Ann Dryden Witte

Ann Dryden Witte is a professor of economics at Wellesley College. A member of the faculty since 1984, Professor Witte teaches courses in personal finance, and law and economics. Her research interests range from assessment of the impacts of social welfare policy, e.g., early care and education, to crime and criminal justice to financial education.

Professor Witte received an A.B. degree from the University of Florida in 1963, with a dual major in languages and political science. She earned an M.A. in economics from Columbia University in 1965 and a Ph.D. in Economics (minor: Oceanography) from North Carolina State University in 1971.

Professor Witte is the author of more than 10 books and monographs and close to 100 scholarly journal articles. She delivers papers at scientific meetings and more general public forums both in the U.S. and abroad. Professor Witte is currently the principal investigator on the Wellesley Child Care Research Partnership. The Partnership is working with state and local governments in Florida, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island to improve social policy. Please see the Partnership’s Web site (www.wellesley.edu/Economics/partner/) for additional information on the work of the Partnership.

Dr. Witte's work has been supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Science Foundation. Her current projects include an evaluation of Rhode Island’s early care and education programs, an examination of the costs and prices of early care and education in Massachusetts and a book on Personal Finance (with Saundra Bernatovich Gulley, class of 85).

For additional information on Professor Witte, please visit her Web page (www.wellesley.edu/Economics/witte).

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Profile last updated: 8/06