Resources Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty & Staff Directory F H L P S T Facet Last Name - Directory Faculty Facet Person Type - Directory Economics Domestic Policy & Politics Education Environmental Policy Health Policy Facet Area of Focus - Directory School of Education and Human Development Center for Effective Lawmaking Department of Politics National Security Policy Center Darden School of Business EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness School of Law UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Department of Psychology McIntire School of Commerce School of Nursing Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Center for Social Innovation Karsh Institute of Democracy Miller Center School of Medicine Social Innovation @ UVA The Equity Center (-) Department of Economics Facet UVA Partner - Directory Facet Batten Department - Directory Leora Friedberg Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy lfriedberg@virginia.edu 434-924-3225 Leora Friedberg is an associate professor of economics and public policy at the Batten School and an associate professor and Vice Chair at UVA's Department of Economics. Her focus is on labor economics, including research on social security, aging and retirement economic impacts. Read full bio Charles Holt Professor of Economics and Public Policy holt@virginia.edu 434-924-7894 Charles Holt is a professor of economics and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the A. Willis Robertson Professor of Political Economy at the University of Virginia. Holt is also the current Director of the Experimental Economics Laboratory at Virginia, where he develops and programs the web-based VeconLab experiments that are widely used for teaching and research with over 90,000 participant logins per year. Read full bio Tim Layton Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics timothyjlayton@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Timothy Layton is an associate professor of public policy and economics, specializing in health economics, at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Layton's research focuses on the economics of health insurance markets, with a particular focus on markets and social health insurance programs for low-income households. His research involves a mix of empirical and conceptual work studying how and why health insurance markets often struggle to provide the contracts consumers want at prices they can afford. Read full bio John Pepper Professor of Economics and Public Policy jvp3m@virginia.edu 434-924-3402 John V. Pepper is a professor of economics and public policy at the Batten School and a professor of economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia. His work examines identification problems that arise when evaluating a wide range of public policy questions including such subjects as health and disability programs, welfare policies (e.g., SNAP), and drug and crime policies. Read full bio Jay Shimshack Professor of Public Policy and Economics jay.shimshack@virginia.edu 434-243-7318 Garrett Hall Jay Shimshack is a professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Shimshack's research focuses on environmental regulation, environmental economics, corporate social behavior, and applied microeconomics for public policy. Read full bio Andrew Simon Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics arsimon@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Andrew Simon is an assistant professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He is a public finance economist who studies the incidence of state and local public policies across individuals and geography. His current research focuses on higher education finance, such as the causes and consequence of state divestment in public colleges, as well as taxation, and employment policy. Read full bio Sarah Turner University Professor of Economics, Education and Public Policy sturner@virginia.edu 434-982-2383 Sarah Turner is a University Professor of economics, education and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Souder Family Endowed Professor. Much of her research focuses on post-secondary education, where she explores the intersection of education and economics policies. Read full bio
Leora Friedberg Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy lfriedberg@virginia.edu 434-924-3225 Leora Friedberg is an associate professor of economics and public policy at the Batten School and an associate professor and Vice Chair at UVA's Department of Economics. Her focus is on labor economics, including research on social security, aging and retirement economic impacts. Read full bio
Charles Holt Professor of Economics and Public Policy holt@virginia.edu 434-924-7894 Charles Holt is a professor of economics and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the A. Willis Robertson Professor of Political Economy at the University of Virginia. Holt is also the current Director of the Experimental Economics Laboratory at Virginia, where he develops and programs the web-based VeconLab experiments that are widely used for teaching and research with over 90,000 participant logins per year. Read full bio
Tim Layton Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics timothyjlayton@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Timothy Layton is an associate professor of public policy and economics, specializing in health economics, at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Layton's research focuses on the economics of health insurance markets, with a particular focus on markets and social health insurance programs for low-income households. His research involves a mix of empirical and conceptual work studying how and why health insurance markets often struggle to provide the contracts consumers want at prices they can afford. Read full bio
John Pepper Professor of Economics and Public Policy jvp3m@virginia.edu 434-924-3402 John V. Pepper is a professor of economics and public policy at the Batten School and a professor of economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia. His work examines identification problems that arise when evaluating a wide range of public policy questions including such subjects as health and disability programs, welfare policies (e.g., SNAP), and drug and crime policies. Read full bio
Jay Shimshack Professor of Public Policy and Economics jay.shimshack@virginia.edu 434-243-7318 Garrett Hall Jay Shimshack is a professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Shimshack's research focuses on environmental regulation, environmental economics, corporate social behavior, and applied microeconomics for public policy. Read full bio
Andrew Simon Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics arsimon@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Andrew Simon is an assistant professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He is a public finance economist who studies the incidence of state and local public policies across individuals and geography. His current research focuses on higher education finance, such as the causes and consequence of state divestment in public colleges, as well as taxation, and employment policy. Read full bio
Sarah Turner University Professor of Economics, Education and Public Policy sturner@virginia.edu 434-982-2383 Sarah Turner is a University Professor of economics, education and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Souder Family Endowed Professor. Much of her research focuses on post-secondary education, where she explores the intersection of education and economics policies. Read full bio