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Economics Department
159 Karpen Hall, CPO#2110
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804
Office: 828.251.6550
Fax: 828.251.6572
eherzog@unca.edu

Leah Greden Mathews, Ph.D.

• Professor and Chair of Economics
• lmathews@unca.edu
• 251-6551
• 147 Karpen Hall

Chris Bell, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Kathleen Lawlor, Ph.D.

• Ascociate Professor of Economics
• klawlor@unca.edu
• 250-3983
• 152 Karpen Hall

Jie Ma, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of Economics
• jma1@unca.edu
• 251-6568
• 155 Karpen Hall

Melissa Mahoney, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of Economics
• mmahoney@unca.edu
• 251-6672
• 157 Karpen Hall

Muhammad Nawaz, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of Economics
• mnawaz@unca.edu
• 251-6834
• 153 Karpen Hall

Robert Tatum, Ph.D.

• Professor of Economics; Cary Caperton Owen Chair in Economics
• rtatum@unca.edu
• 6569
• 156 Karpen Hall

Jonathan R. Brown, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of Economics
• jbrown19@unca.edu
• 251-6662
• 154 Karpen Hall

Emily Herzog

• Administrative Assistant
• eherzog@unca.edu
• 205 Zeis Hall

Jeff Konz, Ph.D.

• Director of Institutional Research and Professor of Economics
• jkonz@unca.edu
• 251-6570
• 246B Rhoades Robinson Hall