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Economics and Business

Our Faculty

    • NAME

      Hazel Thu-Hien Nguyen

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Economics and Business

    • TITLE

      Floyd and Annetta Jones Chair and Associate Professor of Economics and Business; Department Chair

    • Specialty

      Corporate Finance, Textual Analysis, Gender Communications.

    • E-MAIL

      nguyen4@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1363

    • LOCATION

      Mood-Bridwell 341

    • NAME

      Nimita Azam

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Instructor of Buisness.

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Instructor of Buisness.

    • E-MAIL

      azamn@southwestern.edu

    • NAME

      Kristyn Brown

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Instructor of Economics

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Instructor of Economics

    • E-MAIL

      brown25@southwestern.edu

    • NAME

      Chandrayee Chatterjee

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Economics

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Economics

    • Specialty

      Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics

    • E-MAIL

      chatterjc@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1214

    • LOCATION

      Mood Bridwell 345

    • NAME

      Jim Christianson

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Instructor of Business

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Instructor of Business

    • E-MAIL

      christij@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1351

    • LOCATION

      Mood-Bridwell 340

    • NAME

      Charles deWitt

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Faculty-Large Class-Arts&Sci.

    • TITLE

      Part-time Assistant Professor of Business

    • E-MAIL

      dewittc@southwestern.edu

    • NAME

      Elizabeth Eakman

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Faculty-Large Class-Arts&Sci.

    • TITLE

      Instructor of Business and Technical Writing

    • E-MAIL

      ree@southwestern.edu

    • NAME

      Dirk Early

    • TITLE

      Professor of Economics

    • TITLE

      Professor of Economics

    • E-MAIL

      earlyd@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1592

    • LOCATION

      Mood-Bridwell 334

    • NAME

      Gabriela Flores

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Business

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Business

    • E-MAIL

      floresg@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1588

    • LOCATION

      Mood-Bridwell 337

    • NAME

      Raji Kunapuli

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Business

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Business

    • Specialty

      Strategy, Entrepreneurship and New Technologies

    • E-MAIL

      kunapulr@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1042

    • LOCATION

      MBH 336

    • NAME

      Hieu Nguyen

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Economics

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Economics

    • E-MAIL

      nguyen23@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1372

    • NAME

      Shelly Page

    • TITLE

      Staff Instructor in Accounting

    • TITLE

      Staff Instructor in Accounting

    • E-MAIL

      pages@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1010

    • LOCATION

      MBH 333

    • NAME

      Dinushka Paranavitana

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Economics

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Economics

    • E-MAIL

      paranavid@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1376

    • NAME

      Andrew Ross

    • TITLE

      Director of Business Internships and Assoc. Prof. of Business

    • TITLE

      Director of Business Internships and Assoc. Prof. of Business

    • Specialty

      Product Marketing, Consumer Behavior, International Marketing

    • E-MAIL

      rossa@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1420

    • LOCATION

      Mood-Bridwell 324

    • NAME

      Debika Sihi

    • TITLE

      Professor of Business

    • TITLE

      John Shearn Chair and Professor of Business

    • Specialty

      Digital and Social Media Marketing, New Product Development, Online Privacy, Technology Integration into Business Processes, Marketing for Start-Ups

    • E-MAIL

      sihid@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1996

    • LOCATION

      Mood-Bridwell 323

    • NAME

      John Thompson

    • TITLE

      Visiting Assistant Professor

    • TITLE

      Visiting Assistant Professor

    • Specialty

      Leadership, Management, Technology industry, Crisis communication

    • E-MAIL

      thompson3@southwestern.edu

    • NAME

      Maorui Yang

    • TITLE

      ASIANetwork/Luce PostDoc Fellow in Economics

    • TITLE

      ASIANetwork/Luce PostDoc Fellow in Economics

    • E-MAIL

      yangm@southwestern.edu

    • PHONE

      512.863.1354

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