Sayorn Chin
Assistant Professor
Office Hours:
- Mon & Wed: 1:30 - 3:00
- By appointment only: See Profile page for link
Curriculum Vitae
cv.pdf
OFFICE HOURS Spring 2026
Sayorn Chin joined the Economics faculty in the Fall of 2023. He teaches Intermediate Microeconomics, Economic Development, and Health Economics.
He is a Data Science Fellow Affiliate at Mountain Data Group, a data science and machine learning company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. His research interests lie in applied microeconomics, particularly at the intersection of health, labor, demographics, and aging. He investigates the determinants and consequences of health disparities and social inequality. His academic work has been published in journals such as Demography, the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, and Public Health Reports, among others. His research has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, featured on a professional podcast, and supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Recently, he has also become interested in public health and addiction, as well as economic pedagogy.
He completed his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics at Colorado State University and earned his B.A. in Mathematical Economics from Colorado College. He also graduated from the United World College of South East Asia, an independent international school in Singapore, and is a member of the United World College movement, which includes 18 schools worldwide.