College of Business & Economics

Department of Economics

Economics Faculty

The Department of Economics faculty members offer a wide array of specializations from international economics to labor economics to public economics. Faculty members are active in internationally renowned publications and organizations and have received numerous grants from public and private institutions.

Name and Title	Expertise	Contact Information
Timothy Sullivan Chair and Associate Professor	Economics history, humanities, regional economics, statistics	tsullivan@towson.edu 410-704-2145 Stephens Hall, Room 103A
Howard Baetjer Lecturer	Capital theory, education and school choice, comparative economics systems, causes of 2008's Great Recession	hbaetjer@towson.edu 410-704-2585 Stephens Hall, Room 123H Faculty Website
Matthew Chambers Associate Professor	Macroeconomics, risk and insurance, computational economics, housing	mchambers@towson.edu 410-704-3576 Stephens Hall, Room 101B Faculty Website
Finn Christensen Associate Professor	Microeconomic theory, economics of the family, health economics	fchristensen@towson.edu 410-704-2675 Stephens Hall, 101L Faculty Website
Eva de Francisco Associate Professor	Macroeconomics, public economics, political economy, international finance, computational Economics	edefrancisco@towson.edu 410-704-4947 Stephens Hall, Room 123G
James Dorn Professor	Currency, public policy	jdorn@towson.edu 410-704-2956 Stephens Hall, Room 101G
Soheila Fardanesh Lecturer	Statistics, econometrics, microeconomics	skahkashan@towson.edu 410-704-5821 Stephens Hall, Room 118J
George Georgiou Professor	Energy economics, international trade theory and policy, public policy, and economics of education	ggeorgiou@towson.edu 410-704-2952 Stephens Hall, Room 101H Faculty Website
Seth Gitter Assistant Professor	Economic development, migration, Latin America	sgitter@towson.edu 410-704-3275 Stephens Hall, Room 101N
Melissa Groves Associate Professor	Labor economics, behavioral economics	mgroves@towson.edu 410-704-3781 Stephens Hall, Room 101C Faculty Website
Juergen Jung Assistant Professor	Macroeconomics, health economics, public economics	jjung@towson.edu 410-704-3551 Stephens Hall, Room 101K Faculty Website
Theodore Kariotis Lecturer	Macroeconomics, Greek economy, international economic law	tkariotis@towson.edu 410-704-2642 Stephens Hall, Room 101D Faculty Website
Mohamed Khaznaji Visiting Professor	Monetary economics	mkhaznaji@towson.edu 410-704-4947 Stephens Hall, Room 123G
Mark Lee Associate Professor	Macroeconomics, development, applied econometrics, international economics	mlee@towson.edu 410-704-2191 Stephens Hall, Room 101A Faculty Website
Sam Leppo Lecturer	International economics, economic development, health economics	sleppo@towson.edu 410-704-2642 Stephens Hall, Room 101D
James Manley Assistant Professor	Development economics, natural resource economics, health economics	jmanley@towson.edu 410-704-2146 Stephens Hall, Room 101P Faculty Website
Jason Palmateer Lecturer	Statistics, econometrics	jpalmateer@towson.edu 410-704-3808 Stephens Hall, Room 118J
Thomas Rhoads Professor	Applied microeconomics, sports economics, environmental economics	trhoads@towson.edu 410-704-2954 Stephens Hall, Room 101E Faculty Website
Tamara Woroby Professor	International economics, immigration, micro/macro-economics	tworoby@towson.edu 410-704-3575 Stephens Hall, Room 101F
Nanyun Zhang Assistant Professor	Industrial organization, microeconomics, public economics	nzhang@towson.edu 410-704-2338 Stephens Hall, Room 101J

Part-time Faculty

Name	Courses Taught	Email
Nandita Dasgupta	Macroeconomic Principles	ndasgupta@towson.edu
Raquel Frye	Microeconomic Principles	rfrye@towson.edu
Stephen Kcenich	Statistics for Business and Economics	skcencich@towson.edu
Marc Rubin	Macroeconomic Principles	mrubin@towson.edu
Susan Steward	Microeconomic Principles	ssteward@towson.edu