27 faculty and 58 courses in Economics at Middlebury College.
- Jeffrey Carpenter, James B. Jermain Professor of Political Economy and International Law h-index 69
Experimental and Behavioral Economics with applications to Labor, Public and Development Economics. While pursuing these interests he has conduct lab and field experiments in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Links
Notable: “Cognitive skills affect economic preferences, strategic behavior, and job attachment” (2009) · 677 citations
- John Maluccio, Professor of Economics h-index 43
Lie in the microeconometric analysis of topics in development economics, particularly the determinants of health and education, program evaluation, and the long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition and poverty. He has carried o
Notable: “Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults” (2008) · 877 citations
- Caitlin Myers, John G. McCullough Professor of Economics h-index 19
Notable: “Why volunteer? Evidence on the role of altruism, image, and incentives” (2010) · 378 citations
- Phani Wunnava, David K. Smith Professor of Applied Economics h-index 19
Notable: “Determinants of foreign direct investment: empirical evidence from EU accession candidates” (2004) · 303 citations
- Erick Gong, Professor of Economics h-index 14
Notable: “Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC?” (2010) · 347 citations
- Peter Matthews, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics h-index 14
Notable: “Tournaments and Office Politics: Evidence from a Real Effort Experiment” (2010) · 208 citations
- Paul Sommers, Paige-Wright Professor of Economics h-index 14
Notable: “Pay and Performance in Major League Baseball: The Case of the First Family of Free Agents” (1982) · 120 citations
- Jessica Holmes, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Global Health (affiliated) h-index 13
Notable: “Measuring the determinants of school completion in Pakistan: analysis of censoring and selection bias” (2003) · 177 citations
- Julia Berazneva, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 11
Focus on the intersection of development economics and resource and environmental economics, with particular interest in human-environment interactions and sustainable development. She teaches courses in microeconomic theory and environment
Notable: “Explaining the African food riots of 2007–2008: An empirical analysis” (2013) · 289 citations
- Tanya Byker, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 10
And will focus on topics most pertinent to students’ goals and needs. Some workshops will include guest lectures, experiential learning, and student-facilitated discussion. Students will reflect on their learning in bi-weekly meetings with
Notable: “Paid Parental Leave Laws in the United States: Does Short-Duration Leave Affect Women's Labor-Force Attachment?” (2016) · 106 citations
- Andrea Robbett, Professor of Economics; Department Chair h-index 10
Notable: “Partisan bias and expressive voting” (2017) · 42 citations
- Sunder Ramaswamy, Distinguished College Professor of International Economics; Director of International and Global Studies (affiliated) h-index 9
Notable: “Population pressure, land degradation and sustainable agricultural technologies in the Sahel” (1992) · 44 citations
- David Munro, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 7
In the fields of macroeconomics and experimental economics. His doctoral thesis focused on business cycle dynamics of unemployment and firm volatility. He teaches courses in macroeconomics and international economics. Links P
Notable: “Inflation and Attention Thresholds” (2022) · 25 citations
- Amanda Gregg, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 6
Notable: “Factory Productivity and the Concession System of Incorporation in Late Imperial Russia, 1894–1908” (2020) · 50 citations
- Obie Porteous, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 5
Notable: “High Trade Costs and Their Consequences: An Estimated Dynamic Model of African Agricultural Storage and Trade” (2019) · 79 citations
- Cihan Artunc, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 5
In economic history, and law and economics. His current work investigates the interplay between business organization, firm dynamics, aggregate fluctuations, and commercial law with a focus on Egypt and Turkey between 1800 and 1950. Cih
Notable: “The Price of Legal Institutions: TheBeratlıMerchants in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Empire” (2015) · 27 citations
- German Reyes, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 5
Lie primarily in behavioral economics and labor economics. He focuses on the economic consequences of cognitive limitations, the impact of fairness views on redistributive preferences, and the links between access to higher education and&nb
Notable: “Are fairness perceptions shaped by income inequality? evidence from Latin America” (2022) · 17 citations
- Erin Wolcott, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 4
Notable: “Employment inequality: Why do the low-skilled work less now?” (2020) · 45 citations
- Kristina Sargent, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 3
Notable: “The labor market impacts of Brexit: Migration and the European union” (2023) · 23 citations
- Alice Gindin, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 3
Notable: “A multi-agent model of misspecified learning with overconfidence” (2023) · 6 citations
- Raphaelle Gauvin-Coulombe, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 2
Macroeconomics, Macroeconometrics, and Political Economy. Her Ph.D. dissertation focused on the political and economic determinants of government spending. She teaches courses in Macroeconomics and Macroeconometrics. Links Pro
Notable: “Fires and local labor markets” (2025) · 5 citations
- Carolyn Craven, Associate Professor Emerita of Economics
Heterodox inflation theory and Latin American inflation. In 2023 she retired after twenty-some years teaching diverse courses at Middlebury, but she has unretired for the academic year 2025-26. She writes fiction without much publi
- Jon Isham, Professor of Economics/Environmental Studies
- Kevin Kuruc, Assistant Professor of Economics
In macroeconomics — specifically growth and development — as well as agricultural and environmental economics. His recent projects focus on the interaction of demographic change, technological progress, and
- Steven Pecsok, Assistant Professor of Economics
- Will Pyle, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics
- Zara Contractor, Assistant Professor of Economics
Es on Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, and the economic impact of emerging technologies. She teaches courses in Macroeconomics and Labor Economics. Links Professional Website Courses Taught ECON 0250 Current Upcoming Macro T
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.