Dietrich Vollrath
Ph.D., Brown  University
Department Chair and Professor 
Department of Economics
Economic Growth and Development 
devollrath@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3806 • 201I TU2
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Aimee Chin
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor
Labor, Development
achin@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3761 • 201N TU2
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Steven Craig
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor
Public Economics, Public Choice, Applied Microeconometrics
scraig@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3812 • 214 TU2
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German Cubas
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Associate Professor
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth and Development
gcubasnorando@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3187 • 201D TU2
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Willa Helterline Friedman
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor
Economic Development, Health, Political Economy, Behavioral Economics
whfriedman@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.5620 • 226 TU2
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Ed Hirs
MA and MBA, Yale University
Lecturer
Energy Markets, Game Theory
ehirs@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.961.9661 • 
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Md Shahadath Hossain
Ph.D., Binghamton University
Instructional Assistant Professor
Development Economics, Labor Economics, Health Economics
mhossai7@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.9799 • 201 TU2
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Chinhui Juhn
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Henry Graham Professor of Economics
Labor Economics
cjuhn@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3823 • 216 TU2
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Janet Kohlhase
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor
Urban Economics, Regional Economics, Environmental Economics
jkohlhase@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3799 • 201H TU2

Hyunju Lee
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor
Macroeconomics, International Economics, Financial Economics
hlee78@Central.UH.EDU • Office 201M, TU2
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Elaine Liu
Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor
Development, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics and Labor
emliu@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3861 • 228 TU2
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Bitaran Maden
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Instructional Assistant Professor
Monetary Economics, Time Series Econometrics, Applied Macroeconomics
maden@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.2165 • 201 TU2
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Vikram Maheshri
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor
Applied Microeconomics, Urban Economics, Political Economy
vmaheshri@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3833 • 202C TU2
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Christian Murray
Ph.D., University of Washington
Associate Professor
Time Series Econometrics, Business Cycle Analysis, International Finance
cjmurray@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3835 • 
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Vegard Mokleiv Nygaard
Ph.D., University of Minnesota 
Assistant Professor
Macroeconomics, Health Economics, Public Finance
vmnygaard@uh.edu • 201P TU2
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Radek Paluszynski
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Associate Professor
International Economics, Macroeconomics, Information Economics
rpaluszynski@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3801 • 201C TU2
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David Papell
Ph.D., Columbia University
Joel W. Sailors Endowed Professor of Economics
International Economics, Macroeconomics, Time Series Econometrics
dpapell@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3807 • 224 TU2
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Dhanushka Peru
Ph.D., University of Houston
Instructional Assistant Professor
Development and Health Economics, Migration
pddarunasiri@uh.edu • 201S TU2
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Yona Rubinstein
Ph.D., Hebrew University
Professor
Human capital, Entrepreneurship, Inequality
yrubinstein@uh.edu • Office 218, TU2

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Piruz Saboury
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Instructional Assistant Professor
Economics of Social Enterprise
psabour2@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3800 • 201R TU2
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Bent Sorensen
Ph.D., University of Copenhagen
Professor, Lay Professor in International Economics
Macroeconomics, Econometrics
besorensen@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3841 • 201G TU2
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Andrea Szabó
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Associate Professor
Industrial Organization, Development Economics
aszabo2@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3840 • 212 TU2
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Rebecca Achée Thornton
Ph.D., University of Houston
Director  – M.A., Applied Economics Program, Instructional Associate Professor
Macroeconomics, Economic Growth
rthornton@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3820 • 104D TU2
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Pablo Troncoso
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Instructional Assistant Professor
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics
patronco@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.9730 • 201K1 TU2
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Gergely Ujhelyi
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor
Political Economy, Public Economics, Development Economics
gujhelyi@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3815 • 230 TU2
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Fan Wang
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor
Development Economics, Financial Development, Health Economics
fwang26@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.0329 • 222 TU2
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Kei-Mu Yi
Ph.D., University of Chicago
M.D. Anderson Professor of Economics, Ph.D. Program Director
International Economics, Macroeconomics
kyi3@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3331 • 201F TU2
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Natalia Zhivan 
Ph.D.,  Boston College 
Undergraduate Program Director, Instructional Associate Professor 
Health Economics, Aging, Applied Econometrics 
nazhivan@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.0505 • 104E TU2

John Antel
Ph.D., University of California, LA
Professor Emeritus
Labor Economics
antel@uh.edu
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Richard Bean
Ph.D., University of Washington
Professor Emeritus
Economic History
richardnbean@sbcglobal.net

Thomas DeGregori
Ph.D., The University of Texas
Professor Emeritus
Economic Development, Technology, Science in Economic Change, African, Asian and Caribbean Economic Development
trdegreg@uh.edu
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Paul Gregory
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor Emeritus, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Economics
Soviet Economics, Transition Economics, Economic History, Comparative Economics, Economic Demography, Energy Economics
pgregory@uh.edu 
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Thomas Mayor
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Professor Emeritus
Law and Economics
thmayor@sbcglobal.net

Henry Steele
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Emeritus
International Economics, Price Theory