Diana Louise Strassmann is an American economist, currently Carolyn and Fred McManis Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Rice University, and also co-founder of International Association for Feminist Economics and its journal Feminist Economics.[3][4]

Diana Strassmann
Strassmann in 2015
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJeff Smisek[2]
Academic career
FieldFeminist economics
InstitutionsRice University and Wiki Education Foundation (Chair)
Alma materPrinceton University (AB)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)[1]
Websitehumanities.rice.edu/academics/school-level-faculty/diana-strassmann
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Education

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After graduating from East Lansing High School in East Lansing, Michigan in 1973, Strassmann completed her AB in Economics at Princeton University in 1977, her MA from Harvard University in Economics from in 1982 and her PhD from Harvard in 1983.[1]

Career

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Strassman is Director of the Rice University Program on Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities, co-founder of International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) and founding editor of the IAFFE journal Feminist Economics.[1][5]

Publications

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In 2011 she co-authored Feminist economics: feminism, economics, and well-being a "major three-volume research collection that demonstrates the breadth and significance of feminist scholarship in economics."[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Diana Strassmann". Swg.rice.edu. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  2. ^ Gregory, Karp (October 31, 2011). "United Continental's CEO has a daunting challenge before him". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Diana Strassmann". Rice.edu. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "Strassmann, Diana Louise". Worldcat.org. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "Diana Strassmann - University of Chicago Law School". Law.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ^ Lourdes Beneria; Ann Mari May; Diana Strassmann (2011), Feminist economics: feminism, economics, and well-being, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar