Office hours and specializations

Winter 2026 Faculty office hours and specialties

Name and contact informationOffice HoursClass ScheduleSpecializations
Grace Arnold; Chair, Undergraduate Committee, 
URBN 450L, 
503-725-3931
Tuesdays 2:00-3:30pm and Wednesdays 12:30-2pm or by appointment at garnold.youcanbook.meEC 316U and EC 417/517Applied microeconomics, labor economics, and health economics
Randy Bluffstone
URBN 450J, 
503-725-3938
Not teaching winter termnot teaching winter termEnvironmental & resource economics, including climate change, energy, pollution control and deforestation in low-income countries
Sahan Dissanayake
URBN 450F, 
503-725-6576
  • Monday: 10:00 am - 10:45 am: In-person in Urban 450F and 3:30pm - 4:30 pm: Zoom
  • Wednesday: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: In-person in Urban 450F
  • By appointment for other days/times (email sahan@pdx.edu)
EC 201Z-003 and EC 522Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Mathematical Programming, Ecosystem Services, Non-Market Valuation
John Gallup
URBN 450G, 
503-725-3929
Not teaching winter termnot teaching winter term

Economic Development, Health Economics, Distribution and Inequality, Geography

John Hall; URBN 470E, 
503-725-3939
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:40 to 1:40 and by appointment                   EC 202Z-002 and EC 202Z-008 Comparative Economic Systems, Evolutionary-Institutional Economics, Economics of Innovation, Frontier Economy of Amazon River Valley
Hiro Ito; URBN 450M, 
503-725-3930
Email for appointmentEC 202Z-001 and EC 202Z-007Monetary economics, international finance, economic development, Asian economics
Riju Joshi; URBN 450K, 
503-725-3934
riju.youcanbook.me/EC 201Z-001 and EC 570

Econometric methodology

Arnab Mitra; URBN 450C, 
503-725-3937
  • Tuesdays 1:30 – 2:30 pm (in-person)
  • Thursdays 2:15 – 3:15 pm (online, use Zoom link)
  • Other times: By appointment; please email
EC 321U-001 and EC 332U-001Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics, and Microeconomics
Cesar Rodriguez, Chair, Graduate Program, URBN 450N, 
503-725-3943
By appointment (Zoom)

EC 312 and EC 590

International Economics, Macroeconomics, Growth and Development Economics, Latin American Economies
Rajiv Sharma, URBN 450D, 
503-725-3925
Tuesdays and Thursdays noon-1:00 pm EC 201Z-009 and EC 311Access and disparities in health care; consumer preferences and behavior; cost-effectiveness analysis
Forrest Williams, Department Chair, URBN 450A, 503-725-6627By appointment via Zoom or in person (email for appointment) until further noticeNot teaching winter termBehavioral Economics, Charitable Giving, Experimental Economics