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Current Faculty

Please note that we are no longer in McElhinney Hall. Faculty have been relocated to Teaching Unit 2 Building (TU2, building 538). Please see your syllabus for office locations. If you are looking for your instructor and do not see them listed here, be sure to check our Ph.D. student directory. 

Dietrich Vollrath
Ph.D., Brown  University
Department Chair and Professor 
Department of Economics
Economic Growth and Development 
devollrath@uh.edu â€¢ Phone: 713.743.3806 • 201I TU2
  

 

 


Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Assistant Professor, joint appointment with Hobby School of Public Affairs
Population Health and Economic Demography
sarenberg@uh.edu â€¢ Phone: 713.743.0671 • Office: Bates 2-124


  





Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor
Labor, Development
achin@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3761 • 201N TU2





Steven Craig
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor
Public Economics, Public Choice, Applied Microeconometrics
scraig@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3812 • 214 TU2


Ph.D., University of Iowa
Associate Professor
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth and Development
gcubasnorando@uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.3187 • 201D TU2

 




Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor
Economic Development, Health, Political Economy, Behavioral Economics
whfriedman@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.5620 • 226 TU2


MA and MBA, Yale University
Lecturer
Energy Markets, Game Theory
ehirs@central.uh.edu  • Phone: 713.961.9661

 



Md Shahadath Hossain
Ph.D., Binghamton University
Instructional Assistant Professor
Development Economics, Labor Economics, Health Economics
mhossai7@central.uh.edu â€¢ Phone: 713.743.9799 • 201 TU2

 






Ph.D., University of Chicago
Henry Graham Professor of Economics
Labor Economics
cjuhn@uh.edu â€¢ Phone: 713.743.3823 • 216 TU2





Janet Kohlhase
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor
Urban Economics, Regional Economics, Environmental Economics
jkohlhase@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3799 • 201H TU2

 







Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor
Macroeconomics, International Economics, Financial Economics
hlee78@Central.UH.EDU  • Office 201M, TU2
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Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor
Development, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics and Labor
emliu@uh.edu â€¢ Phone: 713.743.3861 • 228 TU2







Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Instructional Assistant Professor
Monetary Economics, Time Series Econometrics, Applied Macroeconomics
maden@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.2165 • 201 TU2





 


Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor
Applied Microeconomics, Urban Economics, Political Economy
vmaheshri@uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.3833 • 202C TU2

 





Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Associate Professor
International Economics, Macroeconomics, Information Economics
rpaluszynski@uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.3801 • 201C TU2
 






Ph.D., Columbia University
Joel W. Sailors Endowed Professor of Economics
International Economics, Macroeconomics, Time Series Econometrics
dpapell@uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.3807 • 224 TU2






Ph.D., Hebrew University
Professor
Human capital, Entrepreneurship, Inequality
yrubinstein@uh.edu  • Office 218, TU2

 

 

Piruz Saboury
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Instructional Assistant Professor
Economics of Social Enterprise
psabour2@central.uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.3800 • 201R TU2





 


Ph.D., University of Copenhagen
Professor, Lay Professor in International Economics
Macroeconomics, Econometrics
besorensen@uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.3841 • 201G TU2








Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Associate Professor
Industrial Organization, Development Economics
aszabo2@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3840 • 212 TU2

 





Rebecca Achée Thornton
Ph.D., ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú
Director  â€“ M.A., Applied Economics Program, Instructional Associate Professor
Macroeconomics, Economic Growth
rthornton@uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.3820 • 104D TU2
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Pablo Troncoso
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Instructional Assistant Professor
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics
patronco@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.9730 • 201K1 TU2
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Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor
Political Economy, Public Economics, Development Economics
gujhelyi@uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3815 • 230 TU2

 






Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor
Development Economics, Financial Development, Health Economics
fwang26@uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.0329 • 222 TU2





 


Ph.D., University of Chicago
M.D. Anderson Professor of Economics, Ph.D. Program Director
International Economics, Macroeconomics
kyi3@central.uh.edu • Phone: 713.743.3331 • 201F TU2




 

Natalia Zhivan 
Ph.D.,  Boston College 
Undergraduate Program Director, Instructional Associate Professor 
Health Economics, Aging, Applied Econometrics 
nazhivan@uh.edu  • Phone: 713.743.0505 • 104E TU2






Emeritus Faculty

Paul Gregory

Richard Bean
Ph.D., University of Washington
Professor Emeritus
Economic History
richardnbean@sbcglobal.net


Thomas DeGregori Thomas DeGregori
Ph.D., The University of Texas
Professor Emeritus
Economic Development, Technology, Science in Economic Change, African, Asian and Caribbean Economic Development
trdegreg@uh.edu


Paul Gregory

Paul Gregory
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor Emeritus, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Economics
Soviet Economics, Transition Economics, Economic History, Comparative Economics, Economic Demography, Energy Economics
pgregory@uh.edu 


Tom Mayor

Thomas Mayor
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Professor Emeritus
Law and Economics
thmayor@sbcglobal.net

Henry Steele

Henry Steele
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Emeritus
International Economics, Price Theory