MA in Economics
DPE is where students and faculty collaborate on research to improve the lives of people in our community, our nation, and our world. DPE houses three integrated departments—Economic Sciences, International Studies, and Politics & Government.
DPE builds upon the strongest traditions in social science: We ask challenging research questions and apply rigorous methodology to address them. A distinctive feature of our division is our interdisciplinary approach—combining economic reasoning, understanding of politics, and public policy analysis across all three departments. Our research approach is applied—we advance research that matters in the real world.
In the Economic Sciences we have world renowned scholars in four prominent areas of research—behavior economics, the economics of crime, neuroeconomics, and macroeconomics. Our behavior economics faculty ask how psychology affects economic behavior. Scholars in our Computational Justice Lab examine criminal justice through the lens of causal inference, economic reasoning, and advanced computational analytics. Our Center for Neuroeconomics Studies looks at features of the brain to explain human economic behavior. The Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies offers cutting edge research on international money and finance.
In our International Studies program, our esteemed faculty examine questions of war and peace, international trade and investment, comparative politics, and data analytics. Students from all over the world come to our program to advance their careers in academia, government, and the private sector. We train them in data analytics to bring evidence to the most important global policy issues of our day. Our faculty have first-hand experience working in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Maldonado Institute for International Security and Global Leadership examines questions at the forefront of global cooperation and conflict.
Our Politics & Government program combines American politics and public policy. Our faculty in American politics focus on political institutions and their effect on policy outcomes. In public policy, our scholars specialize in environmental policy and public health, both with emphasis on issues of inequality and unequal access in American public policy. At the Inequality and Policy Research Center, shared with international studies, our faculty and student scholars analyze the sources of inequality and find solutions to improve outcomes for all people. Our students earn positions at the top of academia; federal, state, and local government; and the non-profit and private sectors.
We wish you the best in choosing your graduate school. If you are interested in learning more about DPE’s innovative, interdisciplinary programming, I encourage you to contact us.
Sincerely,
Melissa Rogers
Associate Dean, School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation
Associate Professor of International Studies
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Associate Dean, School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation
Associate Professor, International Studies
Co-Director, Inequality and Policy Research Center
Field Chair, Comparative Politics
MA in Economics
MS in Global Commerce & Finance
PhD in Economics
PhD in Political Science & Economics
Applied Data Science & International Studies
MS in Applied Data Science & International Studies
MS in Global Commerce & Finance
International Political Economy
MA in International Political Economy
MA in International Studies
International Politics & Political Science
PhD in International Politics & Political Science
PhD in Political Science & Economics
MA in Politics
MA in Public Policy
MA in Public Policy & Evaluation
MA in Religion & American Politics
PhD in Political Science
PhD in Political Science & Economics
Political Science | Business Administration
PhD in Political Science | MBA or EMBA
Clinical Professor of Economic Sciences
Program Director: International Money and Finance; International Economic and Development Policy
Co-Director: Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies
International Finance, International Macroeconomics, Economic Development
Professor of Economic Sciences
Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Neuroeconomics
Associate Professor of Economic Sciences
Director, Computational Justice Lab
Law, Political Economy, Public Choice
University Professor
Director of Community and Student Engagement
Value-Based Reimbursement, Medicaid Managed Care, Health Disparities
University Professor
Public Policy, Economic Strategy, Institutional Reform, Corruption
Senior Research Fellow
Labor Economics, Health Economics, Econometrics
Assistant Professor of Economic Sciences
Urban Economics, Labor Economics, Public Policy Evaluation
Assistant Professor of Economic Sciences
Labor Economics, Economics of Crime, Economics of Discrimination
Associate Professor of Economic Sciences
Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Microbial Economics
Professor Emeritus
Director, Claremont Institute for Economic Studies
International Money and Finance, Political Economy of Economic Policy
Professor of Economic Sciences, Psychology & Management
Director, Center for Neuroeconomics Studies
Neuroeconomics, Neuroscience of Narratives, Neuromanagement
Mary Toepelt Nicolai and George S. Blair Assistant Professor
American politics, the United States Congress, ideological representation, electoral politics, elite institutions
Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy
Field Chair, Political Philosophy
Director, Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom
Political science, Philosophy, American politics
Professor, Department of Politics & Government
Chair, Division of Politics & Economics
Field Chair, Public Policy
Public Policy, Urban Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice
Visiting Assistant Professor of American Politics
American Politics, Identity and Immigration, Mixed Method Research, Psychology and Morality, State and Local Policy
University Professor
Public Policy, Economic Strategy, Institutional Reform, Corruption
Assistant Professor
American Politics, Racial and Ethnic Politics, Political Behavior, Public Opinion, Political Psychology
Associate Professor
Public & Health Policy, Social Inequality, Quantitative Methods for Social Science Research
Professor Emerita of Political Science
Native American voting rights, American political development, women and politics, religion and politics, and congressional policy-making
Full Clinical Professor
Strategic Decision Making, International Political Economy, Sustainable Development
Luther Lee Jr. Memorial Chair Professor
International Political Economy, International Relations, Political Economy of China and Latin America, Quantitative Methodology
Elisabeth Helm Rosecrans Professor of International Relations
Causes and Consequences of War, Political Performance, Power Transition
Associate Dean, School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation
Associate Professor, International Studies
Co-Director, Inequality and Policy Research Center
Field Chair, Comparative Politics
Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Economic Inequality
Senior Fellow of Middle East & International Studies
Power Politics, Religion, and Culture in the Middle East; Feminization of Poverty and Global Challenges; Globalization
Assistant Director of Admissions
T: 909-607-3925 (Direct)
T: 909-607-7811 (Central Admissions)
Politics, Economics, International Studies
Director of Admissions
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Psychology and Positive Health Psychology
Assistant Director of Admissions
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Leadership, Human Resource Management, Evaluation