27 faculty and 0 courses in Economics at College of William & Mary.
- David H. Feldman, Professor of Economics h-index 31
Notable: “Open Economy Macroeconomics” (1981) · 324 citations
- Jennifer M. Mellor, Michael Tang Professor of Economics h-index 29
Es on public policies related to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, particularly on policies that affect low-income older or disabled people. She currently directs William & Mary's Schroeder Center for Health Policy . Follow W&am
Notable: “Predicting health behaviors with an experimental measure of risk preference” (2008) · 470 citations
- Lisa R. Anderson, Francis Thornton West Professor of Economics h-index 22
Notable: “Predicting health behaviors with an experimental measure of risk preference” (2008) · 470 citations
- Robert L. Hicks, Professor of Economics h-index 21
Es on environmental and natural resource economics, welfare economics, and econometrics. He is a past member of the Science Advisory Board for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce). He has s
Notable: “Can Eco-Labels Tune a Market? Evidence from Dolphin-Safe Labeling” (2002) · 595 citations
- Ariel BenYishay, Professor of Economics h-index 19
Es on development economics, program evaluation, and empirical microeconomics. His teaching role will include undergraduate empirical microeconomics and development economics in the Jefferson Program in Public Policy. Follow W&M o
Notable: “Can Network Theory-Based Targeting Increase Technology Adoption?” (2021) · 308 citations
- Martin B. Schmidt, Professor of Economics h-index 18
Es upon empirical measurement of U.S. monetary policy and its role in recent economic fluctuations within fully-specified structural models. Outside of the classroom, Professor Schmidt enjoys most sports, old-time radio, and a variety of li
Notable: “Competitive Balance and Attendance” (2001) · 253 citations
- Sarah L. Stafford, CSX Professor of Economics and Public Policy h-index 17
Es on environmental compliance and adaptation to climate change. Follow W&M on Social Media:
Notable: “The Effect of Punishment on Firm Compliance with Hazardous Waste Regulations” (2002) · 179 citations
- John Parman, Thomas Arthur Vaughan Jr. Memorial Professor h-index 14
Economic history and labor economics with a focus on health, education and the economics of the family. Current projects include studying the effects of children's health on families' fertility and educational investment decis
Notable: “The National Rise in Residential Segregation” (2017) · 218 citations
- Nathaniel A. Throckmorton, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 13
Notable: “Income Inequality and Current Account Imbalances” (2012) · 102 citations
- Shi Qi, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 12
Es on Empirical Industrial Organization, Industry Policy and Regulation, and Organizational Behavior. His teaching assignments will include Intermediate Microeconomic Theory. Follow W&M on Social Media:
Notable: “The updated luminosity correlations of gamma-ray bursts and cosmological implications” (2011) · 86 citations
- Rui Pereira, Teaching Professor of Economics h-index 10
Notable: “A new carbon tax in Portugal: A missed opportunity to achieve the triple dividend?” (2016) · 104 citations
- Tate Twinam, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 9
Es on urban economics and econometric methodology. Follow W&M on Social Media:
Notable: “Race, Ethnicity, and Discriminatory Zoning” (2016) · 111 citations
- Peter McHenry, Paul R. Verkuil Professor of Public Policy and Economics; Department Chair h-index 9
Notable: “The economic impact of colleges and universities” (2006) · 197 citations
- John Lopresti, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 9
Es on International Trade, with an emphasis on the behavior of firms in an international environment. John's courses include International Trade Theory and International Trade Policy. Follow W&M on Social Media:
Notable: “Import Competition and Internal Migration” (2018) · 101 citations
- Admasu Shiferaw, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 9
In microeconomic aspects of development economics and industry dynamics in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. His research has contributed to a better understanding of firm behavior and dynamics in SSA and their implication for labor ma
Notable: “Survival of Private Sector Manufacturing Establishments in Africa: The Role of Productivity and Ownership” (2008) · 87 citations
- Andrew Dustan, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 8
Notable: “Recent Advances in Impact Analysis Methods for Ex-post Impact Assessments of Agricultural Technology: Options for the CGIAR” (2010) · 105 citations
- David Klinowski, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 7
Notable: “The impact of penalties for wrong answers on the gender gap in test scores” (2020) · 52 citations
- Ranjan Shrestha, Associate Teaching Professor of Economics h-index 5
Development economics, health economics, and economic demography. His current projects focus on evaluating the Indonesian social protection programs for the poor. He teaches principles of microeconomics and intermediate microeconomi
Notable: “Mistargeting and Regressive Take Up of the Indonesian Rice Subsidy Program” (2018) · 30 citations
- Zhao Han, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 4
Center on macroeconomics, monetary economics, and theoretical and empirical asset pricing, with special emphasis on incomplete information and monetary and fiscal policy uncertainties. He teaches intermediate macroeconomic theory and macroe
Notable: “Analytic policy function iteration” (2021) · 18 citations
- Andra Hiriscau, Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics h-index 3
Es on the impact of paid maternity leave on fertility and mother's labor force participation. At Florida International University, she taught Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, and Intermediate Macroeconomics. At Wi
Notable: “Social equity in federal contracting during emergencies: A portfolio management perspective” (2023) · 9 citations
- Luis Baldomero Quintana, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 3
Es on international trade, economic geography, and urban economics. He works with spatial data, administrative records, and historical documents. He teaches Statistics and International Trade. Follow W&M on Social Media:
Notable: “Quality of communications infrastructure, local structural transformation, and inequality” (2023) · 6 citations
- Emily Moschini, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 2
Es on policies that affect skill accumulation, and thereby family formation, income, and taxation. In particular, she studies child care subsidies, student loans, and government retraining programs. Follow W&M on Social Media:
Notable: “Childcare Subsidies and Child Skill Accumulation in One- and Two-Parent Families” (2022) · 9 citations
- Abhiprerna Smit, Assistant Professor of Economics h-index 1
Also spans into monetary economics and macroeconomic effects of climate change. She currently teaches intermediate macroeconomics theory and international macroeconomics. Follow W&M on Social Media:
Notable: “Partisan Trust in the Federal Reserve” (2025) · 3 citations
- Abigail J. Stocker, Assistant Professor of Economics
Development, labor, and gender economics, with applications in environmental economics, education, and poverty alleviation. Abby teaches intermediate microeconomics and gender & development economics. Follow W&M on Social Me
- Enrique Valdes, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics
- Katie Lopresti, Associate Teaching Professor of Economics
- Liang Yin-Herr, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics
Es on the economics of crime, causal inference, and empirical microeconomics. Her teaching role will include undergraduate principles of microeconomics and microeconomic theory. Follow W&M on Social Media:
Notable: “Self-Defense Regulations and Crime: Evidence from the Stand Your Ground Law” (2025)
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.