Department Chair


William Branch
  • Chair and Professor, Economics, UCI
    Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2001

  • macroeconomics

  •  3279 Social Science Plaza B | 949-824-4221

  • wbranch@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

Director of Graduate Studies


Fabio Milani
  • Professor, Economics, UCI
    Ph.D., Princeton University, 2006

  • macroeconomics, monetary economics, time-series econometrics, international macro

  •  3145 Social Science Plaza A | 949-824-4519

  • fmilani@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

Director of Graduate Admissions / Placement Director


John Duffy
  • Professor & Director of Graduate Admissions
    Ph.D., UCLA 

  • behavioral and experimental economics, game theory, macroeconomics

  •  3285 Social Science Plaza B | 949-824-8341

  • duffy@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Guillaume Rocheteau
  • Professor & Placement Director
    Ph.D. University of Paris II, Pantheon-Assas 

  • monetary theory, macroeconomics, labor economics, search theory

  •  3263 Social Science Plaza B | 949-824-7053

  • grochete@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

Director of Undergraduate Studies


Brian Jenkins
  • Associate Teaching Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies
     Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2011 

  •  3133 Social Science Plaza A | 949-824-0640

  • bcjenkin@uci.edu
  • Website

Director of Undergraduate Studies Honors Program


Gary Richardson
  • Professor and Director, Undergraduate Honors Program, Economics
    Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 

  • economic history, macroeconomics, great depression, industrial revolution, property rights, economic development

  •  3127 Social Science Plaza A | 949-824-5089

  • garyr@uci.edu
  • Website

Graduate Advisor


Jennifer Gerson
  • Director, Graduate Affairs
    Ed.D., University of Southern California, 2020

  • educational counseling, graduate student exceptions/petitions, teaching assistant applications and assignments

  •  5210 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway | (949) 824-4074

  • jennifer.gerson@uci.edu
  • For any administrative questions concerning the graduate application process, financial award opportunities, and/or other pre-enrollment matters, please contact the Graduate Studies Office.

Department Manager


Katie Swindell

Administrative Staff


Denise Nguyen
  • Department Analyst

  •  3231 Social Science Plaza B | 949-824-4834

  • denistn2@uci.edu
Laura Robledo-Vega
  • Department Analyst

  •  3229 Social Science Plaza B | (949) 824-5788

  • robledol@uci.edu

GENERAL INFORMATION

For questions concerning course planning, change of major requests, financial aid appeals, course substitutions, and information regarding honors and graduation, contact the Social Sciences Undergraduate Student Affairs.

1201 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100

Phone: (949) 824-6803
Fax: (949) 824-2492
Email: socsci@uci.edu


 

 

DEPARMENT INFORMATION

Mailing Address
Department of Economics
3151 Social Science Plaza
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100

Telephone: (949) 824-4834

Direction (UCI Campus)
The Department Administrative Suite is located on the 3rd floor of the Building B in the Social Science Plaza.
See: SSPB Building (213)

Directions to the campus can be found here.