Faculty/Staff

Full-Time Faculty

Spring 2013 Faculty Office Hours & Courses

Michael T. Allison
Associate Teaching Professor &
Director of Undergraduate Studies
A.B.D., Economics
University of Virginia, 1985
Fields: Macroeconomic Theory, Econometrics
Office: 402 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5306
Email: allison@umsl.edu

Sel Dibooglu
Professor
Ph.D., Economics
Iowa State University, 1993
Fields: International Finance, Applied Time Series, Econometrics, Monetary Economics
Office: 403 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5530
Email: dibooglus@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/%7esdiboogl/

Feigenbaum

Susan K. Feigenbaum
Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of Wisconsin, 1980
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Fields: Health Care Economics, Economics of Science, Industrial Organization/Regulation, Statistics/Econometrics, Economics of Public Choice, The Not-for-Profit Sector
Office: 405 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5554
Email: sskfeig@umsl.edu
Greene

Clinton A. Greene
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of California-Davis, 1992
Fields: Monetary Theory, Macroeconomics
Office: 302 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5565
Email: clinton_greene@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/%7eecocgree/

kosnik

Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of California at Los Angeles, 2002
Fields: Environmental Economics, Public and Regulatory Economics, Behavioral Economics
Office: 409 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5564
Email: kosnikl@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/%7ekosnikl/home

Donald J. Kridel
Associate Professor & Chairperson
Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Economics kridel
University of Arizona, 1987
Fields: Economics of Telecommunications, Applied Econometrics, Forecasting
Office: 310 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5553
Email: krideld@umsl.edu

Shirley Porterfield
Associate Professor of Social Work
Ph.D, Agricultural and Applied Economics

University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
(Courtesy appointment in Economics)
Fields: Agricultural and Applied Economics

William H. Rogers
Associate Professor
Ph.D, Economics
Colorado State University, 2004
Fields: Regional Economics, Urban Economics, Public Economics
Office: 304 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5860
Email: rogerswil@umsl.edu
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/williamhrogerseconomics/home

Rose David C. Rose
Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of Virginia, 1987
Fields: Industrial Organization, Development/International, Finance, Institutional Economics
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5550
Email: rose@umsl.edu

Robert L. Sorensen
Professor
Ph.D., Economics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1971
Fields: Industrial Organization, Forensic Economics, Money, Banking and Financial Markets, Managerial Economics
Office: 311 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5562
Email: sorensen@umsl.edu

Brian Speicher
Senior Lecturer
M.A., Economics
Washington University, 2000
Fields: Urban Economics, Public Finance, Applied Microeconomics (Game Theory)
Office: 404 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5557
Email: speicherb@umsl.edu

Donald C. Sweeney II
Teaching Professor;
Associate Director, Center for Transportation Studies
Ph.D, Economics
Washington University, 1987
Fields: Transportation Economics
Office: 154 University Center
Phone: 314-516-7990
Email: dsweeney@umsl.edu

Winkler

Anne E. Winkler
Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989
Fields: Labor Economics, Public Sector Microeconomics, Economics of the Family, Economics of Gender, Welfare and Poverty
Office: 301 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5563
Email: awinkler@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/%7eecoawink/

Emeritus Faculty

Thomas R. Ireland
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Economics
University of Virginia, 1972
Fields: Public Finance, Law and Economics, Forensic Economics, Organizational Theory
Office: 411 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5558
Email: ireland@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/%7eireland/

Sharon G. Levin
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Economics
University of Michigan, 1973
Fields: Economics of Science, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics
Office: 305 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5560
Email: slevin@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/%7eecoslevi

Donald Phares
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Economics
Syracuse University, 1970
Fields: Urban Economic Issues, Fiscal Federalism, State-Local Public Finance, Governmental Structure, Urban Political Economy, Education Finance, Public Policy Analysis, Housing/Neighborhood Transition
Office: 401 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5551
Email: don_phares@umsl.edu

Kathleen Phares
Senior Lecturer Emeritus
M.A., Economics
University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1976
Office: 312 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5570
Email: skphare@umsl.edu

Center for Entrepreneurship & Economic Education

Grant C. Black
Teaching Professor

Director Center for Entrepreneurship &
Economic Education
Ph.D., Economics
Georgia State University, 2001
Office: 607 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5561
Email: blackgc@umsl.edu

Sharon Laux
Lecturer
Associate Director for Center of Entrepreneurship &
Economic Education

Ph.D., Consumer Economics
Oklahoma State University, 1980
Office: 607 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5249
Email: lauxs@umsl.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Robert Coulter
Adjunct Instructor
Ed.D., Boston University, 1996
Office: 408 SSB
Email:coulterr@umsl.edu

Tracie Edwards
Adjunct Instructor
M.A., Economics
University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2001
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5351
Email: edwardstr@umsl.edu

Mary Fedak MFedak
Adjunct Instructor
M.A., Economics
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5351
Email: mpfedak@hotmail.com

Barbara Flowers
Adjunct Instructor
M.A., Economics
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5351
Email: mpfedak@hotmail.com

Joseph Naumann
Adjunct Associate Professor
M.A., Teaching
Indiana University, 1966
Office: 303 Tower
Phone: 314-516-4147
Email: naumannj@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/~naumannj/

David Sanders DSanders
Adjunct Instructor
M.A., Economics
University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2006
Office:312 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5570
Email: sandersdav@umsl.edu

Staff

Judy Cates
Administrative Associate I
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5353
Fax: 314-516-5352
Email: catesj@umsl.edu

Cierra Powers
Student Assistant Clerical
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5351
Fax: 314-516-5352
Email: cpb62@mail.umsl.edu