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 almost 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 working with researchers at the University of Chicago to design the 2010 National Survey of the Supply & Demand for Early & School Age Care. She is also working with Saundra Bernatovich Gulley (Wellesley ’85) to develop effective ways of delivering education on personal finance. The presentations that she and Saundra make to the Personal Finance class this fall will be recorded and made available as podcasts. For a description of the personal finance class, go to: http://www.wellesley.edu/Economics/econ223/.
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.
For additional information on Professor Witte, please visit her Web page at: www.wellesley.edu/Economics/witte.