Faculty
KU Economics faculty collectively span a wide range of fields in economics and neighboring disciplines, including behavioral economics, development, econometrics, economic theory, environmental economics, experimental economics, financial economics, game theory, growth, health economics, industrial organization, international finance, labor, law and economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, microeconomics, monetary theory and policy, optimization, quantitative finance, time series, and more. Please read below for more about our faculty and their contact information.

Elizabeth Asiedu
Professor, Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, President of AAAWE
Research Interest:
Foreign Investment

William A. Barnett
Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics, Director AMFM at CFS

Zongwu Cai
Charles Oswald Professor of Econometrics
Research Interests:
Econometrics
Financial Econometrics
Quantitative Finance
Statistics

Paul Comolli
Associate Professor
Research Interests:
Natural Resources
International Economics
Environmental Policy

Bernard Cornet
Oswald Distinguished Professor of Microeconomics
Research Interests:
Microeconomics
Mathematical Economics
Mathematical Finance
Optimization

Dietrich Earnhart
Professor, Director of Center for Environmental Policy

Mohamed El-Hodiri
Professor, Director of Honors Program
Research Interests:
Structural Economic Dynamics
Study of Economies

Donna Ginther
Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research

Azadeh Jalali
Lecturer
Research Interests:
Applied Microeconomics
Industrial Organization
Game Theory
Experimental Economics

John Keating
Professor

Eungsik Kim
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Macroeconomics
Computational economics
Public finance
Political economics

Jo Lugovskyy
Assistant Teaching Professor

Shahnaz Parsaeian
Assistant Professor

Tarun Sabarwal
Professor, Director, Center for Analytical Research in Economics

David Slusky
De-Min and Chin-Sha Wu Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Tsvetan Tsvetanov
Assistant Professor