Department of Economics

Christopher Annala

  • Graduated: 1995
  • Field: University Professor

Christopher Annala, who graduated with a BA in Economics in 1995, is a Professor of Economics at State University of New York at Geneseo. He earned his PhD in Economics from Washington State Universityand joined the School of Business at State University of New York at Geneseo in 2000 as an Assistant Professor of Economics.  Christopher was promoted to Associate Professor of Economics in 2006 and to Professor of Economics in 2011. His teaching and research interests encompass a range of public finance and public policy topics. Christopher currently teaches a variety of policy classes including Public Finance, Environmental Economics, and Economics of Sports in addition to courses in Macroeconomics and Econometrics. His research has been published in several internationally respected journals, including, Public Finance Review, Japanese Economic Review, and Sports Management Review.

“The undergraduate Economics education I received at CSU Chico prepared me to succeed in graduate work in Economics,” Christopher stated in a recent email. “While at CSU Chico I took several courses with Dr. Dave Gallo and he was my inspiration for pursuing a career in academia. To this day, I still refer to some of the lessons and stories I learned from Dr. Gallo when I'm teaching undergraduate economics courses.” (Last Updated 3/6/19)

Portrait of Christopher Annala