Robert Day School Faculty

Heather Antecol,

Ph.D.

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty and Boswell Professor of Economics

B.A., M.A., Queens University; Ph.D., McMaster University

Teaching:

Statistics,Labor Economics

Research:

Labor Economics

Phone: (909) 607-8067

Website: https://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/hantecol/

William Ascher,

Ph.D.

Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics

B.A., University of Michigan; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Teaching:

Public policy of economic development, natural resources, and the environment

Research:

Economic development and resource policy in developing countries; environmental policy process; policymaking in international organizations; political psychology

Phone: (909) 607-3071

Website: https://williamascher.com/

George Batta,

D.B.A.

Associate Professor of Economics

A.B., University of California, Berkeley; D.B.A. Harvard University

Teaching:

Financial Accounting,Financial Statement Analysis, Data Analytics

Research:

Financial Analysis,Credit Markets, Structural Estimation, Accounting Conservatism

Phone: (909) 607-7260

Website: https://georgebatta.com/

David Bjerk,

Ph.D.

Russell S. Bock Professor of Public Economics and Taxation

B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Teaching:

Microeconomic Theory, Public Economics, Poverty and Public Policy

Research:

Crime and the Criminal Justice System, Race and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market,Public Policy

Phone: (909) 607-4471

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/davidbjerk/

Richard C.K. Burdekin,

Ph.D.

Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics

B.A., University of Warwick, England; M.Sc., University of Bristol, England; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston

Teaching:

Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Money and Finance

Research:

Chinese economic reforms, Financial markets, Central bank policymaking, Inflation and deflation, Sports economics

Phone: 909-607-2884

Nishant Dass,

Charles M. Stone Associate Professor of Finance & Director of the Financial Economics Institute (FEI)

Mary F. Evans, Ph.D.

Jerrine and Thomas Mitchell '66 Professor of Environmental Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow

Ph.D., M.A., University of Colorado. B.A., James Madison University.

Research: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Phone: (909) 607-3423

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mfevansclaremont/home

Ricardo Fernholz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

B.A.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Teaching: Macroeconomics, Finance, International Economics

Research: International Finance, Macroeconomics, Game Theory

Phone: (909) 607-3795

Website: http://www.ricardofernholz.com/

Darren Filson, Ph.D.

Director of the Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Academic Director of the Silicon Valley Program, James G. Boswell Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow

Ph.D., University of Rochester

Teaching: Industrial Organization, Innovation, Strategy, Finance

Research: Industrial Organization, Innovation, Strategy, Finance

Phone: (909) 607-6796

Andrew Finley,

Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics-Accounting

University of Arizona, Eller College of Management Ph.D. in Management- Accounting Concentration with minor in Finance University of California, Los Angeles Bachelors of Arts- Economics and Political Science

Teaching:

tax planning; financial accounting; accounting for income taxes

Research:

Impact of tax policies, enforcement, and financial reporting on firm choices; influence of auditor networks

Phone: 909-607-3760

Jeffrey Flory, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Jeffrey Flory received his B.A. from Reed College, his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, and he did his post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago.

Research: Experimental Economics,Gender and Ethnicity, Development Economics, Rural Finance and Risk in Developing Countries

Phone: (909) 607-2800

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jfloryeconomics/

Ananda Ganguly, Ph.D.

Morcos Massoud Associate Professor of Accounting and George R. Roberts Fellow

B.Comm (Honors in Accounting) - St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta; Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting & Economic Decision Making) - University of Pittsburgh

Teaching: Financial Accounting & Reporting,Managerial Accounting & Reporting,Strategic Cost Management & Decision Making

Research: Behavioral Decision Making & Cognitive Psychology,Individual Decisions vs. Aggregate Outcomes in accounting & auditing,Financial Analysis,Laboratory experiments in accounting & economics

Phone: (909) 607-0720

Julio Garin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Economics, University of Notre Dame, M.A., Economics, University of Notre Dame, B.Sc., Economics, Universidad ORT Uruguay

Research: Macroeconomics

Phone: (909) 607-8497

Website: http://juliogarin.com/

Michael Gelman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Michigan

Teaching: Intermediate Macroeconomics

Research: Macroeconomics, Household Finance, Big Data

Phone: (909) 607-8226

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/michaelgelman/

Ben Gillen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Laura Grant, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara

Teaching: Intermediate Microeconomics, Public Economics, Environmental Economics

Phone: (909) 607-9841

Eric Helland, Ph.D.

William F. Podlich Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow

B.A., University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University

Teaching: Law and Economics

Research: Law and Economics

Phone: (909) 607-7275

Eric Hughson, Ph.D.

Don and Lorraine Freeberg Professor of Economics and Finance

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University.

