All offices are in McElhinney Hall unless otherwise stated. If you are looking for your instructor and do not see them listed here, be sure to check our graduate student and staff directory.

John Antel
Ph.D., University of California, LA
Professor
Labor economics
antel@uh.edu  • Office: 214 E. Cullen
Website

Ruxandra Prodan Boul
Ph.D., University of Houston
Clinical Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Director
International Finance, Time Series Econometrics, Macroeconomics
rprodan@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3836 • Office: 201 E
Website

Aimee Chin
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
Labor, Development
achin@mail.uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3761 • Office: 221 B
Website

Steven Craig
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor
Public economics, Public choice, Applied microeconometrics
scraig@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3812 • Office: 202 A
Website

Thomas DeGregori
Ph.D., University of Texas
Professor
Economic development; Technology; Science in economic change; African, Asian and Caribbean economic development
trdegreg@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3838 • Office: 209 D
Website

Paul Gregory
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Economics
Soviet economics, Transition economics, Economic history, Comparative economics, Economic demography, Energy economics
pgregory@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3828 • Office: 229 A
Website

Polly Hardee
Ph.D., University of Houston
Clinical Assistant Professor
Money and Banking
phardee@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3810 • Office: 216 

Brett Jiu
Ph.D., New York University
Clinical Assistant Professor
Financial economics, Financial econometrics
hjiu@Central.UH.EDU • Phone: 713-743-3810 • Office: 216
Website

Chinhui Juhn
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Henry Graham Professor of Economics, Graduate Co-Director
Labor economics
cjuhn@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3823 • Office: 201 A
Website

Janet Kohlhase
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor
Urban economics, Regional economics, Environmental economics
jkohlhase@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3799 • Office: 201 B
Website

Jee-Yeon Lehmann
Ph.D., Boston University
Assistant Professor
Labor economics, Economics of Inequality
jlehmann@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3378 • Office: 211B
Website

Elaine Liu
Ph.D., Princeton University
Assistant Professor
Development, Health economics, Behavioral economics and Labor
emliu@Central.UH.EDU • Phone: 713-743-3861 • Office: 223 D
Website

Vikram Maheshri
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor
Applied Microeconomics, Urban Economics, Political Economy
vmaheshri@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3833 • Office: 221A
Website

Christian Murray
Ph.D., University of Washington
Associate Professor
Time series econometrics, Business cycle analysis, International finance
cjmurray@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3835 • Office: 211 D
Website

David Papell
Ph.D., Columbia University
Joel W. Sailors Endowed Professor of Economics and Department Chairman
International economics, Macroeconomics, Time series econometrics
dpapell@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3807 • Office: 201 D
Website

Roy Ruffin
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Anderson Distinguished Professor of Economics
International economics, Price theory
rruffin@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3827 • Office: 229 C
Website

Bent Sørensen
Ph.D., University of Copenhagen
Professor, Lay Professor in International Economics, Graduate Co-Director
Macroeconomics, Econometrics
besorensen@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3841 • Office: 209 A
Website

Andrea Szabó
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor
Industrial Organization, Development Economics
aszabo2@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3840 • Office: 209 B
Website

Rebecca Achée Thornton
Ph.D., University of Houston
Clinical Assistant Professor, Director- MA Applied Economics Program
Macroeconomics, Economic Growth
rthornton@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3820 • Office: 204 A
Website

Gergely Ujhelyi
Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Professor
Applied theory, Political economy, Environmental economics
gujhelyi@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3815 • Office: 223 C
Website

Ross vanWassenhove
Ph.D., Rice University
Instructional Assistant Professor
rsvanwassenhove@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-0941 • Office: 220
Website

Dietrich Vollrath
Ph.D., Brown University
Associate Professor
Economic growth, Macroeconomics, Population economics, Agricultural economics
devollrath@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3806 • Office: 201 C
Website

Andrew Zuppann
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Assistant Professor
Labor economics, Health economics
cazuppann@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3831 • Office: 221C
Website

Emeritus Faculty

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

Barton Smith
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor
Urban economics
bsmith@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3834 • Office: 232 C
Website

Henry Steele
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Emeritus
International economics, Price theory

Visiting Faculty, Lecturers, and Fellowships Directory

William Alexander
walexander@uh.edu • Phone: 713-743-3810 • Office: Classroom and Business Building: 302C CBB

Ed Hirs
CFA; MA, MBA, Yale University
Finance, Energy Economics
edhirs@aol.com • Phone: 961-9661

Joel Melendez-Lugo
PhD, University of Houston
Macroeconomics
guateke420@yahoo.com

Adam Perdue
PhD, University of Houston
Public Economics, Microeconomics
awperdue@hotmail.com