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Department Chair and Instructional Professor

Dr. Thomas Knight serves as Department Chair and Instructional Professor in the Department of Economics. In addition to teaching undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral economics courses, he conducts research in the fields of economics of education and experimental economics. More specifically, his current research agenda examines how students and workers respond to evaluative feedback. (CV)

As Department Chair, Dr. Knight has overseen several developments in the department: large alumni gifts to support student scholarships; 30% growth of the Economics major to 805 students; introduction of a new Economics minor, which enrolls 400 students after five years; introduction of a new M.A. in Econometric and Data Analysis program, which has grown to 30 students per year; and the addition of a Macroeconomics specialization to the doctoral program. As Chair, he presided over the revitalization of the department’s research enterprise with 6 new tenure-track hires, a new junior faculty mentoring program, and a >50% increase in peer-reviewed publications per faculty member.

As Director of the M.A. in Economics: Econometric and Data Analysis program, Dr. Knight is responsible for curriculum development and planning, recruiting and admissions, career and professional development programming, and academic advising. He built and launched this accelerated, three-semester program in Spring 2019. Recent graduates have found full-time employment at Citi Bank, Deloitte, EY, the Federal Reserve, Florida Blue, FTI Consulting, KPMG, Protiviti, Spirit Airlines, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Veeva Systems.

Dr. Knight is a Research Associate in the Public Policy Research Center.

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of Florida, 2014
M.Sc., Economics of Competition and Regulation, Tilburg University, 2009
B.A., Economics and Environmental Studies, New College of Florida, 2007

Office Hours (Spring 2024)

ECO 2013 TA Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 12:00-6:00pm
ECO 2013 Instructor Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00-9:00am

Contact Information

Email: thomas.knight@ufl.edu

Department of Economics
University of Florida
P.O. Box 117140
Gainesville, FL 32611-7320