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Department of Economics Faculty, Staff, and Students

The Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh offers world-class research and teaching opportunities. View the contact information below for full-time faculty members, adjunct and lecturing faculty members, visiting faculty, faculty emeriti, and research associates, as well as members of the department staff and PhD students. If you are looking for someone who is not listed below, use the University Directory.

Economics Department Principals

• Chair: Jean-Francois Richard
• Department Administrator: Paula Riemer
• Graduate Admissions Chair: Randy Walsh
• Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies: Shirley Cassing
• Graduate Placement Officer: Daniele Coen-Pirani
• Graduate Program Administrator: Amy Linn
• Undergraduate Advising Staff: Katherine Wolfe (fall term) and Jane Wallace (spring term)

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Email	Phone	Office
Beeson, Patricia	beeson@pitt.edu	412-624-4223	801 CL
Beresteanu, Arie	arie@pitt.edu	412-648-1748	Posvar 4510
Berkowitz, Daniel	dmberk@pitt.edu	412-648-7072	Posvar 4711
Bhattacharya, Sourav	sourav@pitt.edu	412-383-8166	Posvar 4528
Blume, Andreas	ablume@pitt.edu	412-648-7088	Posvar 4932
Cassing, James	jcassing@pitt.edu	412-648-8746	Posvar 4908
Cassing, Shirley	cassing@pitt.edu	412-648-1729	Posvar 4915
Coen-Pirani, Daniele	coen@pitt.edu	412-648-1749	Posvar 4925
DeJong, David N.	dejong@pitt.edu	412-648-2242	801 CL
Duffy, John	jduffy@pitt.edu	412-648-1733	Posvar 4929
Giarratani, Frank	frankg@pitt.edu	412-648-1741	Posvar 4927
Gruver, Gene	gruver@pitt.edu	412-648-1731	Posvar 4532
Husted, Steven	husted1@pitt.edu	412-648-1757	Posvar 4508
Kenkel, James	kenkel@pitt.edu	412-648-1767	Posvar 4709
Murtazashvili, Irina	irinam@pitt.edu	412-648-1762	Posvar 4509
Rawski, Thomas	tgrawski@pitt.edu	412-648-7062	Posvar 4526
Richard, Jean-Francois	fantin@pitt.edu	412-648-1750	Posvar 4917
Rigotti, Luca	luca@pitt.edu	412-648-1756	Posvar 4907
Ripoll, Marla	ripoll@pitt.edu	412-648-2243	Posvar 4933
Shertzer, Allison	shertzer@pitt.edu	412-648-7071	Posvar 4714
Teper, Roee	rteper@pitt.edu	412-648-7141	Posvar 4530
Troesken, Werner	troesken@pitt.edu	412-648-2823	Posvar 4715
Vesterlund, Lise	vester@pitt.edu	412-648-1794	Posvar 4916
Walsh, Randall	walshr@pitt.edu	412-648-1737	Posvar 4511
Wang, Stephanie	swwang@pitt.edu	412-383-8157	Posvar 4906
Wilson, Alistair	alistair@pitt.edu	412-383-8152	Posvar 4907

Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers

Name	Email	Phone	Office
El-Hamidi, Fatma	fatma@pitt.edu	412-383-8156	Posvar 4713
Maksymenko, Svitlana	maks@pitt.edu	412-383-8155	Posvar 4703
Maloy, James	maloy@pitt.edu	412-648-7117	Posvar 4705
Snyder, Stephen	sesnyder@pitt.edu	412-648-1755	Posvar 4930A
Wallace, Jane	jwallace@pitt.edu	412-648-1740	Posvar 4704
Wolfe, Katherine	kwolfe@pitt.edu	412-648-5148	Posvar 4702

Visiting and Associated Faculty

Name	Email	Phone	Office
Blair, Andrew R.	blair@pitt.edu
Branstetter, Lee G.	branstet@andrew.cmu.edu
Kaplan, Erin	ekaplan@pitt.edu	412-648-1706	Posvar 4918A
Linardi, Sera	linardi@pitt.edu	412-648-7650	Posvar 3203
Maertens, Annemie	maertens@pitt.edu	412-648-7613	Posvar 3204
Nishioka, Shuichiro	nishioka@pitt.edu	412-648-1760	Posvar 4901
Shafiq, M. Najeeb	mnshafiq@pitt.edu	412-648-1832	Posvar 5907
Tannery, Frederick J.	rickt@pitt.edu	412-648-1797	Posvar 4710

Faculty Emeriti

Name	Email	Phone	Office
Chesler, Herbert	chesler@pitt.edu	412-648-1745	Posvar 4527
Katz, Arnold	akatz@pitt.edu	412-648-1752	Posvar 4531
Maeshiro, Asatoshi	iroha@pitt.edu	412-648-2828	Posvar 4529
Mesa-Lago, Carmelo	cmesa@usa.net	412-648-2828	Posvar 4529
Ochs, Jack	jochs@pitt.edu	412-648-7061	Posvar 4525
Sontheimer, Kevin	sontheim@pitt.edu	412-648-1745	Posvar 4527
Wichers, Robert	wichersr@gmail.com

