Faculty Experts
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Economics
Bill Ding
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance
Mutual funds (board of directors, governance and regulation, mergers, performance, portfolio managers, taxation) and hedge funds (flows, performance, share restrictions)
David Hochfelder
Assistant Professor
Department of History
History of U.S. business and technology; public history; history of information technology; history of the telegraph; Thomas Edison; electric power; savings and investment
Michael Jerison
Professor
Department of Economics
Economics nobel prize winners; cost benefit analysis and economic impact statements for government funded projects; tax systems and tax reform, flat tax, consumption tax, corporate income tax; price index and measurement of economic welfare; immigration policy; economic theory
Kajal Lahiri
Distinguished Professor
Department of Economics
Economic forecasting; applied econometrics; economics of health and disability; New York State economy; New York regional economic trends; economics of energy; transportation economics; energy/gasoline prices
Walter E. Little
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Cultures; diversity; economics; indigenous peoples of the Americas; language; Latin America; popular culture; tourism; urban
Michael J. Malbin
Professor
Department of Political Science
U.S. politics and elections, campaign finance and U.S. Congress
Adrian Masters
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Labor economics; macroeconomics; labor market policies; minimum wages; unemployment
Hany A. Shawky
Professor
Department of Finance
Petrol and energy related issues; stock market behavior; institutional portfolio management
Jeffrey D. Straussman
Dean
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Public expenditure management; political economy of transition; public management
Kate Strully
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Health and poverty; low birth weight; health and unemployment
Jogindar S. Uppal
Professor
Department of Economics and Department of Africana Studies
Economic social problems facing Asian countries particularly India, Pakistan, and Indonesia; urban economics; African economic development
