Economics: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Tarek Abdallah

Kellogg School of Management

Assistant Professor of Operations Management

Field: Business Strategy, Data Science, Economics

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Data Science, E-Commerce, Microeconomics, Predictive Analytics, Pricing Strategy

Lindsay Allen

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant professor of emergency medicine, Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics

Field: Economics, Emergency Medicine, Public Health

Focus Areas: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Policy, Health Equity and Disparities, Health Insurance, Microeconomics, Opioid Addiction, Public Health Policy

David Besanko

Kellogg School of Management

IBM Professor of Regulation & Competitive Practices

Field: Economics

Focus Areas: Industrial Organizations and Economics, Microeconomics, Public Policy, Regulations

Anna Chorniy

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences

Field: Economics, Medical Social Sciences, Public Health

Focus Areas: ADD and ADHD, Asthma, Healthcare Industry, Health Equity and Disparities, Health Insurance, Pharmaceutical Industry, Public Health Policy, Regulations

Kirabo Jackson

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School of Education and Social Policy

Abraham Harris Professor Professor of Education and Social Policy, Human Development and Social Policy

Field: Economics, Education

Focus Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Educational Development, Education Policy, Gender Diversity and Equality, Labor Markets, Public Policy

Joel Mokyr

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History

Field: Economics, History

Focus Areas: Innovation

Chika O. Okafor

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor of Law

Field: Constitutional Law, Economics

Focus Areas: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Economic Inequality

Nicola Persico

Kellogg School of Management

John L. and Hellen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Field: Economics

Focus Areas: Contract Theory, Labor Markets, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Political Economies, Regulations

Jorg Spenkuch

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Field: Economics, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Discrimination, Immigration, Income Mobility, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Political Campaigns, Political Corruption, Socioeconomics, Voter Rights and Behavior

Dr. Anne M. Stey

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Field: Data Science, Economics, Surgery

Focus Areas: Communications Strategy, Decision Making, Healthcare Policy, Information Systems and Technology, Machine Learning and Automation, Network Science, Organizational Change