21 faculty and 40 courses in Economics at Lafayette College.
- W. Mark Crain, William E. Simon Professor of Political Economy h-index 32
Notable: “A Test of the Property-Rights Theory of the Firm: Water Utilities in the United States” (1978) · 208 citations
- David Stifel, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics, Department Head h-index 27
Poverty, agricultural markets and rural infrastructure. He has lived in Madagascar (2006/7) where we worked with the World Bank, in Ethiopia (2011/12) where he was visiting research fellow with the International Food Policy Research Inst
Notable: “Exploring Alternative Measures of Welfare in the Absence of Expenditure Data” (2003) · 721 citations
- Susan Averett, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics h-index 26
Notable: “The Economic Reality of the Beauty Myth” (1996) · 376 citations
- Julie Smith, Frank Lee and Edna M. Smith Professor of Economics, Assistant Department Head h-index 19
Notable: “Transformation with a mutant Arabidopsis acetolactate synthase gene renders tobacco resistant to sulfonylurea herbicides” (1988) · 303 citations
- Steven Swidler, Walter E. Hanson/KPMG Professor of Business and Finance h-index 15
Corporate finance, investments, derivatives, sustainability, and residential real estate. In addition to academic positions, Professor Swidler previously worked at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and at Lexecon, an eco
Notable: “The Value of a Finance Journal Publication” (1998) · 80 citations
- Adam Biener, Associate Professor h-index 14
Es on health economics and public policy. Specific areas of research include the medical care costs of obesity, the relationship between physician payments and the use of medical care with a focus on surprise medical billing, and racial and
Notable: “Direct medical costs of obesity in the United States and the most populous states” (2021) · 394 citations
- Olena Ogrokhina, Associate Professor h-index 12
In the field of international finance. Using applied empirical tools her research focuses on answering questions such as: (1) How does monetary policy affect capital flows? (2) What monetary policy tools and frameworks can countries use
Notable: “More effective than we thought: Central bank independence and inflation in developing countries” (2019) · 157 citations
- S. Abu Turab Rizvi, Professor h-index 11
Es on democracy and higher education; the relation of social justice to economics; poverty, preference, and well-being; and the history and method of economic theory. He is the author (with David P. Levine) of Poverty, Wealth, and Freedom
Notable: “Quality of life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being” (2006) · 1,038 citations
- Michael Kelly, Associate Professor h-index 9
Industrial Organization; Monetary Theory; Microeconomics; Natural Resource Economics Lafayette College Plan a Visit
Notable: “Current applications in the analysis of pharmaceuticals by capillary electrophoresis. I” (1998) · 101 citations
- Joaquín Gómez-Miñambres, Associate Professor h-index 8
Notable: “Goal Setting and Monetary Incentives: When Large Stakes Are Not Enough” (2015) · 131 citations
- Christopher Ruebeck, Associate Professor h-index 7
Notable: “Colourism and African–american wealth: evidence from the nineteenth-century south” (2007) · 73 citations
- James DeVault, Professor h-index 7
Es largely on political economy and includes topics such as campaign finance, and congressional redistricting. Personally, I have been married for 40 years to my high school sweetheart. Together, we have four children and three grandchildre
Notable: “Economics and the International Trade Commission” (1993) · 47 citations
- Amy Guisinger, Associate Professor h-index 6
Notable: “A state-level analysis of Okun's law” (2017) · 66 citations
- Matthew Larsen, Associate Professor h-index 6
Labor economics and the economics of education). Professor Larsen’s research is primarily in the economics of education. Within that field he primarily focuses on K-12 educational policy analysis. He has conducted research on school choice
Notable: “Does closing schools close doors? The effect of high school closings on achievement and attainment” (2020) · 33 citations
- Hongxing Liu, Associate Professor h-index 5
In the field of environmental and resource economics, with particular interests in the feedback between economic behavior and ecosystem services. She uses non-market valuation methods, integrated assessment models, and field experiments
Notable: “A green-gray path to global water security and sustainable infrastructure” (2021) · 68 citations
- Sayorn Chin, Assistant Professor h-index 3
Lie in applied microeconomics, particularly at the intersection of health, labor, demographics, and aging. He investigates the determinants and consequences of health disparities and social inequality. His academic work has been published i
Notable: “The welfare cost of late-life depression” (2022) · 12 citations
- Gladstone Hutchinson, Associate Professor h-index 2
Notable: “NAFTA's Threat to Central American and Caribbean Basin Exports: A Revealed Comparative Advantage Approach” (1994) · 9 citations
- Maria Hatalis, Visiting Assistant Professor
- Michael Carter, Assistant Professor
- Puspa Amri, Visiting Assistant Professor
- Ute Schumacher, Lecturer
In the fields of applied microeconomics, especially public and development economics, and have a strong policy focus. Aside from academic positions, she has worked at the Planning Institute of Jamaica, the Office of the Prime Minister o
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.