Join Mizzou Economics in congratulating Dr. David Kaplan for being promoted to Professor of Economics and to Dr. Eric Parsons for being promoted to Teaching Professor of Economics, effective September 1.

Dr. Kaplan is an econometrician who joined the Department Faculty in 2013. His research has been featured in top field journals including Journal of Econometrics and Econometrics Journal. His service to the Department as the Director of Doctoral Studies has been a key to the success of that program, over the past few years. Dr. Kaplan has advised several doctoral students, who now have jobs like risk modeling in large banks, as well as tenure-track faculty positions in China and the U.S.

Dr. Parsons is Kemper Fellowship winner whose award-winning teaching of Economics 1014 is mission critical to the Department. His service as the Director of Undergraduate Studies has become a keystone of department administration. Dr. Parsons is a Mizzou alumni who joined the Department Faculty in 2014.