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The Department welcomes inquiries about its programs. Please direct queries about undergraduate programs to the Economics mailbox, and about the PhD and GPED (MA) programs to the GPED inbox.

Chairs and Program Directors

Kamal Saggi

Department Chair
Frances and John Downing Family Chair
Professor of Economics
Email
Website
phone: 615-343-8495
418 Calhoun Hall
Mattias Polborn

Vice Chair
E. Bronson Ingram Chair
Professor of Economics
Email
Website
615-875-8113
416 Calhoun Hall
Brian Beach

Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Economics
Email
Website
615-322-1388
306 Calhoun Hall
Rupinder Saggi

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics
Email
Website
615-322-0715
406 Calhoun Hall
Kevin Huang

Director, Graduate Program in Economic Development
Professor of Economics
Email
Website
615-936-7271
308 Calhoun Hall
Michelle Marcus

Director, Honors Program in Economics
Assistant Professor of Economics
Email
Website
615-322-2482
310 Calhoun Hall

Administrative Staff

Brooke Talley

Administrative Manager
Email
615-322-2486
415 Calhoun Hall
Alicia Gavrilis

Program Coordinator (M.A/GPED and Ph.D.)
Email
615-343-6289
415 Calhoun Hall
Hannah Schaeffer

Administrative Coordinator
(Financials/Faculty affairs)
Email
615-343-9341
415 Calhoun Hall
Bailey Cook

Administrative Specialist
(Department Support)
Email
615-343-2479
415 Calhoun Hall
Tina Soo

Program Specialist (Undergraduate programs)
Email
615-343-1971
415 Calhoun Hall