Faculty

Economics
Department

vassar.edu/economics
Professor and Chair of Economics
Benjamin Ho wearing a dark tan shirt against a dark gray background.
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MA, Stanford University; MES, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Stanford University
Assistant Professor of Economics
BS, Johns Hopkins University; MPH, Columbia University in the City of New York; PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Associate Professor of Economics
Qi Ge
BA, Hamilton College; MA, PhD, Princeton University
Professor of Economics
BA, Kalamazoo College; MA, PhD, Princeton University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
BS, University of Dhaka; MA, SUNY at Binghamton; MS, University of Dhaka; PhD, SUNY at Binghamton
Professor of Economics
BEcon, University of Queensland; PhD, Stanford University
Professor of Economics on the Elizabeth Stillman Williams Chair
David A. Kennett sitting in a red chair wearing a white and blue striped shirt and black jacket.
BA, University of Sussex; MPhil, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
BA, Vassar College; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Professor of Economics
Sarah Pearlman wearing a black shirt against a gray background.
BA, Wellesley College; PhD, University of Maryland
Associate Professor of Economics
Robert Rebelein
BS, BS, MA, PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Professor of Economics
BA, University of Toronto; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor of Economics
A portrait photo of Harrison Shieh in front of a bookshelf.
BA, University of California-Irvine; MA, California State University-Fullerton; PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor of Economics
BA, Vassar College; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Emeriti

Catharine Hill
President Emerita and Professor Emerita of Economics (2006–2016)
William E. Lunt , PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics (1974–2011)
Natalie J. Marshall , PhD
Professor Emerita of Economics (1973–1994)