Economics Department Staff and Academic Advisors
Please note that we are no longer in Teaching Unit 2 Building (TU2). Faculty, staff, and advisors are now located in the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Building (T2, formerly College of Technology Building). The main office is located in suite 303 (T2 3rd floor). Academic advisors are in suite 229 (T2 2nd floor).
Department Business Administration
Tuan Hoang
Department Business Administrator
tahoang2@central.uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-0767
Office: T2 303A
Jessica Espinoza
Financial Coordinator II
jespin40@central.uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-0671
Office: T2 303H
Undergraduate Program
Undergraduate Academic Advisors
Evan Jones
Academic Advisor III
ecjones7@cougarnet.uh.edu
Norma Sides
Academic Advisor III
nsides@central.uh.edu
Ever Abamba
Academic Advisor II
eabamba@central.uh.edu
Angel Gonzalez
Academic Advisor II
agonzalez225@central.uh.edu
Elizabeth Barralaga
Academic Advisor I
ecbarral@cougarnet.uh.edu
Erin Kang
Academic Advisor I
edkang@central.uh.edu
Academic Advising Office: T2 229 (2nd floor)
Academic Advising Phone: 713-743-4001
Undergraduate Program Director
Graduate Programs
Graduate Advisor – Ph.D. and M.A. Applied Economics
Dustin Jackson
Academic Advisor II
dajacks5@cougarnet.uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-1453
Office: T2 303J
M.A. Applied Economics Program Director
Instructional Professor
rthornton@uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-3820
Office: T2 305P
Ph.D. Program Director
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor (Political Economy, Public Economics, Development Economics)
gujhelyi@uh.edu