Dr. John H. Constantine grew up in Racine, Wisconsin and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin where he majored in History. There, he also received his Masters in Agricultural Economics before earning his Ph.D at the University of California, Davis in 1993. While a Ph.D student, Professor Constantine taught at Montana State University for one semester and then at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver for two semesters. He especially enjoyed the city of Vancouver and its gorgeous surroundings.

Professor Constantine currently resides in Davis, California where he has taught since September 1993. He is widely known by his students as an excellent professor who gives entertaining lectures, but rather tricky exams. He loves teaching and feels lucky to be a professor at UC Davis. Being that he does not particularly like driving, you may very well see him walking or riding his bike around campus and the city of Davis. He is also a frequent visitor to the Blood Bank where every two weeks he sits in a chair for two hours while blood platelets are drawn from his arm. Blood platelets only have a five day shelf life and are used for blood transfusions that save 10,000 lives each day.

And when it comes to exercising, Professor Constantine does not fall short. Everyday he runs or swims, most of the time before his 8:00 am lectures. He also enjoys reading history and politics, and whenever he gets the chance he likes to go hiking in the Sierras.

Professor David Kyle grew up in Naples, Florida. He earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology at Loyola University and subsequently received both his Masters and Ph.D from John Hopkins University. He now teaches Sociology, specializing in International Migration, Development, and Economic Sociology.

On top of his responsibilities as a father of two children and as an Associate Professor at UC Davis, Professor Kyle plays the jazz piano. He learned when he was five, and will often perform at various events. When traveling with a musical group as a young adult, he experienced different cultures for the first time. This opportunity sparked his interest in studying international issues.

Professor Kyle believes a student can learn just as much or more in activities outside of school, which is why he wanted to become a faculty advisor for Delta Sigma Pi. While he was a senior in high school he was President of a corporation through a Junior Achievements Program. Professor Kyle valued this experience and appreciates how these types of organizations allow students to gain leadership and management skills.

Currently Professor Kyle is working on a project titled “Homemade Eugenics,” which takes an inside look at human eggs, adopted children, mail order brides, and full time live-in caretakers. By studying the similarities and differences across these four life cycle commodities, he is comparing their cross cultural trade.

Professor Frenkel was born in San Francisco and grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. As an undergraduate, he decided to stay in California where double majored in Economics and French at UC Berkeley. He continued on with his education by earning his Ph.D in Economics at UC Davis. He now specializes in International Economics, and has been teaching at UC Davis for the past four years. Before becoming a professor, he worked at Bank of America for 21 years. By the end of his time there, he had worked his way up in the ranks to ultimately hold the position of Chief International Economist and Strategic Planner. While at Bank of America, one of his biggest life accomplishments was being involved with the Economic Reforms of Eastern Europe.

Professor Frenkel currently lives in Davis with his wife and two children. Outside of the office he is an avid speed skater who skates between five and eight miles four times a week. In the past, he has competed in races located in San Francisco where he has won first place in his age group several times. Some of his other hobbies include photography, hiking, and writing. In his books he ties issues of self-improvement and economics together.

In addition, Professor Frenkel can speak four languages: English, French, Italian, and German. He studied French at UC Berkeley and went to France through their education abroad program. Since then he did research there while a Ph.D student, and he also traveled there for his work at Bank of America.

When it comes to teaching Professor Frenkel truly cares about his students’ education. His outlook is that everyone is an economist at heart and has to deal with economic issues. So as a professor, he wants to enrich his students’ lives in order to benefit them personally.

Professor Hoynes was born in Connecticut, but raised in Madison, Wisconsin. She comes from a scholarly family in which both her parents worked at the university and both her grandfather and father were Professors of Economics.

After Professor Hoynes' success throughout high school as a state champion swimmer, she went off to attend Colby College in Maine where she majored in Math and Economics. From there she worked for four years at a consulting firm in Washinton D.C. before achieving her PhD in Economics at Stanford. She then taught at UC Berkeley for eight years. Although she still currently lives in Berkeley with her husband and two daughters, she has now been teaching at Davis for four year years where she recently established tenure. Her particular emphasis is in Public and Labor Economics and how government policies affect low income population.

Professor Joan Chandler was born and raised in Fair Oaks, CA. She attended UC Davis as an undergraduate student majoring in Home Economics, and subsequently received her Masters in Textiles. She specifically studies the social and psychological aspects of clothing and how what people wears is a representation of their identity.

During college, Professor Chandler served in the Air National Guard. She was one of two women in her unit during the Vietnam War, and to prepare she went though a rigorous boot camp in Texas. But now that her years of serving in the Air Force are over, she spends her spare time reading, sewing, hiking, camping, river rafting, running outdoors, as well as taking care of her four children. In addition, some of her professional accomplishments include serving as director for the National Textiles Center, counselor for textiles' majors, and as a sponsor for the Student Fashion Association at Davis.