Economics

Graduate Certificate Student Handbook

The Economics graduate program at PSU is comprised of three graduate certificates in Econometrics and Data Analysis, Environmental and Resource Economics, and Sustainability.

Graduate Certificates

Econometrics & Data Analysis

This certificate will provide training in the theoretical foundation required to perform advanced empirical analysis and a hands-on experience in working with data with popular statistical packages like Stata and R. The certificate consists of three required courses and one elective course

Econometrics & Data Analysis

Environmental & Resource Economics

The Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Resource Economics (GCERE) offers skill-development related to the critical connections between economics and natural resources and teaches important analytical tools, including cost-benefit analysis and models of human behavior and the environ

Environmental & Resource Econ

Sustainability

The Sustainability graduate certificate provides with an in-depth understanding of the connections between social, environmental, and economic systems, and arms them with the knowledge to apply sustainable, integrated problem-solving approaches in their lives and careers.

Sustainability
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Faculty Areas of Specialization

Tenure and Tenure Track

Specialization

Grace Arnold, Assistant Professor
503-725-3931
garnold@pdx.edu		Labor and Health Economics
Neal Becker, Teaching Professor
503-725-6847
nealb@pdx.edu		Sports economics and microeconomics
Randall Bluffstone, Professor and Program Director, Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Resource Economics
503-725-3938
bluffsto@pdx.edu		Environmental and resource economics, including climate change, energy, pollution control and deforestation in low-income countries
Sahan Dissanayake, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Graduate Certificate in Sustainability
503-725-9315
sahan@pdx.edu		Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Mathematical Programming, Ecosystem Services, Non-Market Valuation
John Gallup, Associate Professor
503-725-3929
jlgallup@pdx.edu		Economic Development, Health Economics, Distribution and Inequality, Geography
John Hall, Professor
503-725-3939
hallj@pdx.edu		Comparative Economic Systems, Evolutionary-Institutional Economics, Economics of Innovation, Frontier Economy of Amazon River Valley
Hiro Ito, Professor and Department Chair
503-725-3930
ito@pdx.edu		Monetary economics, International finance, Economic development, Asian economics
Riju Joshi, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Graduate Certificate in Econometrics and Data Analysis
503-725-3934
riju@pdx.edu		Applied Econometric Methodology 
Arnab Mitra, Associate Professor and Graduate Committee Chair
503-725-3937
arnab@pdx.edu		Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics, and Microeconomics
Cesar M. Rodriguez, Associate Professor
503-725-3943
cesar.rodriguez@pdx.edu    		International Macroeconomics, Growth and Development Economics, Latin American Economies
Rajiv Sharma, Professor
503-725-3925
sharmar@pdx.edu    		Access and disparities in health care; consumer preferences and behavior; cost-effectiveness analysis
Sarah Tinkler, Professor and Undergraduate Committee Chair
503-725-3933
tinkler@pdx.edu    		Economics education, computational linguistics, health economics
J. Forrest Williams, Assistant Professor
503-725-3908
forrest.williams@pdx.edu		Behavioral Economics, Charitable Giving, Experimental Economics
Jamie Woods, Assistant Professor
503-465-4883
woodsj@pdx.edu		Energy Economics