Faculty/Staff

Full-Time Faculty

Michael T. Allison
Associate Teaching Professor
A.B.D., Economics
University of Virginia, 1985

Fields: Macroeconomic Theory, Econometrics
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 1002 TR 11:00-12:15; Econ 5100 TR 5:30-6:45
Office Hours: TR 9:30-10:30 & 7:00-8:00, and by appointment
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
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 3300 MW 11:00-12:15; Econ 5301 MW 12:30-1:45
Office Hours: MW 10:00-10:55, and by appointment
Office: 403 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5530
Email: dibooglus@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/~sdiboogl/

Susan K. Feigenbaum
Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of Wisconsin, 1980

Fields: Health Care Economics, Economics of Science, Industrial Organization/Regulation, Statistics/Econometrics, Economics of Public Choice, The Not-for-Profit Sector
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 1001 MW 11:00-12:15
Office Hours: MW 12:30-3:00, and by appointment
Office: 405 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5554
Email: sskfeig@umsl.edu

Clinton A. Greene
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of California-Davis, 1992

Fields: Monetary Theory, Macroeconomics
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 1002 MW 9:30-10:45 & MW 11:00-12:15
Office Hours: MW 1:15-2:00; TR 10:45-11:30, and by appointment
Office: 302 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5565
Email: clinton_greene@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/~ecocgree/

kosnik Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of California at Los Angeles, 2002

Fields: Environmental Economics, Public and Regulatory Economics, Behavioral Economics
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 4550 MW 5:30-6:45
Office Hours: MW 4:00 to 5:00, and by appointment
Office: 409 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5564
Email: kosnikl@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/~kosnikl

Donald J. Kridel
Associate Professor
& Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Economics
University of Arizona, 1987

Fields: Economics of Telecommunications, Applied Econometrics, Forecasting
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 3001 MW 2:00-3:15; Econ 4110/5110 MW 3:30-4:45
Office Hours: MW 9:00-11:00, and by appointment
Office: 310 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5553
Email: kridel@umsl.edu

Porterfield

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
Assistant Professor
Ph.D, Economics
Colorado State University, 2004

Fields: Regional Economics, Urban Economics, Public Economics
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 1002 TR 5:30-6:45; Econ 4720/5720 TR 11:00-12:15
Office Hours: TR 12:30-2:30, and by appointment
Office: 304 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5860
Email: rogerswil@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/~rogerswil/

David C. Rose
Professor & Chairperson
Ph.D., Economics
University of Virginia, 1987

Fields: Industrial Organization, Development/International, Finance, Institutional Economics
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 5001 MW 5:30-6:45
Office Hours: MW 4:30-5:15, and by appointment
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5550
Email: rose@umsl.edu

Robert L. Sorensen
Professor
& Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., Economics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1971

Fields: Industrial Organization, Forensic Economics, Money, Banking and Financial Markets, Managerial Economics
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 3200 TR 5:30-6:45; Econ 3600 TR 2:00-3:15;
Office Hours: TR 1:00-2:00 & 4:00-5:30, and by appointment
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)
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 1001 TR 12:30-1:45; Econ 4105 TR 5:30-6:45; BA 5000 TR 6:55-8:10
Office Hours: TR 2:30-4:30, and by appointment
Office: 404 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5557
Email: speicherb@umsl.edu

Donald C. Sweeney II
Adjunct Professor;
Associate Director, Center for Transportation Studies
Ph.D, Economics
Washington University, 1987

Fields: Transportation Economics
Spring 2010 Classes: not teaching
Office Hours: by appointment
Office: 154 University Center
Phone: 314-516-7990
Email: dsweeney@umsl.edu

Lawrence H. White
Friedrich A. Hayek Endowed Professor
Ph.D., Economics
University of California at Los Angeles, 1982

Fields: Economic History, History of Economic Thought, Monetary Policy, Monetary Theory, Money and Banking
Spring 2010 Classes: NA (on leave)
Office Hours: NA
Office: 313 Tower
Phone: 314-516-6129
Email: lwhite@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/~whitelh/

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
Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 4100 TR 3:30-4:45; Econ 5500 TR 5:30-6:45
Office Hours: TR 2:30-3:30 & 5:00-5:30, and by appointment
Office: 301 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5563
Email: awinkler@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/~ecoawink/

Emeritus Faculty

Ireland

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/~ireland/

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/~ecoslevi

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

Center for Entrepreneurship & Economic Education

Sharon Laux
Adjunct Professor;
Associate Director for the Center of Entrepreneurship
Ph.D., Consumer Economics
Oklahoma State University, 1986

Spring 2010 Classes: TBA
Office Hours: by appointment
Office: 574 Clark Hall
Phone: 314-516-5249
Email: lauxs@umsl.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Abby Barker
Instructor
Ph.D., Economics
University of Minnesota, 2004

Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 1001 TR 9:30-10:45 & TR 11:00-12:15
Office Hours: TR 8:50-9:20; T 12:20-1:20; and by appointment
Office: 303 Tower
Phone: 314-516-4147
Email: barkerab@umsl.edu

Robert Coulter
Instructor
Ph.D., Education
Boston University, 1996

Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 4160 MW 5:30-6:45
Office Hours: MW 6:45-8:00 ; and by appointment
Office:
Phone:
Email: coulterr@umsl.edu

Tracie Edwards Edwards
Instructor
M.A., Economics
University of Missour-St. Louis, 2001

Spring 2010 Classes: not teaching
Office Hours: by appointment
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5351
Email: edwardstr@umsl.edu

Fedak Mary P. Fedak
Instructor
M.A., Economics

Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 1000 TR 11:00-12:15; TR 5:30-6:45
Office Hours: T 10:15-10:45 & 6:50-7:20; R 12:20-12:50 & 4:50-5:20, and by appointment
Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5351
Email: fedakm@umsl.edu

Naumann Joseph Naumann
Instructor
M.A., Teaching
Indiana University, 1966

Spring 2010 Classes: Geog 1002 MW 8:00-9:15; TR 5:30-6:45
Office Hours: M 9:20-10:00; R 3:30-5:00
Office: 303 Tower
Phone: 314-516-4147
Email: naumannj@umsl.edu
Webpage: http://www.umsl.edu/~naumannj

Kathleen Phares
Senior Lecturer Emeritus
M.A., Economics
University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1976

Spring 2010 Classes: Econ 1000 MW 8:00-9:15;
Econ 3100 MW 9:30-10:45
Office Hours: MW 7:30-8:00 & 11:00-11:30, and by appointment
Office: 312 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5570
Email: skphare@umsl.edu

Thomas Walker
Instructor
Ph.D., Economics
University of Chicago, 2007

Spring Classes: Econ 3800 MW 12:30-1:45; Econ 1001 MW 5:30-6:45
Office Hours: MW 2:00-3:30, and by appointment
Office: 312 Tower
Phone: 314-516-5570
Email: walkerth@umsl.edu

Administrative Staff

Debra Garcia
Administrative Associate I &
Manager Economic Resource Center
B.S., Sociology
University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2007

Office: 408 SSB
Phone: 314-516-5353
Email: garciaray@umsl.edu