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Economics is both a social science discipline and a framework for analyzing production, consumption, and distribution decisions. The goal of the undergraduate curriculum is to offer students the theoretical background necessary to understand business and policy issues, as well as the quantitative and analytical skills necessary to evaluate these issues independently. The Economics Department offers courses that explore topics such as unemployment, inflation, production and distribution, economic growth, environmental issues, poverty, urban and regional development, international trade, labor issues, economic history, and international economic relations.

Courses emphasize the need for accurate knowledge of business institutions and economic phenomena, for theories capable of explaining these phenomena, for estimating relationships among economic variables, and for testing explanations.

Graduates with a major in economics are solidly prepared for employment in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, or for advanced studies in business, law, and economics.

DePaul offers Economics as both a major and minor field of study through both the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the Driehaus College of Business. An Honors Track option is available to economic majors in both colleges. In addition, the Department of Economics offers the Accelerated Bachelor-Master of Science in Economics and Policy Analysis.

Faculty

Marcos Barrozo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Harvard University

John Berdell, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Cambridge

Gabriella Bucci, PhD
Associate Professor
The Johns Hopkins University

Ian Calaway, PhD
Assistant Professor
Stanford University

Haritima Chauhan, PhD
Professional Lecturer
Northern Illinois University

James E. Ciecka, PhD
Professor
Purdue University

Thomas Donley, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Anthony Krautmann, PhD
Professor
University of Iowa

Jin Man Lee, PhD
Instructor
University of Illinois

Jennifer Mayo, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan

​​Mohammad Mirhosseini, PhD
Professional Lecturer
University of Illinois

Thomas Mondschean, PhD
Professor
University of Wisconsin

Brian Phelan, PhD
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University

Timothy Opiela, PhD
Professor
Texas A&M

Avraham Stoler, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Chicago

Rafael Tenorio, PhD
Professor
The Johns Hopkins University  

Brian Thompson, DBA
Professional Lecturer
DePaul University

Thomas Walker, MS
Professional Lecturer
DePaul University

Sabrina Young, PhD
Professional Lecturer
University of Illinois, Chicago

Jaejoon Woo, PhD
Professor
Harvard University

Emeritus Faculty

Bala Batavia, PhD
Professor Emeritus
North Carolina State University

Jin Choi, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Iowa State University

Floyd R. Dill, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Cornell University

​Seth Epstein, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Arizona

Animesh Ghoshal, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Michigan

Michael S. Miller, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Pittsburgh

​Margaret Oppenheimer, PhD
Professor Emerita
Northwestern University

Laura Owen, PhD
Professor Emerita
Yale University

William Sander III, PhD
Professor
Cornell University

Richard Wiltgen, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois

Adjunct Faculty

Tiffany Aubry, MA
DePaul University

Peter Bernstein, MBA
University of Chicago

Steve Carlton, MS
DePaul University

Daniel Clark, MS
DePaul University

Matthew Dal Santo, JD
University of Berkeley

Liliana Fargo, PhD
University of Chicago

Angela Jensen, MS
DePaul University

Robert Kallen, JD, MA
Washington University

John Keeley, MBA
Northwestern University

Frank Limehouse, PhD
Clemson University

Ingunn M. Lonning, PhD
University of Oslo

Joseph Pilewski, MM
Northwestern University

John Rogers, JD
The John Marshal Law School

Ellen Van, MA
DePaul University

Adam Zellmer, MS
DePaul University