Research Associates

Name	Email	Phone	Office
McCann, Charles M.	na

Staff

Name	Email	Phone	Office
DiDiano, Annette	didiano@pitt.edu	412-648-1730	Posvar 4701
Graham, Lauree	lauree@pitt.edu	412-648-8745	Posvar 4706
Kannair, Charles	kannair@pitt.edu	412-383-7770	Posvar 2610
Linn, Amy	amlinn@pitt.edu	412-648-1399	Posvar 4914
Riemer, Paula	paular@pitt.edu	412-648-7073	Posvar 4507
Spears, Georgia	gdspears@pitt.edu	412-648-1732	Posvar 4504
Ziolkowski, Debbie	daz1@pitt.edu	412-648-1734	Posvar 4505

PhD Students

Name	Email	Phone	Office
Beach, Brian	brb89@pitt.edu	412-648-1765	Posvar 4911
Black, Katie Jo	kas332@pitt.edu	412-648-2822	Posvar 4518
Bosworth, Steven	sjb74@pitt.edu	412-648-1796	Posvar 4909
Choi, Hansoo	hac46@pitt.edu	412-648-2305	Posvar 4516
Chura, Martina	mac282@pitt.edu	412-648-5717	Posvar 4522
D'Amico, Mark	mpd30@pitt.edu	412-648-1765	Posvar 4911
Demir, Omer Bahadir	obd2@pitt.edu	412-648-2305	Posvar 4516
Diego, Nicholas	nmd37@pitt.edu	412-648-2825	Posvar 4513
Elser, Timothy	tje9@pitt.edu	412-648-7378	Posvar 4931
Genc, Serife	seg34@pitt.edu	412-648-1763	Posvar 4923
Gonzalez, Heriberto	heg14@pitt.edu	412-648-2822	Posvar 4518
Gonzalez Ginestet, Pablo	pmg22@pitt.edu	412-648-1792	Posvar 4910
He, Qixin	qih11@pitt.edu	412-648-1796	Posvar 4909
Hister, Tim	tjh23@pitt.edu	412-648-1752	Posvar 4531
Jeon, Kiyoung	kij3@pitt.edu	412-648-1792	Posvar 4910
Jochem, Torsten	toj2@pitt.edu	412-648-5312	Posvar 4520
Jones, Daniel	dbj3@pitt.edu	412-648-2825	Posvar 4513
Ju, Shijun	shj13@pitt.edu	412-648-1796	Posvar 4909
Kabukcuoglu, Zeynep	zsk3@pitt.edu	412-648-2822	Posvar 4518
Kang, Jae Won	jwk31@pitt.edu	412-648-1766	Posvar 4523
Kim, Sun-Tak	suk36@pitt.edu	412-648-1744	Posvar 4515
Klinowski Gomez, David	djk59@pitt.edu	412-648-1744	Posvar 4515
Kose, Tekin	tek11@pitt.edu	412-648-1792	Posvar 4910
Lee, Hakki	hal42@pitt.edu	412-648-1792	Posvar 4910
LeGower, Michael	mjl88@pitt.edu	412-648-2825	Posvar 4513
Lennon, Conor	cjl55@pitt.edu	412-648-1765	Posvar 4911
Li, Yue	yul57@pitt.edu	412-648-2825	Posvar 4513
Liu, Siying	sil18@pitt.edu	412-648-7378	Posvar 4931
Liu, Lulu	lul24@pitt.edu	412-648-2824	Posvar 4519
Mak, Ho-Ching	hom11@pitt.edu	412-648-5312	Posvar 4520
McCoy, Shawn	sjm96@pitt.edu	412-648-1765	Posvar 4911
Miller, H. Ray	hrm19@pitt.edu	412-648-7378	Posvar 4931
Park, Hyeon Sook	hsp2@pitt.edu	412-648-2824	Posvar 4519
Piermont, Evan	ehp5@pitt.edu	412-648-7039	Posvar 4521
Recalde, Maria	mpr25@pitt.edu	412-648-1744	Posvar 4515
Saavedra, Martin	mhs33@pitt.edu	412-648-1766	Posvar 4523
Smirnova, Elena	els121@pitt.edu	412-648-2822	Posvar 4518
Song, Yang	yas27@pitt.edu	412-648-7378	Posvar 4931
Su, Yingjun	yis17@pitt.edu	412-648-2824	Posvar 4519
Svoboda, Richard	rts33@pitt.edu	412-648-7039	Posvar 4521
Twinam, Tate	tat47@pitt.edu	412-648-7378	Posvar 4931
Walton, Douglas	djw63@pitt.edu	412-648-2825	Posvar 4513
Wang, Yun	yuw25@pitt.edu	412-648-1766	Posvar 4516
Whitten, Gregory	gww2@pitt.edu	412-648-2305	Posvar 4516
Wu , Hong	how16@pitt.edu	412-648-1744	Posvar 4515
Xu, Yilan	yix11@pitt.edu	412-648-1744	Posvar 4515
Yang, Ling	liy32@pitt.edu	412-648-5312	Posvar 4520