School of Natural and Social Sciences:
Economics Faculty (Board of Study)

Peter F. Bell
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A. (Honors), M.A., Trinity College, Dublin; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Political economy; economics of the Third World; U.S. economy; Southeast Asia.
peter.bell@purchase.edu

Kim Christensen
Associate Professor of Economics and Women's Studies
B.A., Earlham College; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Political economy; feminist theory; political economy of AIDS; race, gender, and class.
kim.christensen@purchase.edu

Sanford Ikeda
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Grove City College; Ph.D., New York University. The dynamics of government intervention; economics of politics; industrial organization; history of economic thought; cultural economics.
sanford.ikeda@purchase.edu

Rex McKenzie
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Sussex University; M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research. Money; finance and banking; sustainable economic development; political economy of the Caribbean; history of economic thought.
rex.mckenzie@purchase.edu

Seamus O'Cleireacain
Professor of Economics
B.Comm., University College, Dublin; M.A., University of Detroit; Ph.D., University of Michigan. International economic relations; European integration; trade policy.
seamus.ocleireacain@purchase.edu

Updated Feb. 17, 2007