Faculty

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Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Assistant Professor

Professor Anttila-Hughes received his Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University. His research focuses on understanding the social impacts of environmental processes, particularly those influenced by environmental degradation and climate change.Professor Anttila-Hughes' current research areas include: public health impacts of the climate; behavioral responses to new information about environmental risks; and determinants of the spread of environmental attitudes and ideas.

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

Jacques Artus

Adjunct Professor

Jacques Artus received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. After working for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for many years, the last ten years as Deputy Directors of the European department, he started teaching at USF in 2005. His main interest is in International Finance.

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

Alessandra Cassar

Associate 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
schakraborty2@usfca.edu

Suparna Chakraborty

Assistant Professor

Dr. Chakraborty received her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Her areas of specialization include: applied macroeconomics, international macroeconomics, international finance, and development economics. Dr. Chakraborty has published research articles in the Journal of International Business Studies, Economics Letters, and the Journal of World Economic Review. 

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Todd Fitch

Assistant Professor

Todd is an assistant professor and the graduate practicum director for the analytics program. He is also a lecturer in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. He has worked at many Silicon Valley high-tech companies in various capacities. He has 20+ years experience in the software industry in telecommunications, medical, financial software, and analytics. His experience includes performance engineering, tools development, product development, product management, operations, quality assurance, process engineering, and test automation. Todd holds 20 U.S. patents across a variety of disciplines. He is a Shodan (first-degree black belt) in Shotokan and Ryobu-kai karate and is an assistant instructor at a local dojo.Todd graduated from San Jose State University with a B.S. in Computer Science. He has MBA's from UC Berkeley and Columbia University which he earned through the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program.

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

Michael Jonas

(Term) Assistant Professor

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

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

Elizabeth Katz

Associate 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:415-422-4498

Yaniv Stopnitzky

Assistant Professor

Dr. Yaniv Stopnitzky received his Ph.D. from Yale University. His areas of specialization include environmental and development economics, with a focus on applied microeconometrics.

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

M.C. 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 (1996-2002). Professor Wong joined the Department of Economics at USF in 2006.  Prior to his current position at USF, he was an assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi (2002-2006).  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. His teaching and research interests include monetary policy, learning dynamics, business-cycle theory, and foreign direct investment.  Professor Wong has published research articles in academic journals including Economic Inquiry, Economics Letters, Macroeconomic Dynamics, American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, World Development, and other journals. He published a book, The Role of Policymakers in Business Cycle Fluctuations (Cambridge University Press) in April 2006. He is currently working on another book, The Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models: Unifying Formal and Empirical Analysis in the Political, Social, and Economic Science (Cambridge University Press).

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.