Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Economics Faculty


Chair

McDonough, Ian K.

Associate Professor, B.S., Utah State University; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Methodist University. Rebel since 2014.

Graduate Coordinator

Malikov, Emir

Associate Professor; B.Sc., Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton. Rebel since 2019.

Graduate Faculty

Assane, Djeto 

Professor; B.A., University of Abidjan; M.A., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., University of Colorado. Rebel since 1998.

Bibler, Andrew

Assistant Professor; B.S., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., Michigan State University. Rebel since 2020.

Chiang, Eric 

Professor-in-Residence; B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida. Rebel since 2023.

Gao, Yuting 

Assistant Professor; B.A., Fudan University; M.A., University of Southern California; Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington. Rebel since 2022.

Irwin, Nicholas 

Assistant Professor; B.A., The Ohio State; M.A., American University; M.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Rebel since 2018.

Lavendar, Makayla

Assistant Professor; B.A., Whitworth University; M.A., Ph.D., Georgia State University. Rebel since 2018.

McCoy, Shawn

Associate Professor; B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. Rebel since 2016.

Miller, Stephen M. 

Professor, B.S., Purdue University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Rebel since 2001.

Rith, Daraboth 

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.S., Southern New Hampshire; M.S., Ph.D., Suffolk University. Rebel since 2023.

Robinson, William J. 

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Northern Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder. Rebel since 1980.

Teryoshin, Yevgeniy 

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University. Rebel since 2018.

Tra, Constant 

Professor; B.A. California State University, Chico; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland. Rebel since 2007.

Tremblay, Mark

Assistant Professor; B.A., B.S., Pacific Lutheran University; Ph.D., Michigan State University. Rebel since 2023.

Waddoups, C. Jeffrey 

Professor; B.A., Ph.D., University of Utah. Rebel since 1989.

Professors Emeriti

Chen, Lein-Lein

Emeritus Professor; B.S., M.S., Florida International University; Ph.D., University of Miami. UNLV Emeritus since 2021.

Karstensson, Lewis

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A., Humboldt State College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio University. UNLV Emeritus since 1979.

Malamud, Bernard 

Emeritus Professor; B.S.E.E., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; M.S.I.A., Carneigie-Mellon University; Ph.D., New School for Social Research. UNLV Emeritus since 2018.

Riddel, Mary

Emeritus Professor; B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder; M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University, Ft. Collins. UNLV Emeritus since 2020.

Wimmer, Bradley 

Professor; B.A., Coe College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky. UNLV Emeritus since 2024.