Department Archives: Department of Economics

My name is Tarek Buhagiar and I moved to Florida in 1990. I have been teaching at UCF since January 1998 and have loved every minute of it. UCF is a great institution that is constantly growing and changing. I have a Bachelor in Finance, a Master in Economics and a Graduate Certificate in Statistics/Data Mining. […]

Richard Hofler is Professor of Economics at the University of Central Florida. His major research fields are econometrics and health economics. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Dr. Hofler has served as […]

My Teaching Philosophy I take teaching very seriously and for the most part, view teaching as important as research. I have high expectations of the students, which is generally something they haven’t encountered in their prior education.  I eschew grading on a curve, for I find a curve unpalatable inasmuch as any true curve, e.g., a […]

Department of Economics

Dr. Nora Underwood received her BA from George Washington University and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. She was employed as a lecturer in the economics department at UC Davis for nine years before joining the Department of Economics at UCF in 2003. She most often teaches principles of macroeconomics, environmental economics, and […]

Dr. Eric Schmidbauer is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Barry S. Miller College of Business at the University of Central Florida, where he has been on the faculty since 2014. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and an M.A. in Mathematics from the University at […]

Dr. Melanie Guldi is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida in the Barry S. Miller College of Business. She is a native Floridian who received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Economics from the University of Florida in 1995. She then earned a Master of Arts in […]

Uluc Aysun is an applied and computational economist with current research interests in international economics, economic forecasting, data analytics, finance, economics of innovation, banking and monetary transmission. He has served for three years as an academic consultant for Bank of Jamaica and as the Undergraduate Director for the Department of Economics. Recent Publications: “R&D, Market […]

  Mark Dickie is a Chair and Professor of Economics at the University of Central Florida. His major fields are environmental economics and health economics. His research focuses on estimating economic benefits of reducing risks to human health; understanding how people perceive health risks; and examining the determinants and effects of behaviors that influence the […]