Economics Department Staff and Academic Advisors

Please note that we are no longer in Teaching Unit 2 Building (TU2). Faculty, staff, and advisors are now located in the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Building (T2, formerly College of Technology Building). The main office is located in suite 303.

Department Business Administration

Tuan

Tuan Hoang
Department Business Administrator
tahoang2@central.uh.edu 
Phone: 713-743-0767
Office: T2 Room 303A

 

Jessica Espinoza
Financial Coordinator II
jespin40@central.uh.edu 
Phone: 713-743-0671
Office: T2 303H

Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate Academic Advisors

Ever Abamba
Academic Advisor I
eabamba@Central.UH.EDU 
Phone: 713-743-3804
Office: T2 Floor 2

Natalia Calderon 
Academic Advisor II
ncaldero@Central.UH.EDU
Phone: 713-743-6688
Office: T2 Floor 2

Evan Jones
Academic Advisor I
ecjones7@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Phone: 713-743- 1906
Office: T2 Floor 2

Sue Schindler
Academic Advisor III
bschindl@cougarnet.uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-4145
Office: T2 Floor 2
 

Undergraduate Program Director

Dr. Zhivan
Natalia Zhivan 
Ph.D., Boston College 
Instructional Associate Professor
nazhivan@uh.edu 
Phone: 713-743-0505
Office:T2 305E/F

  

Graduate Programs

Graduate Advisor – Ph.D. and M.A. Applied Economics

Dustin Jackson
Academic Advisor II
dajacks5@cougarnet.uh.edu 
Phone: (713) 743-1453
Office: T2 303J

 

M.A. Applied Economics Program Director

Rebecca Achee Thornton
Rebecca Achée Thornton
Ph.D., University of Houston
Instructional Professor
rthornton@uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-3820
Office: T2 305P

 

Ph.D. Program Director

Gergely Ujhelyi
Gergely Ujhelyi
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor
Political Economy, Public Economics, Development Economics
gujhelyi@uh.edu
Phone: 713.743.3815 • T2 303F