University of Missouri Kansas City




 

 

 

Faculty

  • W. Robert Brazelton, Professor Emeritus
  • Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
  • Macroeconomic Analysis and Countercyclical Macroeconomic Policy, Comparative Economics Systems, and Institutional-Post Keynesian Economic Analysis.
  • BrazeltonW@umkc.edu 

  • Peter J. Eaton, Associate Professor, Econometrics, Director of CEI
  • Ph.D., University of Florida
  • Public Finance Forecasting, Spatial Relations in Economics, Human Resource Economics, Computer Aided Instruction in Economics.
  • eatonp@umkc.edu
  • Mathew Forstater, Associate Professor, Director of CFEPS
  • Ph.D. New School for Social Research
  • History of Economic Thought, Economic Methodology, Political Economy, Public Policy, Economics of Discrimination, Environmental Economics, African and African American Economic History.
  • forstaterm@umkc.edu
  • John F. Henry, Professor of Economics
  • Ph.D., McGill University
  • History of Economic Thought, economic theory, economic history, economics of racism, economic development
  • henryjf@umkc.edu 

  • Michael Kelsay, Research Associate, Lecturer.
  • Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  • Environmental Economics, regional economics, and public finance
  • kelsaym@umkc.edu
  • Stephanie Kelton, Assistant Professor
  • Ph.D., New School for Social Research
  • Monetary theory, employment policy, history of economic monetary thought, social security, and European monetary integration
  • bellsa@umkc.edu
  • Frederic S. Lee, Professor, M.A Adviser
  • Ph.D Rutgers University
  • Heterodox Microeconomics, industrial organization and market governance, history of heterodox economics since 1945, and heterodox price and production model
  • leefs@umkc.edu
 
  • Erik Olsen, Assistant Professor
  • Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Political Economy, Urban and Regional Economics, Heterodox Macroeconomics
    Economy of Northern Ireland, Social Accounting Matrices & Computable Economic Models
  • olsenek@umkc.edu
  • Linwood F. Tauheed, Visiting Associate Professor, Economics and Black Studies
  • Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Institutional Economics, Economic Methodology, African American Political Economy, Community Economic Development, Analysis of Education, System Dynamics Modeling
  • TauheedL@umkc.edu 
  • Karen Vorst, Professor, Undergraduate Advisor
  • Ph.D., Indiana University
  • Monetary Theory and Policy, Money and Banking, Macroeconomics, and Monetary Issues in Transition Economies.
  • vorstk@umkc.edu
 
  • F.E. Wagner, Professor Emeritus
  • Economics of Development, Labor Economics, Energy Economics
  • wagnerf@umkc.edu
 
  • James Webb, Visiting Professor and Lecturer 

  • Philosophy of Economics, Methodology, Econometrics, and U.S. Anti-Drug Policy.

  • webbj@umkc.edu

  • L.Randall Wray, Professor, Ph.D adviser, Senior Research Associate, CFEPS
  • Ph.D. Washington University, St. Louis
  • Critique of orthodox monetary policy, and development of an alternative, Full Employment Policy, Modern Money, and Monetary Theory of Production.
  • wrayr@umkc.edu
 
Visiting Professors & Instructors
  • Jan A. Kregel, Visiting Distinguished Research Professor and UN Financial Expert
  • Ph.D., Rutgers University
  • Financial Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Post Keynesian Economics
  • Kregel-ny@un.edu
 

Department of Economics, 211 Haag Hall, University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64110 U.S.A
Phone: (816) 235-1314 Fax: (816) 235-2834, E-mail: economics@umkc.edu