Faculty
Our regular faculty members, instructors, and administrative staff want to make your experience in our department enriching and positive. We have a broad range of interests and expertise to help guide you through your program.
Dr. Kam H. Chu
Professor
Office:A 3089
Telephone:(709) 864-8102
Email: kchu@mun.ca
Research Interests:Money and Banking in Canada and Hong Kong; Free Banking, Banking Regulation, Banking Stability and Deposit Insurance
Dr. Tony Fang
Professor
Office:IIC 2010B
Telephone:(709) 864-3779
Email: tfang@mun.ca
Research Interests:Labour economics and applied econometrics. Global and local cultures, immigration, diasporas, demographic change and strategies for population growth and immigration retention and integration, pension, retirement policy and the ageing workforce, economics of education and minimum wages, recruitment and retention of international students.
Dr. Lynn Gambin
Associate Professor
Office:A3086
Telephone:(709) 864-8103
Email: lynn.gambin@mun.ca
Research Interests:Labour economics; economics of education; health economics; public policy; programme evaluation; and vocational education and training.
Dr. Gubhinder Kundhi
Associate Professor
Office:A3082
Telephone:(709) 864-8108
Email: gkundhi@mun.ca
Research Interests:Applied Econometrics, Econometrics Theory, Micro-Econometrics, Statistics
Dr. L. Wade Locke
Professor (Acting Department Head- April 2022)
Office:A3084
Telephone:(709) 864-8104
Email: wlocke@mun.ca
Research Interests:Newfoundland Economy, Mineral and Petroleum Economics, Innovation and Productivity, Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements and Local Government Finance
Scott Lynch
Department Head
Office:A3080
Telephone:(709) 864-8294
Email: lynch@mun.ca
Research Interests:Applied Macroeconomic Forecasting, Econometric Forecasting, Statistics Newfoundland and Labrador Economy
Dr. Nikita Lyssenko
Associate Professor
Office:A3096
Telephone:(709) 864-2149
Email: nlysenko@mun.ca
Research Interests:Environmental economics, valuation of environmental and natural resources, economics of climate change
Dr. Roberto Martinez-Espineira
Professor
Office:A3087
Telephone:(709) 864-3676
Email: rmartinezesp@mun.ca
Research Interests:Water demand and water pricing, valuation of natural resources and other non-marketed goods and services
Dr. Nahid Masoudi
Associate Professor
Office:A3094
Telephone:(709) 864-4015
Email: nmasoudi@mun.ca
Research Interests: Environmental and Resource Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Game Theory, Public Economics
Dr. Doug May
Professor
Office:A3085
Telephone:(709) 864-8274
Email: dmay@mun.ca
Research Interests:Labour and Demographic Analysis, Applied Production Economics, Health Economics
Dr. C. Michael Wernerheim
Professor (Retired August 2021)
Office: A3077
Telephone:(709) 864-8248
Email: wern@mun.ca
Research Interests:Industrial organization of advanced services Industries (productivity, trade, outsourcing, location, structure, FDI); Fisheries regulation and enforcement; Multiple-use forestry
Adjunct Professor
Dr. Derek Messacar
Office:A3083
Research Analyst, Statistics Canada
Email: dmessacar@mun.ca
Research Interests: Public Economics, Behavioural Public Finance, Labour Economics, Economics of Education, Empirical Micro-Economics
Personal Profile: https://sites.google.com/site/derekmessacar
Professor Emeritus
- Dr. Noel Roy (Retired)
- Dr. William E. Schrank (Retired)
Honorary Research Professor
- Dr. Jim Feehan (Retired) Email: feehan@mun.ca