Economics Faculty

Kristen Cooper

Assistant Professor of Economics and Business
Chair, Department of Economics and Business

Professor Cooper teaches classes in microeconomics, public policy, environmental economics, and Christian Teaching on the Economy. Her current research focuses on the development and use of well-being measures for public policy. She has also published on other topics related to behavioral economics and welfare (wellbeing) economics, including consumer behavior in “fast fashion” markets, evaluating environmental policy, and the strategic ... more ➔

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Mandy Liu

Assistant Professor of Economics

Mandy Liu teaches classes in Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Economic Development, and International Economics. Her primary research interests lie at the intersection of development and health economics with a concentration on human capital, and child and adolescent well-being. Within these areas her research examines the role of environmental shocks, health investments, and school infrastructure in influencing child and adolescent well-being in ... more ➔

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Margaret Niehaus

Lecturer

Margaret has taught at Gordon since 2000, in both the Economics and Business and the Mathematics and Computer Science Departments. She trained as an applied mathematician and initially worked in the field of geophysical fluid dynamics. This included analytical modeling of the large-scale motion of the midlatitude atmosphere, and numerical modeling of fine-structure in the upper ocean. Her positive experience as a teaching assistant at ... more ➔

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Jeffrey T. Young

Lecturer in Economics and Business

Dr. Young is a Lecturer in Economics and Business at Gordon College. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he taught for over 35 years. Dr. Young has published extensively on the writings of Adam Smith, including dozens of research articles and book chapters, and two books: Economics as a Moral Science: The Political Economy of Adam Smith, (Elgar 1997) and Adam Smith’s Theory ... more ➔

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