Faculty

Tel:415-422-2765
jrxartus@aol.com

Jacques Artus

Professor

Tel:(415) 422-5351
acassar@usfca.edu

Alessandra Cassar

Professor

Professor Alessandra Cassar is a Professor at University of San Francisco and Associate Director of LEEPS Lab (Learning and Experimental Economics Projects) at UCSC. She studied in Italy -- Universita' di Parma (B.A.) and Universita' Bocconi, Milano (M.A.) -- before going to the U.S. where she received a PhD in 2001 from University of California, Santa Cruz. Alessandra is currently studying the economic consequences of networked markets.

Tel:(415) 422-4715
yefarja@usfca.edu

Yanay Farja

Assistant Professor

Yanay Farja received his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. His research interests include environmental and natural resource economics, urban economics and development economics.

Tel:(415) 422-6453
fischer@usfca.edu

Hartmut Fischer

Professor

Professor Hartmut Fischer received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Fischer has a number of areas of specialization: international trade, international finance and development economics. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank and the European Union.

Tel:(415) 422-5245
gonzales@usfca.edu

John Gonzales

Professor

Professor John Gonzales received his B.A from California State University, Fullerton, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His research interests include transition economies, emerging market economics, emerging market financial markets and monetary policy and financial markets.

Tel:(415) 422-4498
pagrosjean@usfca.edu

Pauline Grosjean

Assistant Professor

Tel:(415) 422-6160
mrjonas@usfca.edu

Michael Jonas

Assistant Professor

Dr. Michael Jonas is Ph.D from University of California, Davis. His concentration area of specialization is monetary economics

Tel:(415) 422-5413
egkatz@usfca.edu

Elizabeth Katz

Professor

Professor Katz is Ph.D from University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her research areas of specialization are development economics, women in development, agricultural economics, and history of economic thought. Dr. Katz's recent research has focused on the relationship between gender, intra-household bargaining and development in Latin America.

Tel:415-422-5555
laum@usfca.edu

Man-Lui Lau

Associate Professor

Man-Lui Lau received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. His areas of specialization are microeconomics, macroeconomics, options and futures, mathematical economics and economies of East Asia. Dr. Lau has published papers on the theory of economic growth and Asian economies. Current research includes the East and Southeast Asian economies, financial development and economic growth, and the theory of Real Options and its application.

Tel:415-564-4252
lehmannm@usfca.edu

Mike Lehmann

Emeritus Professor of Economics

Prof. Lehmann obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University and taught at the University of San Francisco in traditional and on-line venues. He is the author of The Irwin Guide To Using The Wall Street Journal, which sold 250,000 copies in seven editions. Prof. Lehmann also developed a popular seminar, Be Your Own Economist ®, on business and investment conditions, that he offers to investors, corporations and professional groups. The San Francisco media frequently interview Prof. Lehmann on current economic and investment conditions. You can read his blog at beyourowneconomist.blogspot.com.

Tel:650-233-5000
jmandle@sterlingstamos.com

Jonathan Mandle

Adjunct Professor

Mr. Jonathan Mandle is a Managing Director of Absolute Return at Sterling Stamos. He is focused on the management of multi-asset class solutions for institutions.

Tel:(415) 422-6194
mwong11@usfca.edu

Man Chiu Wong

Associate Professor

Professor Sunny Wong received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Oregon. Professor Wong joined the Department of Economics at USF in 2006. He is also an honorary instructor at the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection at the University of Essex in England and currently serving as a research associate in the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston.

Tel:(415) 422-5863
wydick@usfca.edu

Bruce Wydick

Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Areas of specialization: Use of econometric, experimental, and game-theoretic tools to analyze the impact of development projects and policies, especially in the areas of microfinance, education, and health.  Much of his recent work examines the workings and impact of microfinance, child sponsorship, and animal donation programs. He has published articles recently in journals such as The Economic Journal, Economica, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Development Economics, and his book Games In Economic Development was published by Cambridge University Press in 2008.  He is currently writing a book about fair-trade coffee.