Teaching: Investments,Financial Econometrics

Research: Financial Econometrics,Market Microstructure

Phone: (909) 607-3664

Manfred Keil, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Zwischenpruefung, Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt, Germany; M.S., London School of Economics; M.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., London School of Economics

Teaching: Macroeconomics,Econometrics

Research: Comparative economic performance of countries and regions

Phone: (909) 607-3899

William Lincoln, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

S.B., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Teaching: Intermediate Microeconomics, Econometrics

Research: International Economics, Industrial Organization

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/williamflincoln/

Florian Madison,

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

Postdoc, UCI and FRB St. Louis; Ph.D., University of Basel

Teaching:

Statistics, Intermediate Macroeconomics

Research:

Markets with Frictions, Search and Matching, Money, Asset Pricing, Liquidity, Asymmetric Information

Phone: (909) 607 9895

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/florianmadison

Matthew Magilke, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Accounting

B.S., M.B.A., St. Cloud State University, MN; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison

Teaching: Financial Accounting

Research: Timing of financial disclosures.,Accruals and cash flows mispricing.

Phone: (909) 607-3377

Marc Massoud,

Ph.D.

Robert A. Day Distinguished Professor of Accounting

B. Comm., M. Comm., Alexandria University, Egypt; M.B.A., Ph.D., New York University, CMA

Teaching:

Financial Accounting, Accounting Theory, International Accounting

Research:

Corporate Governance, International, Accounting Regulation

Phone: (909) 607-3203

Lisa K. Meulbroek, Ph.D.

Fritz B. Burns Professor of Financial Economics

A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Teaching: Financial Economics

Research: Executive compensation, risk management, pensions, corporate finance

Phone: (909) 607-7363

Serkan Ozbeklik, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

B.A., Marmara University, Turkey; M.A., University of Guelph, Canada; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Teaching: Economics of Education,Labor Economics,Microeconomics,Econometrics

Research: Public Economics,Economics of Education,Labor Economics,Applied Econometrics

Phone: (909) 607-0721

Yaron Raviv, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

B.A., M.A., Hebrew University, Ph.D., Princeton University

Teaching: Statistics, Game Theory

Research: Applied Microeconomics: Auctions, Labor Economics, Public Finance

Phone: (909) 607-7305

Joshua Rosett, Ph.D.

Curb Family Associate Professor of Business and Law and George R. Roberts Fellow

B.A. Economics, University of Chicago; M.A. Economics, Princeton University; Ph.D. Economics, Princeton University

Teaching: Financial Accounting,Financial Statements Analysis

Research: Accounting for Human Capital and Labor Relations,Intangible Assets Measurement,Financial Reporting and Firm Valuation,Corporate Governance and Control

Phone: (909) 607-3625

Jessamyn Schaller, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Phone: (909) 607-3754

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jessamynschaller

Cameron Shelton, Ph.D.

McMahon Family Associate Professor of Political Economy and George R. Roberts Fellow

Ph.D., Stanford Graduate School of Business; B.S., A.B., Stanford University.

Teaching: Intermediate Macroeconomics,Game Theory,Public Finance,Formal Political Economy,Economic Growth

Research: Political Economy and Macroeconomics including fiscal policy, growth, elections, and more.

Phone: (909) 607-1692

Website: http://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/CShelton/

Janet Kiholm Smith,

Ph.D.

Von Tobel Professor of Economics

B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Teaching:

Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital, Sports Economics, Economics of Strategy, Industrial Organization

Research:

Financial economics, Entrepreneurial finance, Sports economics, Contracts

Phone: (909) 607-3276

James D. Taylor,

J.D.

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Georgetown University, BSBA, 1969; University of Michigan, MBA, 1971; Wayne State University, JD, 1973; CPA, (formerly) California, Michigan

Teaching:

Business Law,Financial Accounting,Tax Planning

Research:

Tax

Phone: (909) 607-3455

Angela Vossmeyer,

Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2015

Teaching:

Econometrics; Intermediate Macroeconomics; Data Science; Advanced Projects in Data Science.

Research:

Econometrics; Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Simulation-based inference; Financial economics; Financial crises; Economic history.

Website: https://www.angelavossmeyer.com/

Thomas Willett, Ph.D.

Horton Professor of Economics

A.B., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Teaching: International economics,Monetary economics,Financial economics,Political economy

Research: International financial crises,Public choice analysis of the IMF,Exchange rate policies in emerging market economies,European monetary integration,International capital flows,Effects of inflation,Institutional mechanisms to control inflation,International political economy

Website: https://www.cgu.edu/people/thomas-willett/

Fan Yu,

Ph.D.

Gordon C. Bjork Professor of Financial Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow

Ph.D., Cornell University; B.Sc., McMaster University

Teaching:

Derivatives,Corporate Finance,Fixed income securities,Investments

Research:

Credit risk modeling, fixed income and derivative securities, and financial risk management.

Phone: (909) 607-3345

Website: http://sites.google.com/view/fanyu

Visiting and Adjunct Professors

Murat Binay, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., MBA in Finance, The University of Texas at Austin

Teaching: Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance & Ethics, Investments, Financial Management

Research: Empirical Corporate Finance, Institutional Investors, Initial Public Offerings, Payout Policy, Performance Evaluation, Corporate Governance, Venture Capital

Phone: (909) 607-2257

Website: https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/murat-binay