Joyce P. Jacobsen

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Joyce P. Jacobsen
Born
Joyce Penelope Jacobsen

(1961-05-27) 27 May 1961 (age 63)
SpouseBill Boyd
Children2
Academic career
FieldSex segregation, migration, and the effects of labor force intermittency on women’s earnings
Institutions Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Wesleyan University
Alma mater Harvard University (A.B.)
Stanford University (Ph.D.)
Doctoral
advisor
Victor Fuchs
Awards2007 Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching
2021 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Website www2.hws.edu/president-jacobsen/biography/

Joyce Penelope Jacobsen [2] is a former President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Dr. Jacobsen was elected as the 29th President of Hobart College and the 18th President of William Smith College. [3] Jacobsen is a scholar of economics, an award-winning teacher and an experienced administrator. She began her presidency on July 1, 2019. She is the first woman to serve as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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Jacobsen was the Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University, Middletown. [4] [5] She was also president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2016 to 2017. [6] In 2021, she was awarded the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award for furthering the status of women in the economics profession. [7]

Education

Jacobsen earned her A.B. from Harvard University in 1982 [8] and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1991. [2]

Awards

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Books

Chapters in books

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References

  1. "Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen Named President of HWS". Hobart and William Smith Colleges. 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  2. 1 2 Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1991). Earnings and employment differences by race and sex, by economic sector (Ph.D. thesis). Stanford University. OCLC   38675868.
  3. "Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen Named President of HWS - Hobart and William Smith Colleges". www2.hws.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  4. "Profile page: Joyce P. Jacobsen". Economics Faculty, Wesleyan University . Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. Hanson, Lindsey K.; Essenburg, Timothy J. (2014), "About the editors and contributors", in Hanson, Lindsey K.; Essenburg, Timothy J. (eds.), The new faces of American poverty: a reference guide to the great recession, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, p. 908, ISBN   9781610691826.
  6. "Past presidents". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. "Joyce P. Jacobsen Recipient of the 2021 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award". American Economic Association. October 20, 2021.
  8. Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1982). Locational determinants of the U.S. insurance industry (A.B. thesis). Harvard University. OCLC   12190094.
  9. "Binswanger Prize Recipients". Wesleyan University . Retrieved 27 October 2015.
Non-profit organisation positions
Preceded by President of the International Association for Feminist Economics
2016–2017
Succeeded by