Faculty Emerita

  • Professor Emeritus of Economics

    B.A., Miami University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

    Professor Case passed away on July 15, 2016, after 34 years of teaching at Wellesley. His research was concerned with the causes and effects of boom and bust cycles in real estate; co-developed Case-Shiller Index, a leading measure of home pricing trends.

    More about Karl Case, In Memoriam

  • Professor Emeritus of Economics

    B.S., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Ph D in Economics, Harvard University

    Studied economic and political developments in Russia, especially the energy sector and how it affects Vladimir Putin.

    More about Marshall Goldman, In Memoriam

  • Stanford Calderwood Professor Emeritus of Economics

    B.S., City College of City University of New York; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

    Award-winning teacher and education innovator; development economist specializing in labor issues; policy work throughout Africa and East Asia.

    Watch David Lindauer's Distinguished Faculty Lecture HERE.

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  • Professor Emerita of Economics

    B.A., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

    Marxist-feminist-anti-racist-ecological economist, specializing in women, gender, feminism, and work, and involved in research about and promotion of the emerging solidarity economy.

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  • Professor Emerita of Economics

    B.A., University of Florida; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University

    Research focuses on how to effectively empower people to manage their finances; how to improve early care and education in the US; and how memory affects and morphs as time passes.

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