Students are taught by renowned senior faculty at the top of their field.
Here are just a few of the outstanding faculty who have been involved in the creation and/or delivery of MSQE courses:
Jean-Francois Houde
Position title: Associate Department Chair; Director of Masters in Economics and Masters in Quantitative Economics (Fall 2025); David Edwin and Lucille Hartmann Davies Chair in Economics
Email:
houde
Phone: 608- 262-7927
Address:
7446 Social Sciences Building
Pronouns: he/him/his
Jack Porter
Position title: Professor, Richard E. Stockwell Distinguished Chair
Email:
jrporter
Phone: 608-263-3870
Address:
6448 Social Sciences Building
Jeffrey Smith
Position title: Professor, Paul T. Heyne Distinguished Chair in Economics; Richard A. Meese Chair in Applied Econometrics
Email:
econjeff
Phone: 608-262-3066
Address:
7454 Social Sciences Building
Alan Sorensen
Position title: Professor, John and Tashia Morgridge Distinguished Chair
Email:
sorensen
Phone: 608-263-3867
Address:
6454 Social Sciences Building
Ashley Swanson
Position title: Associate Professor, Douglas W. and Sherry A. Caves Professor of Economics
Email:
swanson25
Phone: 608-262-5897
Address:
7434 Social Sciences Building
Martin O'Connell
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
moconnell9
Pronouns: he/him/his
Fields: Public Economics, Industrial Organization
Job Boerma
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
job.boerma
Address:
7432 Social Sciences Bldg
1180 Observatory Drive
Xiaoxia Shi
Position title: Professor, Lowell and Leila Robinson Distinguished Chair
Email:
xshi
Phone: 608-262-8910
Address:
6428 Social Sciences Building
Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
rojasampuero
Phone: 608-265-8810
Address:
6430 Social Sciences Building
Karam Kang
Position title: Associate Professor, Laurits R. Christensen Professor in Economics
Email:
kkang57
Phone: 608-265-6258
Address:
6440 Social Sciences Building
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Fields: Political Economy, Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics
Miguel Acosta
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
miguel.acosta
Phone: 608-265-3137
Address:
7424 Social Sciences
Fields: Macroeconomics, International Trade
Lydia Cox
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
lydia.cox
Phone: 608-265-2570
Address:
6456 Social Sciences Building
Fields: International Trade and Macroeconomics
Alice Wu
Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:
hwu526
Phone: 608-265-7473
Address:
6424 Social Sciences
Fields: Labor, Personnel, Innovation