Office hours and specializations

Summer 2026 faculty office hours and specialties

Name and contact informationOffice HoursClass ScheduleSpecializations
Grace Arnold;  
URBN 450L, 
503-725-3931
On sabbatical 2026-2027; no office hoursOn sabbatical AY 2026-2027Applied microeconomics, labor economics, and health economics
Patricia AtkinsonOnline Office Hours:  Online via CANVAS Zoom Thursdays from 12 noon-1 pm, or by appointment.EC 202ZPrinciples of Micro- and Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Theory/Educational Equity, Social Justice and Institutional Reform.
Randy Bluffstone
URBN 450J, 
503-725-3938
Not teaching during summer termNot teaching during summer termEnvironmental & resource economics, including climate change, energy, pollution control and deforestation in low-income countries
Sahan Dissanayake
URBN 450F, 
503-725-6576
Not teaching during summer termNot teaching during summer termEnvironmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Mathematical Programming, Ecosystem Services, Non-Market Valuation
John Gallup
URBN 450G, 
503-725-3929
Not teaching during summer termNot teaching during summer term

Economic Development, Health Economics, Distribution and Inequality, Geography

Hiro Ito; URBN 450M, 
503-725-3930
Not teaching during summer termNot teaching during summer termMonetary economics, international finance, economic development, Asian economics
Riju Joshi; URBN 450K, 
503-725-3934
Not teaching during summer termNot teaching during summer term

Econometric methodology

Serra Kirsch
3:30-4:30 on Wednesday via zoom
EC 201Z and EC 314UPrinciples of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Private and Public Investment
Arnab Mitra; URBN 450C, 
503-725-3937
Not teaching during summer termNot teaching during summer termBehavioral Economics, Environmental Economics, and Microeconomics
Cesar Rodriguez, Chair, Graduate Program, URBN 450N, 
503-725-3943
By appointment (Zoom)EC 506International Economics, Macroeconomics, Growth and Development Economics, Latin American Economies
Rajiv Sharma, URBN 450D, 
503-725-3925
Not teaching during summer termNot teaching during summer termAccess and disparities in health care; consumer preferences and behavior; cost-effectiveness analysis
Forrest Williams, Department Chair, URBN 450A, 503-725-6627Not teaching during summer termNot teaching during summer termBehavioral Economics, Charitable Giving, Experimental Economics