Dr. Yana van der Meulen Rodgers of Rutgers University recently presented an economics seminar at the UNL College of Business Administration. The seminar, titled “Maternal Employment and Child Health: Global Issues and Policy Solutions,” took a closer look at a field of study that Rodgers has studied extensively.

Rodgers teaches courses and conducts research on quantitative methods in feminist research; gender and economic development; women and global labor movements; and economics of the family. Many of her studies have focused on East and South Asian economies, and she has travelled to and lived in Asia to conduct her research.

In addition to publishing numerous articles in refereed economics journals, Rodgers has recently completed a book which has the same title as her current seminar.

Rodgers has served as a vice president for the International Association for Feminist Economics and has been nominated to become president-elect, and she has served as an associate editor for Feminist Economics since 2005.  She maintains a regular consulting relationship with the World Bank and the United Nations, and more recently with the Asian Development Bank.

Rodgers, an avid runner of half marathons, received her BA in economics from Cornell University in 1987 and her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1993. Published: March 26, 2012