Faculty Directory

Von Allmen School of Accountancy

Brian Bratten
Interim Executive Associate Dean

Office Number: 371E
Phone: 859-257-1947
Email: brian.bratten@uky.edu

Raymond Burgess
Senior Lecturer

Office Number: 245C
Phone: 859-257-3876
Email: rayburgess@uky.edu

Monika Causholli
Von Allmen Endowed Chair in Accountancy, Director of Graduate Studies

Office Number: 423X
Phone: 859-257-1799
Email: monika.causholli@uky.edu

Huayu (Jade) Chen
Assistant Professor in Accounting

Office Number: 423R
Email: huayu.chen@uky.edu

Ben Commerford
Arthur Andersen Professorship in Accountancy

Office Number: 423W
Email: ben.commerford@uky.edu

Olivia Davis
Von Allmen School of Accountancy Associate Director and Assistant Clinical Professor

Office Number: 423H
Phone: 859-323-7517
Email: olivia.n.davis@uky.edu

Duke Ferguson
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 423G
Phone: 859-218-5711
Email: vcferguson@uky.edu

Darci Fischer
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 423U
Email: darci.fischer@uky.edu

Alex Johanns
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 423V
Phone: 859-257-5975
Email: alex.johanns@uky.edu

Maia Kelton
Temporary Lecturer

Tyler Kleppe
Ashland Oil Research Fellow, Ernst and Young Professorship of Accounting

Office Number: 435F
Phone: 859-562-3316
Email: tyler.kleppe@uky.edu

Thomas Lewis
Senior Lecturer

Office Number: 435B
Phone: 859-257-8210
Email: tlewi3@uky.edu

Stephen Lusch
Interim Director of the Von Allmen School of Accountancy, Director of Master of Accountancy & Analytics Program, Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accountancy

Office Number: 434A
Phone: 859-257-4675
Email: stephen.lusch@uky.edu

Lauren Milbach
Clinical Assistant Professor in Accounting

Office Number: 423E
Phone: 859-257-3268
Email: l.milbach@uky.edu

Cynthia Miller
Senior Lecturer

Office Number: 245G
Email: Cynthia.Miller@uky.edu

Patricia Naranjo
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 435C
Phone: 859-257-4149
Email: patricia.naranjo@uky.edu

Hassan Niazi
Lecturer

Office Number: 423K
Phone: 859-257-4794
Email: Hassan.Niazi@uky.edu

Jeff Payne
KPMG Professorship Endowment

Office Number: 423C
Phone: 859-257-1435
Email: Jeff.Payne@uky.edu

Jason Rasso
Clinical Assistant Professor in Accounting

Office Number: 423P
Email: jason.rasso@uky.edu

Aaron Roeschley
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 423F
Phone: 859-257-3702
Email: aroeschley@uky.edu

Karl Schuhmacher
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 423D
Email: karl.schuhmacher@uky.edu

John Smigla
Director of MS in Accounting, Senior Lecturer

Office Number: 435A
Phone: 859-323-9683
Email: johnsmigla@uky.edu

Paul Wong
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 435G
Email: paul.wong@uky.edu

Hong Xie
Wilbur E. Chellgren Professorship in Accounting

Office Number: 423L
Phone: 859-257-4648
Email: hongxie98@uky.edu

Samuel Zaruba
Associate Director, Center for Business Analytics

Office Number: 245E
Email: samzaruba@uky.edu

Center for Business and Economic Research

Mike Clark
Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, Associate Professor

Office Number: 225M
Phone: 859-257-6226
Email: Michael.Clark@uky.edu

Dean's Office

Brian Bratten
Interim Executive Associate Dean

Office Number: 371E
Phone: 859-257-1947
Email: brian.bratten@uky.edu

Chris Clifford
Interim Dean of the Gatton College, Dupont Endowed Chair in Finance

Office Number: 371C
Phone: 859-257-3850
Email: chris.clifford@uky.edu

Betsy Farris
Lecturer

Office Number: 371R

Josh Taylor
Lecturer

Office Number: 132A
Phone: 859-257-9378
Email: josh.taylor@uky.edu

Marian Turcan
Director of Digital Learning, Lecturer

Office Number: 355
Phone: 859-257-8780
Email: marian.turcan@uky.edu

Economics

Sebastián Amador
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 223E
Phone: 859-257-7640
Email: sebastian_amador@uky.edu

