Economics Faculty

Salem Abo Zaid

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2011

Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, Public Economics, Computational Economics.

Rashid Al Hmoud

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Ph.D., Texas Tech University,1994

Environmental and natural resources economics. Economics education.

Klaus G. Becker

Associate Professor and Chair

Ph.D., University of Kansas,1987

Microeconomics. Industrial organization and regulation. Game theory.

Terry von Ende

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies

Ph.D., The University of Kansas, 1990

19th century American economic history. Microeconomic theory. Mathematical economics. Economic thought.

Ronald D. Gilbert

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Oklahoma State University,1970

Money. Macroeconomics.

Armando Lopez

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, 2010

Macroeconomics, International Economics

Robert P. McComb

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,1988

Industrial organization. Development economics. Microeconomic theory. Public finance, public enterprise, privatization of public enterprise.

Masha Rahnama

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1988

Macroeconomics. International economics.

Thomas L. Steinmeier

Professor

Ph.D., Yale University, 1975

Pensions, social security, and retirement decisions. Econometrics.

Victor J. Valcarcel

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2008
Macroeconomic theory. Applied time series. Economic growth.

Andres J. Vargas

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2006

Labor economics. Industrial organization. Development.
Agricultural economics.