34 faculty and 71 courses in Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- Lawrence King, Professor h-index 41
Comparative Political Economy, Political Economy of Health, Development, Comparative Historical Sociology, Post communist Transition, Methodology, Theory, Complex Organizations, Industrial Organization Classes Taught Undergraduate: Global T
- Christopher Boone, Assistant Professor h-index 40
Primary Fields Labor Market Policy Economic History Agriculture Areas of Specialization Inequality Technological Change Economic Crises Agriculture Selected Publications “Unemployment Insurance Generosity and Aggregate Employment,” with Ari
- Jayati Ghosh, Professor h-index 29
- Priyanka Srivastava, Associate Professor h-index 27
Histories of class Labor and Urbanism Class and Gender Politics of Reproduction Working Class and Associational Culture in Colonial India Teaching Economic History of Colonial South Asia City, Industry and Labor in Modern India British Empi
- Kevin Young, Professor h-index 22
- Michael Ash, Professor, Graduate Program Director h-index 22
Environment Health Health Disparities Labor TEACHING Capstone in Public Policy and Administration Econometrics Economic Instruments for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Economics of Health Graduate Applied Econometrics Health and Environmental Ine
- Deepankar Basu, Professor h-index 18
Classical political economy Political economy of development (with a focus on India) Applied econometrics TEACHING Introductory Econometrics Introduction to Marxist Political Economy Intermediate Macroeconomics Applied Time Series Econometr
- Ina Ganguli, Professor h-index 17
Labor economics, Economics of Science & Innovation, Development Economics, Economic History. Recent research has focused on migration of high-skill workers, gender differences in the labor market, social entrepreneurship and scientific
- Patrick Mason, Professor, Chair of Economics Department h-index 16
- Arslan Razmi, Professor h-index 15
Open economy macroeconomics International trade Development economics Political economy of growth and distribution History of economic thought Teaching Macroeconomics (graduate and undergraduate) Open economy macroeconomics (graduate and un
- Naoki Yoshihara, Professor h-index 15
Welfare Economics Mathematical Marxian Economics Theories of Distributive Justice Political Competition History of Economic Thoughts International Trade Theory Honors and Awards The Distinguished Achievement Award in Political Economy for T
- Isabella Weber, Associate Professor h-index 12
/Specialisation Inflation and monetary economics, China’s political economy, international trade and (de-)globalization, history of economic thought Teaching University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics Econ 204 Intermediate
- Jennifer S. Long, Lecturer h-index 11
- Vamsi Vakulabharanam, Associate Professor h-index 10
- Itai Sher, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director h-index 10
Welfare Economics Ethics and Economics Microeconomic Theory Professional Activities Co-organizer of Conference on Normative Ethics and Welfare Economics at the Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, October 2014.
- Mwangi wa Githinji, Associate Professor, Associate Dean h-index 10
The political economy of development with particular interest in Africa and issues of inequality, poverty, rural development and the environment Marxian Class analysis The impact of East Asian development on African countries Decolonial Stu
- Lenore Palladino, Associate Professor h-index 10
Economic Policy, Corporate Governance, Financialization, Cooperative Economics, Employee Ownership, Corporate Finance, Shareholder Primacy, Labor Economics, Inequality, Tax Policy, Law & Economics, Business and Securities Law. Selected
- John Clegg, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 8
- Katherine Moos, Associate Professor h-index 6
Political economy of policy and the welfare state Social reproduction, unpaid household labor, and care work Time-use and working-hours legislation Teaching Public Finance Political Economy Microeconomics Honors and Awards Edith Henry Johns
- Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor h-index 5
The risks and the socio-economic impacts of climate variability and climate change. The economics of Nature-based Solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Climate resilience and green-recovery strategies Renewabl
- Noe Wiener, Senior Lecturer h-index 5
- Guillermo Matamoros, Assistant Professor h-index 3
- Arindrajit Dube, Provost Professor of Economics
Competition and wage setting in labor market Fairness concerns at workplace Minimum wage policies Fiscal policy and local multipliers Health care reform and employer mandates Impact of unionization GRANTS Research Grants Obtained (Principal
- Donald W. Katzner, Professor
Microeconomic Theory Methodology Culture and Economic Behavior Japan and the Japanese Economy Organization Theory Honors and Awards Recognition for distinguished academic
- Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Professor
Fidan Ana Kurtulus' research explores a number of topics in labor economics, including the organization of workers within firms, participatory workplace practices and employee ownership, the causes and consequences of workplace diversity, a
- Gregor Semieniuk, Assistant Research Professor
- Hans Despain, Lecturer of Economics
- Iryna Bobukh, Lecturer
- James Heintz, Andrew Glyn Professor of Economics
James Heintz has written on a wide range of economic policy issues, including job creation, global labor standards, the distributive consequences of macroeconomic policies, and the intersection between economics and human rights. He has wor
- Juan-Camilo Cardenas, Professor
- Leonce Ndikumana, Distinguished Professor, Director African Development Policy Program
Capital flight from sub-Saharan Africa: magnitudes, causes, and consequences Macroeconomic policies in African countries: fiscal, monetary, and exchange rate policies Financial intermediation and real economic activity Capital flows, capita
- Robert Pollin, Distinguished Professor, Co-Director of PERI
- Sandra Roberts, Senior Lecturer, Junior Year Writing
- Valerie Voorheis, Senior Lecturer II, Faculty Advisor
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.