND Corporation, a think
tank that analyzes public policy. While at RAND he co-taught a course in law
and economics at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. In the
fall of 2007 he will teach two sections of Principles of Economics I and a new
course in health economics. In the spring of 2008 he will teach Principles of
Economics II and Intermediate Microeconomic Theory. John’s
fields of interest include health economics, law and economics, industrial
organization and applied econometrics. His research focuses on the hospital
industry, liability policy, and retail competition. He
enjoys movies, travel, music, photography, history and architecture.
Giorgio
joined the Economics Department in the fall of 1998. Born and raised in Milan,
Italy,
he taught at American University (Washington, D.C.) and Wellesley College before
coming to Oxy. Since 2004 he has also taught regularly in the Summer School at Phillips Exeter
Academy. Giorgio teaches economic development,
intermediate macroeconomic theory, principles of economics I and II, and a
Cultural Studies (Core) seminar titled "The
Economics of Developing Countries."
Giorgio's research has focused mostly on the economics
of the family in developing countries (especially China). Issues he
has addressed include intergenerational transfers and their motivation,
intrahousehold resource allocation, and the economic determinants
of preference for sons in China's rural areas. He has published articles and
book reviews in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, the Journal of Development
Studies, the Journal of Asian Studies, and the Italian newsmagazine
Il Mondo. He has recently finished editing a reader in development economics for
the British publisher Routledge. He also maintains a website on development
economics currently ranked No. 2 on the internet (after Wikipedia) by
Google. In his scarce free time Giorgio enjoys rowing and
bike riding.
Sita
came to Oxy in the fall of 2002 after finishing her graduate work at Stanford.
Sita's field is public economics, and she has published papers in the areas of
political economy and Social Security reform. She is currently doing research
on the provision of public goods under majority rule, the strategic use of the
ballot initiative, and the disincentives in Social Security and Medicare for
long careers. Sita
regularly teaches Intermediate Microeconomics, Economics of the Public Sector,
Game Theory, Economics of Information, and Principles of Economics II. However,
she is on leave this year in Washington DC, where she serves in the Council of
Economic Advisers as the senior economist for public finance issues.
Sita's husband is also an economist (at Pomona), and they have one cat. In her
spare time, Sita enjoys running, swimming, and yoga.
Woody, a native of Cooperstown, NY, joined the
Oxy faculty in 1970. He serves as the chair of Occidental's Planning and Budget
Committe, after having served stints in a number of other
administrative positions, including Vice President for Student Services and
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid. He
also serves as the pre-MBA advisor, the advisor to the Blyth
Fund, and the administrator of the Bennett Schwartz Fund. His main scholarly interests are in the fields
of applied econometrics and the economics of higher education. His most
important book, Using Econometrics, is the best-selling elementary
econometrics textbook in the world. He teaches applied econometrics, advanced
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!).
Mike has been teaching economics at Occidental College since
1987. He has taught intermediate microeconomics, the economics of financial
markets, and industrial organization as well as principles courses and in Oxy's
Multicultural Summer Institute (MSI). He is also Director of the
Institutional Research Office, carrying out studies of student retention,
faculty retention, students' choices of colleges and majors, and other topics of
interest to the College.
Mike is the advisor to Occidental College's men's and women's Ultimate
Frisbee teams and can be found at most of their practices and many of their
tournaments. He also hikes and orienteers.
Kirsten
comes to Oxy from Middlebury College in Vermont, where she taught after having
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. At Oxy, Kirsten will be teaching
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Principles of Economics I and a topics course in
Economic History. In her
free time, Kirsten is looking forward to exploring Los Angeles with her family.
She is an enthusiastic sailor and very excited to be living so close to the
Pacific.
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 concerns issues 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
professonal team sports and research into the economics of higher education. Jim and his wife Linda have one daughter
who currently
lives and teaches in Memphis, Tennessee. They all enjoy traveling,
playing tennis and watching baseball.
Lesley Chiou
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2000
Ph.D., Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Send email to lchiou at oxy dot edu
Click
here to connect to Lesley Chiou's web page
Mary Lopez
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., University of California, Riverside, 1997
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2003
Send email to mlopez@oxy.edu
Click
here to connect to Mary Lopez's web page
Jerry McIntyre
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Rochester, 1979
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000
Send email to mcintyre@oxy.edu
Click
here to connect to Jerry McIntyre's web page
Laurel Bond Mitchell
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
B.B.A., College of William and Mary, 1972
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996
Send email to
lmitchell@oxy.edu
Elbridge Amos Stuart Professor of Economics
B.A., Pomona College, 1971
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1977
Send email to moore@oxy.edu
Click
here to connect to Robby Moore's web page
John Romley
Adjunct Assistant Professor of
Economics
B.A., Amherst College, 1994
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2004
Send email to
jromley@oxy.edu
Click
here to connect to John Romley's web page
Giorgio Secondi
Associate Professor of Economics
Chair, Department of Economics
B.A., Bocconi University, 1989
M.A., University of Michigan, 1992
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996
Send email to gsecondi@oxy.edu
Click
here to connect to Giorgio Secondi's web page
Sita N. Slavov
Assistant
Professor of Economics
B.A., College of William and Mary, 1997
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003
Send email to sslavov@oxy.edu
Click
here to connect to Sita Slavov's web page
Woody Studenmund
Laurence de Rycke Distinguished Professor of Economics
A.B., Hamilton College, 1966
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1970
Send e-mail to woody@oxy.edu
Mike Tamada
Instructor of Economics
B.A., University of Chicago, 1979
ABD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Send email to tamada@oxy.edu
Kirsten
Wandschneider
Assistant 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
Jim Whitney
Professor of Economics
B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1974
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1983
Send e-mail to whitney@oxy.edu
Click
here to connect to Jim Whitney's web page
