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Economics Department

Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Felipe Carrera

Assistant Professor of Economics
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Industrial organization, applied microeconomics, economic history.

B.A. 2009 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
M.A. 2014 Universidad de Chile.
M.A. 2016, Ph.D. 2020 University of California, Los Angeles.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 2020–.

Erin Cottle Hunt

Assistant Professor of Economics
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Macroeconomics, public finance, life-cycle economics.

B.A. 2009, M.A. 2011 Utah State University.
Ph.D. 2018 University of Oregon.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 2023–.

Justas Dainauskas

Assistant Professor of Economics
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International economics, macroeconomics.

B.A. 2012 Newcastle University.
MSc 2014, Ph.D. 2019 University of York.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 2024-.

Denise Hare (Chair)

Dr. Lester B. Lave Professor of Economics
Details | Email | 503-517-7463

Economics of development, labor economics, economics of transition, China’s economy.

B.A. 1983 Carleton College.
Ph.D. 1992 Stanford University.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 1992–.

Noelwah Netusil

Stanley H. Cohn Professor of Economics
Details | Email | 503-517-7306 | Vollum 227

Environmental economics, natural resource economics, law and economics, public sector economics.

B.S. 1986 Allegheny College.
M.S. 1988, Ph.D. 1992 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 1990–.

Michael Neubauer

Assistant Professor of Economics
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Urban and spatial economics, labor economics, development economics.

B.A. 2015 Williams College.
M.A. 2020 Brown University.
Ph.D. 2025 Brown University.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 2025-.

Lindsey Novak

Assistant Professor of Economics
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Development economics, health economics, economics of gender, behavioral economics.

B.S. 2008 Texas A&M University.
M.S. 2010 Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Ph.D. 2017 University of Minnesota.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 2021–.

Jon Rork

George Hay Professor of Economics
Details | Email | 503-459-4617 | CC 231

State and local public finance, urban and regional economics, microeconomic theory.

A.B. 1994 Brown University.
Ph.D. 1999 Stanford University.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 2010–.

Emeritus/Emerita Faculty

Jeffrey Parker

George Hay Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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Macroeconomic theory, monetary and fiscal policy, growth and technology, economics of higher education.

B.A. 1974 Drake University.
Ph.D. 1981 Stanford University.
91Âé¶¹¾«Æ· 1988–.

Staff

Lydia Sheehey

Faculty Administrative Coordinator
Email | 503-777-7771