Adib Bagh
Director of the Mathematical Economics Program, Associate Professor

Office Number: 223F
Phone: 859-257-3057
Email: adib.bagh@uky.edu

Maurício Barbosa-Alves
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 223C
Email: mauricio.barbosa@uky.edu

Felipe Benguria
Carol Martin Gatton Professorship in Economics and Management

Office Number: 223H
Phone: 859-257-6908
Email: felipe.benguria@uky.edu

Christopher R. Bollinger
Professor, University Research Professor

Office Number: 223Q
Phone: 859-257-9524
Email: chris.bollinger@uky.edu

Mike Clark
Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, Associate Professor

Office Number: 225M
Phone: 859-257-6226
Email: Michael.Clark@uky.edu

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

Office Number: 244A
Phone: 859-323-7990
Email: courtemanche@uky.edu

Anthony J. Creane
Professor

Office Number: 225B
Phone: 859-257-4566
Email: a.creane@uky.edu

Alejandro Dellachiesa
Lecturer

Office Number: 225N
Phone: 859-257-7807
Email: adellachiesa@uky.edu

Bob Gillette
Associate Professor

Office Number: 225L
Phone: 859-257-1411
Email: jrgill01@uky.edu

Justin Heflin
Lecturer

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

Ana Herrera
Professor, Carol Martin Gatton Professorship in Economics, Associate Chair - Department of Economics

Office Number: 223L
Phone: 859-257-1119
Email: amherrera@uky.edu

Gail Hoyt
Gatton College Teaching Fellow, Caroline Frances Ransdell Research Professorship

Office Number: 245S
Phone: 859-257-2517
Email: ghoyt@uky.edu

Yoonbai Kim
Professor

Office Number: 223T
Phone: 859-257-2838
Email: ykim01@uky.edu

Eleanor Krause
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 223P
Email: eleanor.krause@uky.edu

Carlos Lamarche
Carol Martin Gatton Professorship in Economics and University Research Professor

Office Number: 223G
Phone: 859-257-3371
Email: clamarche@uky.edu

Steven Lugauer
Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor

Office Number: 225F
Phone: 859-257-2890
Email: steven.lugauer@uky.edu

Lala Ma
Associate Professor, Carl F. Pollard Professor of Health Economics

Office Number: 225C
Email: lala.ma@uky.edu

Darshak Patel
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor

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

Ken Troske
Department Chair, Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair, Professor

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

Jangsu Yoon
Assistant Professor

Office Number: 223D
Email: jangsu.yoon@uky.edu

James Ziliak
Carol Martin Gatton Chair in Micro-Economics, University Research Professor, Founding Director of the Center for Poverty Research

Office Number: 234A
Phone: 859-257-6902
Email: jziliak@uky.edu

Finance and Quantitative Methods

Leonce Bargeron
Associate Professor, PNC Professorship

Office Number: 335L
Phone: 859-257-4397
Email: leonce.bargeron@uky.edu

Taylor Begley
Associate Professor, Ashland Oil Professorship, Gatton College Artificial Intelligence Fellow

Office Number: 345Q
Email: begley@uky.edu

Jon Chait
Lecturer

Office Number: 335E
Phone: 859-323-7239
Email: jon.chait@uky.edu

Chris Clifford
Interim Dean of the Gatton College, Dupont Endowed Chair in Finance

Office Number: 371C
Phone: 859-257-3850
Email: chris.clifford@uky.edu

Andrew Conlin
Lecturer

Office Number: 351
Phone: 859-257-2490
Email: Andrew.Conlin@uky.edu

Igor Cunha
Director of MS Finance Program, William B. Sturgill Professorship in Business and Public Policy

Office Number: 345D
Phone: 859-257-5703
Email: igor.cunha@uky.edu

Will Gerken
Professor, Real Estate Endowed Professor, Director - Undergraduate Certificate in Financial Planning, University Research Professor

Office Number: 345P
Phone: 859-257-2774
Email: will.gerken@uky.edu

Shane Hadden
Deputy Chair of Students, Senior Lecturer

Office Number: 335K
Phone: 859-257-4367
Email: shane.hadden@uky.edu

Kristine Hankins
Professor, William E. Seale Endowed Professor of Finance, Interim Associate Dean for Research and Ph.D. Programs, University Research Professor