20 faculty and 40 courses in Economics at Barnard College.
- Rajiv Sethi, Professor h-index 28
Notable: “The Evolution of Social Norms in Common Property Resource Use” (1996) · 574 citations
- Elizabeth Ananat, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics h-index 22
Es on the intergenerational dynamics of poverty and inequality. Education She received a B.A. in political economy and mathematics at Williams College in 1999, a master's degree in public policy from the Ford School at the University
Notable: “COVID-19 and Parent-Child Psychological Well-being” (2020) · 563 citations
- Randall Reback, Professor h-index 16
Notable: “Teaching to the rating: School accountability and the distribution of student achievement” (2007) · 224 citations
- David Weiman, Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 Professor h-index 14
Es on the evolution of the U.S. banking-monetary system from the demise of the Second Bank of the United States to the founding of the Federal Reserve System. He teaches core courses in Barnard’s distinctive Political Economy track and join
Notable: “Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity” (2010) · 1,286 citations
- Sharon Harrison, Professor h-index 13
Applied econometrics, business cycle theory, and indeterminacy and sunspots in macroeconomics. Her recent work applies social networks, both theoretically and experimentally, to try to understand the self-fulfilling nature of
Notable: “Chaos, sunspots and automatic stabilizers” (1999) · 179 citations
- Homa Zarghamee, Professor & Department Chair h-index 11
Notable: “The earned income tax credit, mental health, and happiness” (2015) · 146 citations
- Lalith Munasinghe, Professor h-index 11
Focus on applied labor theory -- human capital and matching theory, wage and turnover dynamics, gender disparities in labor market outcomes, and preference formation –as well as technological progress and climate change. Lalith’s academic c
Notable: “A hobo syndrome? Mobility, wages, and job turnover” (2003) · 96 citations
- Martina Jasova, Assistant Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Exchange Rate Pass-Through: What Has Changed Since the Crisis?” (2016) · 89 citations
- Alan Dye, Professor h-index 8
Es on the political economy of the institutions of trade protection and imperialism, with a current project on the relationship between prerevolutionary Cuba and the United States. Education BA, Texas Tech MA, University of Cincinnati PhD
Notable: “Institutions for the taking: property rights and the settlement of the Cape Colony, 1652–1750” (2018) · 27 citations
- José Cao-Alvira, Visiting Professor h-index 8
Notable: “On the financial literacy, indebtedness, and wealth of Colombian households” (2020) · 20 citations
- Andre Burgstaller, Professor Emeritus h-index 5
Notable: “Capital mobility and growth in a North-South model” (1984) · 84 citations
- Morgan Williams, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Notable: “The impact of AI on the workplace: Main findings from the OECD AI surveys of employers and workers” (2023) · 93 citations
- Anja Tolonen-Benshaul, Associate Professor
Focused on topics within development economics. In particular, one strand of my research explores how natural resource booms affect local welfare, with a specific focus on labor markets, criminal behavior, health, and gender. Anoth
- Ashley Timmer, Adjunct Associate Professor
Global and U.S. inequality; political economy and social choice theory; and the role of migration in development, economic mobility, and poverty alleviation. Courses BC 3011 Inequality and Poverty BC 3024 Migration and Eco
- Ashley Wong, Assistant Professor
- John Park, Term Lecturer
- Kurt Semm, Term Assistant Professor
- Linda A. Bell, Claire Tow Professor of Economics, Provost Emerita
Es on the opportunities and challenges facing higher education institutions, and the necessary re-envisioning and re-articulation of mission, purview, purpose, and value of higher education institutions in contemporary society. She has serv
- Mulu Gebreyohannes, Term Associate Professor
- Sarah Gertler, Assistant Professor
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.