Faculty & Staff

Economics Faculty & Staff

Amanda Bayer

Franklin E. and Betty Barr Chair in Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7821
  2. Kohlberg Hall 209
  3. Office Hours: Tuesday, 10:30 - 11:45 am (Zoom); in person by appointment.

Links

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest:  Microeconomics, Labor Markets, Game Theory, the Economics Profession

Amanda Bayer

Syon Bhanot

Associate Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8369
  2. Kohlberg Hall 206
  3. Office Hours: Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm; Friday, 3:00 - 4:00 pm.

Links

  1. Profile
  2. Personal site

Areas of Interest: Behavioral Economics, Public Economics, Experimental Economics, Public Policy 

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Erin Bronchetti

Professor

Department Chair, Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6140
  2. Kohlberg Hall 213
  3. Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:00 - 2:00 pm.

Links

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest:  Public Finance, Labor Economics, Health Economics

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John Caskey

Joseph Wharton Professor of History and Political Economy

On Leave - Spring

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8128
  2. Kohlberg Hall 215
  3. Dan & Sidney West House 304
  4. Office Hours: On Leave - Spring 2026.

Links

  1. Profile

Area of Interest:  Financial Economics, Urban Economics

John Caskey

Daifeng He

Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6898
  2. Kohlberg Hall 212
  3. Office Hours: Friday, 2:00 - 4:00 pm.

Links

  1. Personal site

Areas of Interest: Health Economics, Public Economics, Medicare and Medicaid Policies

Daifeng He

Paul Ko

Assistant Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8103
  2. Kohlberg Hall 204
  3. Office Hours: Wednesday, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Links

  1. Personal site

Area of Interest: International Trade, International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics, Labor Economics

Paul Ko

Mark Kuperberg

Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8123
  2. Kohlberg Hall 207
  3. Office Hours: Monday, 1:00-2:00 pm; Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 am; Thursday, 11:00 - 12:00 pm.

Areas of Interest:  Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Law and Economics

Mark Kuperberg

Aleks Michuda

Visiting Assistant Professor

On Leave - Fall

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6476
  2. Kohlberg Hall 220
  3. Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Aleks Michuda

Ellen Magenheim

Centennial Chair

On Leave - Spring

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8140
  2. Kohlberg Hall 211
  3. Office Hours: Tuesday 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Links

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest:   Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Economics of the Family 

Ellen Magenheim

Steve O'Connell

Gil and Frank Mustin Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8107
  2. Kohlberg Hall 205
  3. Office Hours: Wednesday, 1:15 - 5:15 pm

Links

  1. Personal site

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics, International Trade, Economic Development

Stephen O'Connell

Maria Pia Olivero

Associate Professor

On Leave - Academic Year

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7331
  2. Kohlberg Hall 208
  3. Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30pm-4:30pm 

Links

  1. Personal site

Areas of interest: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Credit Markets, Latin American Economies.

Maria Pia Olivero

Jennifer Peck ’06

Associate Professor

Division Chair, Interdisciplinary

Program Coordinator, Environmental Studies

Economics

Environmental Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6182
  2. Kohlberg Hall 210
  3. Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm.
  1. Profile

Areas of Interest:  Labor Economics, Development Economics, and Energy and Environmental Economics

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Emma Rackstraw

Assistant Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8196
  2. Kohlberg Hall 214
  3. Office Hours: Wednesday, 1:30 - 3:00 pm.

Links

  1. Personal website

Areas of Interest:  Economics of Crime, Labor Economics, Experiments

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Marc Remer

Associate Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8105
  2. Kohlberg Hall 203
  3. Office Hours:  Wednesday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm.

Links

  1. Personal Website

Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization, Antitrust

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Cheryl Sharp

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Coordinator, Economics; Administrative Coordinator, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5056
  2. Kohlberg Hall 216

Links

  1. Profile
Cheryl Sharp

Tao Wang

Lead Associate of the Social Science Quantitative Lab

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6139
  2. Science Center 205B
  3. Office Hours: Please make an appointment. Walk-ins welcome when door is open.

Links

  1. Profile

Areas of Interest: International Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Data Science

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Joseph Hargadon

Visiting Professor - Part Time

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7689
  2. Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00am-11:00am & by appointment

Retired and Emeritus Professors

Stephen Golub (1953-2020)

Franklin and Betty Barr Professor of Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Profile
  2. Memorial notice

 

Stephen Golub

Rob Hollister (1935 - 2021)

Joseph Wharton Professor Emeritus of Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Memorial Notice

Areas of interest: Poverty, welfare reform, health care.

Rob Hollister

Larry Westphal (1942-2020)

J. Archer and Helen C. Turner Professor Emeritus of Economics

Economics

Contact

  1. Memorial notice

Areas of Interest: Applied Economic Theory, Economic Development, International Economics, Environmental Economics

Larry Westphal