Economics Department

Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Felipe Carrera

Assistant Professor of Economics
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Industrial organization, applied microeconomics, economic history.

B.A. 2009 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
M.A. 2014 Universidad de Chile.
M.A. 2016, Ph.D. 2020 University of California, Los Angeles.
Reed College 2020–.

Erin Cottle Hunt

Assistant Professor of Economics
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Macroeconomics, public finance, life-cycle economics.

B.A. 2009, M.A. 2011 Utah State University.
Ph.D. 2018 University of Oregon.
Reed College 2023–.

Justas Dainauskas

Assistant Professor of Economics
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International economics, macroeconomics.

B.A. 2012 Newcastle University.
MSc 2014, Ph.D. 2019 University of York.
Reed College 2024-.

Denise Hare (Chair)

Dr. Lester B. Lave Professor of Economics
Details | Email | 503-517-7463

Economics of development, labor economics, economics of transition, China’s economy.

B.A. 1983 Carleton College.
Ph.D. 1992 Stanford University.
Reed College 1992–.

Noelwah Netusil

Stanley H. Cohn Professor of Economics
Details | Email | 503-517-7306 | Vollum 227

Environmental and natural resource economics, public sector economics, law and economics.

B.S. 1986 Allegheny College.
M.S. 1988, Ph.D. 1992 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Reed College 1990–.

Michael Neubauer

Assistant Professor of Economics
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Urban and spatial economics, labor economics, development economics.

Lindsey Novak

Assistant Professor of Economics
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Development economics, health economics, economics of gender, behavioral economics.

B.S. 2008 Texas A&M University.
M.S. 2010 Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Ph.D. 2017 University of Minnesota.
Reed College 2021–.

Jon Rork

George Hay Professor of Economics
Details | Email | 503-459-4617 | CC 231

State and local public finance, urban and regional economics, microeconomic theory.

A.B. 1994 Brown University.
Ph.D. 1999 Stanford University.
Reed College 2010–.

Emeritus/Emerita Faculty

Jeffrey Parker

George Hay Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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Macroeconomic theory, monetary and fiscal policy, growth and technology, economics of higher education.

B.A. 1974 Drake University.
Ph.D. 1981 Stanford University.
Reed College 1988–.

Staff

Lydia Sheehey

Faculty Administrative Coordinator
Email | 503-777-7771