Department of Economics sponsored visit by noted economist

Economist Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, a professor of women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University, spoke at Wright State University in an appearance sponsored by the Department of Economics in the Raj Soin College of Business.

On Thursday, November 16, van der Meulen Rodgers, made a  public presentation titled “The Relationship between LGBT Inclusion and Economic Development: Micro and Macro-Level Evidence.” The presentation was co-sponsored by the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program.

Van der Meulen Rodgers has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. She served as