19 faculty and 30 courses in Economics at Vassar College.
- Paul A. Johnson, Professor of Economics h-index 38
The empirics of economic growth. PhD 1989 Economics, Stanford University BEcon (Hons.) 1982 Economic Statistics, University of Queensland Paul Johnson joined the Vassar faculty in 1995. He teaches macroeconomics and econometrics. His pr
Notable: “PREMOTOR AND PARIETAL CORTEX: Corticocortical Connectivity and Combinatorial Computations” (1997) · 956 citations
- Paul Johnson, Professor h-index 38
The empirics of economic growth. PhD 1989 Economics, Stanford University BEcon (Hons.) 1982 Economic Statistics, University of Queensland Paul Johnson joined the Vassar faculty in 1995. He teaches macroeconomics and econometrics. His pr
Notable: “PREMOTOR AND PARIETAL CORTEX: Corticocortical Connectivity and Combinatorial Computations” (1997) · 956 citations
- Benjamin Ho, Professor of Economics h-index 18
Notable: “Determinant factors of livelihood diversification: Evidence from Ethiopia” (2017) · 174 citations
- Qi Ge, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 13
Span industrial organization, behavioral economics, labor economics, and sports economics. His recent work examines competition dynamics in the airline and sports industries as well as labor market outcomes in academia and professional spor
Notable: “DO INVESTORS CARE ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL COMPANY‐SPECIFIC TWEETS?” (2019) · 41 citations
- Sarah Pearlman, Professor and Chair of Economics h-index 12
Notable: “Violence and migration: evidence from Mexico’s drug war” (2017) · 50 citations
- Robert P. Rebelein, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 8
Focus on macroeconomic issues in the United States, including the national debt, individual income tax issues, and selected health care topics. He has been a Senior Economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (2008-09) and a
Notable: “Using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to Identify National Industry Cluster Templates for Applied Regional Analysis” (2008) · 48 citations
- Robert Rebelein, Associate Professor h-index 8
Focus on macroeconomic issues in the United States, including the national debt, individual income tax issues, and selected health care topics. He has been a Senior Economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (2008-09) and a
Notable: “Using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to Identify National Industry Cluster Templates for Applied Regional Analysis” (2008) · 48 citations
- David A. Kennett, Professor of Economics on the Elizabeth Stillman Williams Chair h-index 6
US European trade and investment, and Soviet and East European economic transformation. Website BA, University of Sussex; MPhil, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York At Vassar since 1976
Notable: “Altruism and Economic Behavior: II Private Charity and Public Policy” (1980) · 32 citations
- Alicia Atwood, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 5
Es on three interrelated topics: (1) employer-based health insurance and how plan design impacts utilization and outcomes, (2) financial incentives and how the timing and amount of payments allow individuals to consumption smooth or not; an
Notable: “The effect of narrow provider networks on health care use” (2016) · 42 citations
- Geoffrey A. Jehle, Professor of Economics h-index 4
Notable: “ZAKAT AND INEQUALITY: SOME EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN” (1994) · 46 citations
- Zhengren Zhu, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 2
Notable: “Improving Graduation Rates in the Two-to-Four Pathway to Bachelor's Degrees” (2021) · 5 citations
- Kyle Coombs, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 1
Notable: “Crowding Out Crowd Support? Substitution between Formal and Informal Insurance” (2024) · 1 citations
- Akhila Kovvuri, Assistant Professor
- Andrew Lemon, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
The economics of misleading advertising, law & economics, and sports economics. His published research includes “Rigorous Analysis to Bridge the Inference Gap in Class Certification” (2011) in the Journal of Competition Law &
- Esteban Argudo, Assistant Professor
Es on investigating the implications of different fiscal and monetary policies for economic stabilization and growth in the context of diversity and inequality. His most recent research explores the transmission channels of monetary policy
Notable: “Monetary policy transmission via nonbank lending: Evidence from peer-to-peer loans” (2025)
- Esteban Patricio Argudo Valverde, Assistant Professor of Economics
Es on investigating the implications of different fiscal and monetary policies for economic stabilization and growth in the context of diversity and inequality. His most recent research explores the transmission channels of monetary policy
- Harrison Shieh, Assistant Professor of Economics
Es on central bank communications, the transmission of monetary policy, its relationship with financial markets, and the role global value chains play in the transmission of monetary policy. His most recent projects primarily focus on the i
- Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
- Peter Rivera, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
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.