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Degrees

  • B.A., Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah) 鈥 Economics; Minors in Applied Mathematics and French
  • M.S., Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) 鈥 Economics
  • Ph.D., Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) 鈥 Economics; Fields in Political Economy and Development Economics
Areas of Interest

Professor Long is originally from Idaho and received her bachelor鈥檚 degree in听economics from Westminster College, a liberal arts college in Salt Lake City, Utah.听She completed her PhD in Economics at Colorado State University in Spring 2019.听Her research is in the areas of household finance and gender and feminist听economics. She explores the evidence for and causes of systematic inequality in听household debt and in access to low-cost consumer credit by race, ethnicity, and听gender. Her research also explores the implications of such inequality on听households鈥 financial security, educational outcomes, and labor market choices.听Professor Long has taught courses including听the Economics of Gender, Principles of听Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Applied Regression, and the History of听Economic Thought.

Courses Taught
  • Principles of Economics
  • History and Philosophy of Economic Thought
  • Economics of Gender
  • Econometrics
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Economics of Inequality
  • Public Finance
  • Local Social Entrepreneurship Seminar
  • First-Year Seminar
Independent Study Advising
  • Michelle Bryant 鈥22, 鈥淟abor Market Discrimination, Expected Returns & Enrollment in Higher Education for African American Scholars: Evidence from the High School Longitudinal Study鈥
  • Madi Buckley 鈥22, 鈥淏arriers to Entry: Do Students鈥 Perceptions of Economics Contribute to the Underrepresentation of Women and Gender Minorities in the Field?鈥
  • Shawn Ngwena 鈥22, 鈥淎n Analysis of the Effects of the Rapidly Growing Technology Industry on Income Inequality in the United States鈥
  • Eraj Sikandar 鈥22, 鈥淭he Effects of Diversity and Inclusion Policies on Business Performance鈥
  • Noah Clement 鈥21, 鈥淎n Analysis on the Relationship Between Childcare Costs, Fertility and Women Employment鈥
  • Rita Chiboub 鈥21, 鈥淚nheritance Rights and Women鈥檚 Intrahousehold Bargaining Power: A Case Study of Indonesia鈥
  • Nasua Labi 鈥21, 鈥淧retty Pink Penny: Exploring Consumer Behavior and Gender-Based Price Discrimination鈥
  • Zachary Schuch 鈥21, 鈥淎n Analysis on Free-to-Play and Premium Games and Their Effects from Positive Network Externalities and Keeping Up With The Joneses Theories鈥
  • Doris Sun 鈥21, 鈥淩ipple Effects in Housing Market in China: Have Central Areas Promoted House Prices in Peripheral Areas in Urban Agglomerations?鈥
  • Efua Hayford 鈥20, 鈥淓xplaining the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: An Analysis of Farmers鈥 Land Tenure Security in Rural Ghana.鈥
  • Yuxuan (Katie) Ke 鈥20, 鈥淪canning and Spending: Examining the Impact of Mobile Payment Penetration on the Saving Rate in Contemporary China.鈥
  • Olivia Maher 鈥20, 鈥淎n Exploration of Changes and the Effectiveness of Gendered Marketing in Young Adult Novels.鈥
Publications
  • Melanie G. Long. 鈥淚ntroduction: Gender, Feminist Pedagogy, and Economics Education.鈥澨Review of Political Economy听(Symposium: 鈥淏ringing a gendered lens to the economics curriculum鈥). Forthcoming.
  • Melanie G. Long. 鈥淔eminist Economics,鈥 鈥淔inancial Risk,鈥 and 鈥淐orporate Debt,鈥 In听Encyclopedia of Post-Keynesian Economics, eds. Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar,
    January 2023.
  • McKenna, Kelly, Levi Altringer, Karen Gebhardt, and Melanie G. Long. 鈥淧romoting Meaningful Interaction and Community Development Through Discussion Board Activities in the Online Economics Classroom.鈥澨Journal of Educators Online听19.1(January 2022).
  • Melanie G. Long. 鈥淭he Relationship Between Debt Aversion and College Enrollment by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: A Propensity Scoring Approach.鈥澨Studies in Higher Education听47.9 (2022): 1808-1826. DOI:听
  • Alexandra Bernasek and Melanie G. Long. 鈥淕raduating During the Great Recession: The Effects of Student Loan Debt on Early-Career Labor Market Outcomes and Graduate or Professional School Enrollment.鈥澨Journal of Economic Issues听55.4(December 2021): 891-913. DOI:听
  • Melanie G. Long. 鈥淚nformal Borrowers and Financial Exclusion: The Invisible Unbanked at the Intersections of Race and Gender.鈥澨The Review of Black Political Economy听47.4 (December 2020): 363-403. DOI:听
  • Melanie G. Long. 鈥淧ushed into the Red?: Female-Headed Households and the Pre-Crisis Credit听Expansion,鈥澨Forum for Social Economics听47.2 (April 2018): 224-236.
  • Melanie G. Long. 鈥淏ook Review,鈥澨Review of听Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, edited by Michael Jacobs and Mariana Mazzucato, Review of听Keynesian Economics 5.4 (October 2017): 652-655.
  • Melanie G. Long. 鈥淢erchantry, Usury, Villainy: Capitalism鈥檚 Threat to Community and Spiritual听Integrity in The Merchant of Venice,鈥澨Anthropoetics听(Open Access) 17.2 (Spring听2012).
Awards
  • Five Colleges of Ohio Collaborative Grant, 鈥淪upporting DEI Projects in Economics,鈥 with Brooke Krause and Zarrina Juraqulova, 2021 ($5,000)
  • CSU College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate Teaching Category (2019)
  • CSU Department of Economics听Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award (2018)
  • CSU Department of Economics Graduate Research Assistantship Award (2017)
  • Westminster College Honors Program Independent Summer Research Grant (2013)