Faculty Research

PDXScholar

Many of our faculty's publications and presentations are housed in PSU's repository called PDXScholar. Those works can be found on the Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations webpage. You can also do a broader search on PDXScholar's homepage by selecting any of the eight search options.

Specialization fields

Our full-time faculty do research in many areas of economics. This list can help you quickly see which faculty member does their research in a specific focus of economics.

Faculty Member	Specialization Area	email	Phone number	Office
Grace Arnold, Assistant Professor	Labor and Health Economics	garnold@pdx.edu	503-725-3931	URBN 450-L
Neal Becker, Teaching Professor	Sports Economics and Microeconomics	nealb@pdx.edu	503-725-6847	URBN 450-P
Randy Bluffstone, Professor	Climate Change, Deforestation in low-income countries, Energy Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, and Pollution Control	bluffsto@pdx.edu	503-725-3838	URBN 450-J
Sahan Dissanayake, Associate Professor	Ecosystem Services, Environmental Economics, Mathematical Programming, Natural Resource Economics, and Non-Market Valuation	sahan@pdx.edu	503-725-3915	URBN 450-F
John L. Gallup, Associate Professor	Distribution and Inequality, Economic Development, Geography, Health Economics	jlgallup@pdx.edu	503-725-3929	URBN 450-G
John Hall, Professor	Comparative Economic Systems, Economics of Innovation, Evolutionary-Institutional Economics, Frontier Economy of Amazon River Valley	hallj@pdx.edu	503-725-3939	URBN 470-E
Hiro Ito, Professor	Asian economics, Economic Development, International Finance, Monetary Economics	ito@pdx.edu	503-725-3930	URBN 450-M
Riju Joshi, Assistant Professor	Applied Econometric Methodology	riju@pdx.edu	503-725-3934	URBN 450-K
Arnab Mitra, Associate Professor	Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics, Microeconomics	amitra@pdx.edu	503-725-3933	URBN 450-C
Cesar M. Rodriguez, Associate Professor	Growth and Development Economics, International Economics, Latin American Economies, and Macroeconomics	cesar.rodriguez@pdx.edu	503-725-3943	URBN 450-N
Rajiv Sharma, Professor	Consumer preferences and behavior, cost-effectiveness analysis, Health Economics	sharmar@pdx.edu	503-725-3925	URBN 450-D
Sarah Tinkler, Professor	Computational linguistics, economics education, Health Economics	tinkler@pdx.edu	503-725-3933	URBN 450-E
Forrest Williams. Department Chair and Associate Professor	Behavioral Economics, Charitable Giving, Experimental Economics	forrest.williams@pdx.edu	503-725-3908	URBN 450-A
James Woods, Assistant Professor	Energy Economics	woodsj@pdx.edu	503-465-4883	URBN 450-H