Regular Faculty
Lesley Chiou, Chair
Professor, Economics
B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., MIT
Lesley Chiou's research is in the areas of Industrial Organization and Applied Econometrics. Her recent work focuses on consumer behavior and firm competition in Internet markets.
Bevin Ashenmiller
Associate Professor, Economics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Bevin Ashenmiller is an Environmental Economist whose research falls into three areas: recycling, evaluation of environmental programs, and energy and climate policy.
Jorgen Harris
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Jorgen Harris is a labor economist whose work focuses on the relationships between human capital, labor markets, and social norms. He is particularly interested in the role of gender in the workplace and the economics of parenting.
Andrew Jalil
Associate Professor, Economics
A.B.; Sc.B. Brown University; Ph.D. UC Berkeley
Andrew Jalil is a macroeconomist and economic historian. His research focuses on the causes and effects of financial crises, macroeconomic policy during the Great Depression, and the effects of monetary and fiscal policy.
Brandon Lehr
Associate Professor, Economics
B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brandon Lehr is an applied micro theorist whose research areas include optimal public policy, social insurance, and behavioral economics.
Mary J. Lopez
Professor, Economics; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., UC Riverside; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Professor Lopez is a labor economist. Her research focuses on the labor market and entrepreneurial outcomes of Latinos and immigrants, unauthorized immigration, U.S. immigration policy, and poverty.
Jesse Mora
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A. Claremont McKenna; M.A. John Hopkins-SAIS; M.A., Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz
Jesse Mora’s research interests are international trade, development economics, and applied microeconomics. His current research focuses on the effect of export failure on domestic market performance.
Diana Ngo
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.S. Harvard University; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Diana Ngo’s research interests are in Applied Microeconomics and Development Economics.
Woody Studenmund
Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics
A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Woody Studenmund's primary professional interests are reflected in his textbook, Using Econometrics. The book, currently in its seventh edition, is the top selling elementary econometrics text at liberal arts colleges.
Kirsten Wandschneider
Professor, Economics
M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Illinois
Kirsten Wandschneider’s research areas include European monetary and financial history, international macroeconomics, and particularly the development of financial institutions and markets, such as the emergence of mortgage markets in 18th century Prussia.
Kevin M. Williams
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.S., Ph.D., UC Davis
Kevin Williams is an applied micro economist whose research focuses on questions of education, peer effects and social networks. Read his Oxy Story profile.
On Special Appointment
Daron Djerdjian
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Economics
B.A., UCLA; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Daron O. Djerdjian was an assistant economics professor at the American University of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emeriates, prior to Occidental.
Daryl Ono
Non-Tenure Track Instructor of Accounting, Economics
B.A., UCLA; Ph.D., Pacific Western University
Daryl Ono is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), a Project Management Professional (PMP), and a Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (CCE/A).
Victoria Umanskaya
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A. (DHE), Saratov State University; Ph.D., University of Wyoming
