Santanu Chatterjee

Santanu Chatterjee is Dean of the University of Georgia Terry College of Business and the Dr. Harold A. Black Distinguished Professor of Economics. He joined the Terry faculty in 2001 and held a series of academic leadership roles, including Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Director of the Full-Time MBA and MS in Business Analytics programs. He was named the college’s interim Dean in July 2025 and permanent Dean in April 2026.

Dean Chatterjee provides strategic and operational oversight for Terry’s seven academic departments, the Institute for Leadership Advancement, the Ivester Institute for Business Analytics and Insights, and the college’s Entrepreneurship, Music Business, International Business, and Executive Education programs, serving nearly 11,000 students, about 200 staff, and more than 200 faculty members.

During his first year as Dean, the college secured funding for faculty support, student scholarships, and capital expansion, including six endowed chairs and professorships, 11 student scholarships, and the first major gift toward the expansion of the Business Learning Community. He also oversaw the launch of the Arch Bond Fund and Student Managed Real Estate Investment Fund, both experiential learning initiatives connecting students with corporate and investment partners.

As Associate Dean, Chatterjee led a 38% increase in graduate enrollment between 2021 and 2025 and oversaw the growth of Terry’s study away programs, which saw a 68% increase in student participation over the same period. He helped create the MS in Business Analytics, which has grown fivefold since its founding in 2018, and led the Full-Time MBA to a No. 1 global ranking in “Value for the Money” from the Financial Times and a top 25 national ranking from U.S News and World Report. He oversaw the launch of the Undergraduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence, the online Master of Professional Accountancy, the online MS in Business and Artificial Intelligence, and the college’s strategic planning efforts around AI integration across curriculum, research, and operations.

An active researcher, Chatterjee’s work has appeared in the Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, and European Economic Review, among others. An associate editor of Economic Inquiry, he previously served in the same role at the Journal of Macroeconomics. He is a fellow with the CESifo Research Network and held visiting scholar appointments at the International Monetary Fund, the University of Hamburg, and Ludwig Maximilians Universität. A recipient of UGA’s highest teaching honor, the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship, he also received the Richard Reiff Internationalization Award and the Kamerschen-Hampton Award for outstanding research in economics.

Chatterjee earned his PhD in economics from the University of Washington, his master’s in economics from the University of Delhi, and his bachelor’s in economics from the University of Calcutta.

• PhD, Economics, University of Washington, 2001
• MA, Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University (India), 1996
• BS, Economics, St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta (India), 1994

• Economic Growth
• International Economics
• Development Economics

Journal Articles

• Chatterjee, S., Lebesmuehlbacher, T., Narayanan, A. 2025. Road Infrastructure and Skill Premium: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing. Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 174, 103408.
• S. Chatterjee, M. Kelly, and S. Turnovsky. 2022. Foreign Aid, Public Investment and the Informal Economy. Economic Inquiry 60, 174-201.
• S. Chatterjee, T. Lebesmuehlbacher, A. Narayanan. 2021. How Productive is Public Investment? Evidence from Formal and Informal Production in India. 2021. Journal of Development Economics 151: 10265.
• S. Chatterjee, S. Turnovsky. 2018. Remittances and the Informal Economy. Journal Of Development Economics, 133:66-83.
• B. Bahadir, S. Chatterjee, T. Lebesmuehlbacher. 2018. The Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances. Journal Of International Economics, 111:214-232.
• S. Chatterjee, J. Gibson, F. Rioja. 2017. Optimal Public Debt Redux. Journal Of Economic Dynamics And Control, 83:162-174.
• S. Chatterjee. A. Mursagulov. 2016. Fiscal Policy and the Real Exchange Rate. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 20:1742-1770.
• D. Balasubramaniam, S. Chatterjee, D. Mustard. 2014. Got Water? Social Divisions and Access to Public Goods in Rural India. Economica, 81:140-160.
• S. Chatterjee, S. Turnovsky. 2012. Infrastructure and Inequality. European Economic Review, 56:1730-1745.
• M. Atolia, S. Chatterjee, S.J. Turnovsky. 2012. Growth and Inequality: Dependence on the Time Path of Productivity Increases (and Other Structural Changes). Journal Of Economic Dynamics And Control,36:331-348.
• S. Chatterjee, M. Morshed. 2011. Infrastructure Provision and Macroeconomic Performance. Journal Of Economic Dynamics And Control, 35:1151-1386.
• S. Chatterjee, S. Ghosh. 2011. The Dual Nature of Public Goods and Congestion: The Role of Fiscal Policy Revisited. Canadian Journal Of Economics, 44:1471-1496.
• M. Atolia, S. Chatterjee, S. Turnovsky. 2010. How Misleading is Linearization? Evaluating the Dynamics of the Neoclassical Growth Model. Journal Of Economic Dynamics And Control, (34):1550-1571.
• S. Chatterjee. 2007. Should the Private Sector Provide Public Capital?. Macroeconomic Dynamics, (11):318-346.
• S. Chatterjee and S.J. Turnovsky. 2007. Foreign Aid and Economic Growth: The Role of Flexible Labor Supply. Journal Of Development Economics, (84):507-533.
• S. Chatterjee. 2005. Capital Utilization, Economic Growth, and Convergence. Journal Of Economic Dynamics And Control, (29 (12)):2093-2124.
• S. Chatterjee, G. Sakoulis, and S.J. Turnovsky. 2003. Unilateral Capital Transfers, Public Investment, and Economic Growth. European Economic Review, (47 (6)):1077-1103.

• Associate Editor, Economic Inquiry, 2018–present
• Associate Editor, Journal of Macroeconomics, 2016–2023

• Richard Reiff Internationalization Award, Office of Global Engagement, UGA, 2022
• Kamerschen-Hampton Research Award, Department of Economics, UGA, 2021
• SEC Academic Leadership Development Fellow, 2019-2021
• Hugh O. Nourse Outstanding MBA Teacher Award, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, 2018
• Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Georgia, 2018
• University of Georgia Teaching Academy, Class of 2018
• Sarah H. Moss Research Fellowship, Sarah H. Moss Foundation, 2011
• Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, 2010
• George P. Swift Award for Outstanding Teaching in Undergraduate Economics, Department of Economics, University of Georgia, 2003, 2006, and 2009
• Poverty and the Economy Grant, UGARF, University of Georgia, 2007
• University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF) Grant, University of Georgia, 2003

• Dean, Terry College of Business, 2026–Present
• Interim Dean, Terry College of Business, 2025–2026
• Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2021–2025
• Director, Full-Time MBA Program, 2014–2025
• Director, MS Business Analytics Program, 2018–2025
• Department of Economics, Graduate Coordinator, 2009–2013

• Visiting Scholar, University of Hamburg, Germany, Department of Economics, 2008 to 2014
• Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Research Department, November 2005
• Visiting Scholar, University of California-Berkeley, Department of Economics, January–April 2000