Stephen Lich-Tyler is the undergraduate advisor and a lecturer in the economics department. He regularly teaches statistics, econometrics, and labor economics. Dr. Lich-Tyler's research interests are household and family economics, intertemporal behavior, labor economics, and applied microeconometrics. He is currently studying how people learn about the long-term suitability of potential mates in the marriage market, issues of commitment and specialization in joint household decision-making, and how to recover individual preferences from household demands.

Dr. Lich-Tyler is originally from the most excellent state of Texas, where he did his undergraduate and graduate studies. He has held visiting and tenure-track positions at the University of Michigan, Copenhagen University, and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México before coming to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006.