2008
Summer Training Program Faculty

Foundations Level:

Ed Balsdon – Ed received his Ph.D. from Santa Barbara and is currently Professor of Economics at San Diego State University.

Laura Connolly – Laura received her Ph.D. from Northwestern and is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Northern Colorado.

Brian Duncan – Brian received his Ph.D. from Santa Barbara and is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Darrick Hamilton – Professor of Economics, Management and Urban Policy in Milano-The New School.

Shawn Knabb – Shawn received his Ph.D. from Santa Barbara and is currently Professor of Economics at Western Washington University.

Chris Stoddard – Chris received her Ph.D. from Santa Barbara and is currently Professor of Economics at Montana State University.

Steve Trejo – Associate Director of the Summer Training Program and Professor of Economics at the University of Texas.

Fernando Lozano- Fernando received his Ph.D. from the UC at Santa Barbara and his areas of expertise are labor economics and immigration, and public policy. He is currently at Pomona College.

Advanced Level:

Kelly Bedard – Kelly received her Ph.D. from Queen’s University and is currently Professor of Economics at Santa Barbara where she focuses on labor economics.

Javier Birchenall – Javier received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is currently Professor of Economics at Santa Barbara where he focuses on macroeconomics.

Henning Bohn – Henning received his Ph.D. from Stanford and is currently Professor of Economics at Santa Barbara where he focuses on macroeconomics.

Gary Charness – Gary received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and is currently Professor of Economics at Santa Barbara where he focuses on experimental economics.

Rod Garratt – Rod received his Ph.D. from Cornell and is currently Professor of Economics at Santa Barbara where he focuses on microeconomic theory.

Jack Erb– Jack is currently a PhD student at UC Santa Barbara and he focuses on econometrics.

Doug Steigerwald – Doug received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and is currently Director of the Summer Training Program and Professor of Economics at Santa Barbara where he focuses on econometrics.