Department of Economics
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Master of Sciences
Program in Applied Economics

Dr. John Straub, Program Director
Straub@umd.edu

Dr. Amanda Kerr, Associate Director
ackerr@umd.edu

College Park location
1102 Morrill Hall
Program Coordinator:
Kaitlyn Walker
(301) 405-3557
CPmasters-econ@umd.edu

Washington, DC location
1400 16th Street, NW
Suite 140
Washington, DC 20036
Program Coordinator:
Herman Byrd
(202) 525-4308
DCmasters-econ@umd.edu

Faculty

Our courses are taught by PhD economists affiliated with the University of Maryland.  Our instructors work at the same kinds of government agencies, private firms and NGOs that recruit and hire our graduates. 

Economics PhD candidates from the University of Maryland work as teaching assistants and graders.  Faculty from the main campus in College Park give occasional guest lectures.


FACULTY



NAME AFFILIATION CV
Hossein Abbasi

Hossein Abbasi University of Maryland, Department of Economics CV
Chris Adams

Christopher P. Adams Congressional Budget Office - Division of Health Analysis CV
Maksim Belenkiy
Maksim Belenkiy U.S. Department of Commerce - International Trade Commission CV
Colin Caines

Colin Caines Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Division of International Finance CV
Wonjun Chang

Wonjun Chang The Brattle Group CV
Joonkyu Choi
Joonkyu Choi Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Division of Research & Statistics CV



Randy Chugh
Bates-White Consulting CV
Pablo A Cuba-Borda

Pablo A. Cuba-Borda
Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Division of International Finance, Global Modeling Studies section CV
Erfan Danesh

Erfan Danesh Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Division of Research & Statistics CV

Chris Dockins
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - National Center for Environmental Economics CV

Thiago Ferreira Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve -Division of International Finance CV
Aaron Finkle

Aaron Finkle University of Maryland, Department of Economics CV
Daniel Fried
Daniel Fried Congressional Budget Office - Division of Macroeconomic Analysis CV
Mahsa Gholizadeh

Mahsa Gholizadeh U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - Regional Analysis & Special Studies CV
Lucas Goodman

Lucas Goodman U.S. Department of the Treasury - Office of Tax Analysis CV

Justin Grana RAND Corporation, Pardee RAND Graduate School CV

Charles Griffiths U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - National Center for Environmental Economics CV

Joanne Hsu Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Division of Research & Statistics CV
Laura Kawano

Laura Kawano University of Michigan, Office of Tax Policy Research CV
Amanda Kerr

Amanda Kerr University of Maryland, Department of Economics CV
Hong Kim

Hong Kim U.S. Department of Labor - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy CV
Arto Kovanen

Arto Kovanen International Monetary Fund, Kovanen Macroeconomic Policy Advising CV
Christian Krestel

Christian Krestel World Bank Group - DIME CV
Brad McDonald

Brad McDonald International Monetary Fund - External Sector Division CV
Tomas Monarrez
Tomas Monarrez Urban Institute CV
Sungho Noh
Sungho Noh Public Company Accounting Oversight Board - Office of Economic and Risk Analysis CV
Scott Ohlmacher

Scott Ohlmacher
U.S. Bureau of the Census - Center for Economic Studies CV
David Ovadia

David Ovadia Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, Consumer Protection CV
Yong Paek

Yong Paek The Brattle Group CV
Steve Payson
Steven Payson U.S. Department of Labor - Mine Safety & Health Administration CV
Nathan Petek
Nathan Petek Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, Antitrust CV
Lubomir Petrasek
Lubomir Petrasek Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Division of Monetary Affairs CV
Thomas Rumbaugh

Thomas Rumbaugh
International Monetary Fund, Consulting CV


John Straub University of Maryland, Department of Economics CV

Martin Stuermer International Monetary Fund - Research Dept, Commodities Unit CV


Cristina Tello-Trillo U.S. Bureau of the Census - Center for Economic Studies CV

Stéphane Verani Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Division of Research & Statistics CV

Diego Vilán Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Division of Research & Statistics CV

Razvan Vlaicu Inter-American Development Bank - Research Department CV
Moises Yi

Moises Yi U.S. Bureau of the Census - Center for Economic Studies CV
Ilkner Zer Boudet

Ilkner Zer
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Division of Financial Stability CV
Ye Zhang

Ye Zhang
Resolution Economics Group CV

Paul Zimmerman
Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, Antitrust CV