
Amanda Griffith
Chair of the Department and Professor
B.A. – Colgate University
M.A. – Cornell University
Ph.D. – Cornell University
Kirby Hall 207
336.758.4523
griffial@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Public Economics
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Fred Chen
Professor
B.S. – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. – University of Chicago
Kirby Hall 204A
336.758.5231
chenfh@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Economic Epidemiology, Bioeconomics

Mark Curtis
Associate Professor
B.A. – Furman University
M.A. – Duke University
Ph.D. – Georgia State University
Kirby Hall 216
336.758.4413
curtisem@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Environmental, Labor, Energy, and Public Economics

Tina Dalton
Associate Professor
B.A. – Cornell University
Ph.D. – University of Minnesota
Kirby Hall 205
336.758.4495
daltonc@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Health Economics, Industrial Organization, and Applied Microeconomics
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John Dalton
Associate Professor
B.A. – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A. – University of Minnesota
Ph.D. – University of Minnesota
Kirby Hall 204
336.458.4084
daltonjt@wfu.edu
Research Interests: International Trade, Growth and Development, Macroeconomics, and Economic History

Aeimit Lakdawala
Assistant Professor
B.S./B.A. – University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. – University of California, San Diego
Kirby Hall 217
336.758.4527
lakdawa@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Empirical Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, and Macro-Finance

Leah Lakdawala
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. – Georgetown University
M.Sc. – University of College London
Ph.D. – University of California, San Diego
Kirby Hall 202B
336.758.4537
lakdawl@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Development Economics, Labor Economics, and Health Economics

Tin Cheuk (Tommy) Leung
Associate Professor
B.A. – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.A. – University of Minnesota
Ph.D. – University of Minnesota
Kirby 206
36.758.3497
leungtc@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Applied Micro, Copyright, and African Slave Trade

John MacDonald
Associate Teaching Professor
B.A. – Wake Forest University
Ph.D. – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kirby 214
336.758.4457
macdonja@wfu.edu

Brian Marein
Assistant Professor
B.S. – Ohio State University
M.A. – University of Colorado, Boulder
Ph.D. – University of Colorado, Boulder
Kirby Hall 208
336.758.4519
mareinb@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Economic History and Development with a focus on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the US in the 20th Century

Todd McFall
Associate Teaching Professor
B.S. – Miami University
Ph.D. – North Carolina State University
Kirby Hall 223
336.758.4055
mcfallta@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Sports and Economics, Industrial Organization, and Personnel Economics
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Andre Mouton
Assistant Professor
B.A. – Baruch College
Ph.D. – Carnegie Mellon University
Kirby Hall 202A
336.758.2311
moutona@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, and Industrial Organization

Erik Nesson
Associate Professor
B.B.A.,B.S. – University of Wisconsin Madison
M.A. – Emory University
Ph.D. – Emory Unviersity
Kirby Hall 204B
336.758.5923
nessonet@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Health Economics, Law and Economics, and Sports Economics.

Megan Regan
Assistant Teaching Professor
BSBA, MEd, Ph.D. – University of Florida
Kirby Hall 215
336.758.5335
reganme@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Poverty and Risk, Structural Determinants of Poverty, and Regional Economics

Andreea Rotarescu
Assistant Professor
B.A. – University of Vienna
M.Sc. – Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
Ph.D. – Johns Hopkins University
Kirby Hall 211
336.758.6503
rotarea@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Productivity and Growth, Firm Dynamics, and International Finance

Koleman Strumpf
Professor and Burchfield Presidential Chair of Political Economy
B.S. – Stanford University
A.B. – Stanford University
Ph.D. – MIT
Kirby Hall 201
336.758.5410
strumpks@wfu.edu
Research Interests: File Sharing, Predication Markets, and Industrial Organization

Robert Whaples
Hough Family Faculty Fellow and Professor
B.A. – University of Maryland
Ph.D. – University of Pennsylvania
Kirby Hall 209
336.758.4916
whaples@wfu.edu
Research Interests: American Economic History, Consensus Among Economists, and Political Economy
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Chu (Alex) Yu
Assistant Professor
B.A. – Northwestern University
Ph.D. – University of California, San Diego
Kirby 207
336.758.2312
Yua@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Environmental Economics and Applied Econometrics
Visiting Faculty

Estonia Black
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., B.S. – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D. – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kirby Hall 210
blackef@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Information theory, search and matching, and school choice/admissions decisions.

Tabitha Knott
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A. – University of North Carolina, Wilmington
M.A. – Clemson University
Ph.D. – Clemons University
Kirby Hall 224
336.758.5250
knottt@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Public Economics, Regional Economics, and Economics in Crime
Emeriti
Donald E. Frey
Claire H. Hammond
J. Daniel Hammond
Michael S. Lawlor
John C. Moorhouse
Perry L. Patterson
John H. Wood
Staff Contacts
Don Shegog
Instructional Technologist
Kirby Hall 105
336.758.4818
shegogdr@wfu.edu
Lesley Whitener
Academic Coordinator
Kirby Hall 225
336.758.5334
whitenlr@wfu.edu