His research interests are in economic history and macroeconomics with a focus on the U.S. economy in the 1930s. He is currently studying what ended the Great Depression in the U.S. in spring of 1933 and the role of the auto industry in the double-dip recession of 1937-38. Hausman received his PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. In fall 2013, he is teaching an undergraduate course on the Great Depression to the Great Recession. In winter 2014, he will teach a core course on macroeconomics.