{"id":315,"date":"2015-12-07T17:16:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T22:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eckerdstaging.com\/spanish\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:11:32","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/economics\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”48″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Faculty<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”32″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”1544″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”32″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Sarah Palor Dean<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of Economics<\/em>
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\nBES 118
\n727.864.8250<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAssociate Professor of Economics<\/em>
\nfelardjj@eckerd.edu<\/a>
\nBehavioral Sciences 117
\n727.864.8425<\/a>
\nCurriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Felardo is interested primarily in natural resource and environmental economics, and applied microeconomics. His research focuses on natural resource management in the United States and Southeast Asia. Recent work studies the effect of low-flow appliance rebates on residential water use, and the feasibility of carbon credit programs and forest management in rural Thailand. He earned his Ph.D. at University of New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Professor Felardo’s scholarship and creative works<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”32″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”1546″ image_size=”medium” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”32″][vc_column_text]Diana Fuguitt<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Economics<\/em>
\nfuguitdl@eckerd.edu<\/a>
\nBehavioral Sciences 108
\n727.864.8472<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Fuguitt is interested primarily in international foreign exchange and trade, macroeconomics, environmental economics, and economic development in African, Asian and Latin American countries. Her research interests include global public goods, cost-benefit analysis, and African development. She received her Ph.D. from Rice University.
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\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Economics<\/em>
\ncollinjp@eckerd.edu<\/a>
\nForrer 111A
\n727.864.7513<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Collins is interested in environmental and natural resource economics. She has her Ph.D. from The University of Tennessee where her dissertation addressed problems in valuing air quality.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”48″][vc_column_text]\n

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\nProfessor Emeritus of Economics<\/p>\n

Linda Lucas<\/strong>
\nProfessor Emerita of Economics<\/p>\n

Tom Oberhofer<\/strong>
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