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.

William A. Barnett
Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics, Director AMFM at CFS
Research Interests:
Econometrics
Monetary Theory
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics

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
Research Interests:
Environmental Economics
Law and Economics
Comparative Economics

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

Donna Ginther
Dean's Professor of Economics, Director of Center for Economic and Business Analysis
Research Interests:
Labor Economics
Economic Demography
Applied Econometrics

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

John Keating
Professor
Research Interests:
Macroeconomics
Time Series Econometrics
Monetary Theory and Policy

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

Sébastien Mary
Lecturer, Academic Program Associate
Research Interests:
Agricultural Economics
Food Security

Tarun Sabarwal
De-Min & Chin-Sha Wu Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Chair
Research Interests:
Game Theory
Industrial Organization
Microeconomic Theory

David Slusky
Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests:
Health Economics
Labor Economics
Public Policy

Tsvetan Tsvetanov
Assistant Professor