Staff and Affiliates

Director: Charles Courtemanche

Charles Courtemanche
Director of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise, Professor

Office Number: 244A
Email: courtemanche@uky.edu

James Fackler
Professor Emeritus of Economics

Phone: (859) 257-7649
Email: eco134@email.uky.edu

John Garen
BB&T Professor, Emeritus

Office Number: 223P
Phone: (859) 257-3581
Email: jgaren@email.uky.edu

Joseph Garuccio
Post-Doctoral Scholar

Phone: (859) 562-2834
Email: jaga248@uky.edu

Justin Heflin
Lecturer

Office Number: 223U
Email: Justin.Heflin@uky.edu

Erin Osborne
Administrative Assistant

Phone: (859) 562-2834
Email: erin.roessler@uky.edu

Darshak Patel
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies - Economics, Full-Time MBA Academic Director

Office Number: 225P
Phone: 859-323-3776
Email: darshak.patel@uky.edu

Frank Scott
Gatton Endowed Professor, Emeritus

Office Number: 223-Q
Phone: (859) 257-7643
Email: frank.scott@uky.edu

Ken Troske
Professor, Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair in Economics, Chair - Department of Economics

Office Number: 223W
Phone: 859-257-1282
Email: ktroske@uky.edu

Aaron S. Yelowitz
Professor, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Office Number: 225H
Phone: 859-257-7634
Email: aaron@uky.edu

Expertise

Applied Microeconomic Theory

Frank Scott

Economics of Education

Darshak Patel

Governance

John Garen

Health Economics

Charles Courtemanche
Joseph Garuccio
Aaron Yelowitz

Human Resource Economics

John Garen
Ken Troske

Industrial Organization

Darshak Patel
Frank Scott

Labor Economics

John Garen
Darshak Patel
Ken Troske

Macroeconomics

James Fackler

Microeconomics

Justin Heflin

Monetary Policy

James Fackler

Public Finance

Aaron Yelowitz

Public Policy

Justin Heflin
Frank Scott

Staff and Affiliates

Director: Charles Courtemanche

Expertise

Gatton College of Business and Economics