20 faculty and 40 courses in Economics at Barnard College.
- Rajiv Sethi, Professor h-index 28
- 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
- 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
- Homa Zarghamee, Professor & Department Chair h-index 11
- Martina Jasova, Assistant Professor h-index 10
- Alan Dye, Professor
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
- Andre Burgstaller, Professor Emeritus
- 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
- David Weiman, Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 Professor
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
- John Park, Term Lecturer
- José Cao-Alvira, Visiting Professor
- Kurt Semm, Term Assistant Professor
- Lalith Munasinghe, Professor
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
- 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
- Morgan Williams, Assistant Professor
- Mulu Gebreyohannes, Term Associate Professor
- Randall Reback, 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 2026-07-01.