Bio

Richard Startz is Castor Professor of Economics at the University of Washington. He received his BA from Yale University in 1974 and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. He began his academic career at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has been a visiting faculty member at UC San Diego, Stanford Business School, and Princeton University. Professor Startz has taught at UW since 1984 and served as Chair of the Economics Department from 1995 through 2000, and later as Divisional Dean for Infrastructure in the College of Arts & Sciences. He is coauthor of the textbook Macroeconomics and author of two books on computing, as well as numerous academic articles. His research interests include macroeconomics, econometrics, finance, and the economics of race. Articles from his op-ed pieces, which appear regularly in newspapers in Washington State can be found at http://www.uwnews.org/startz/