Academics

Faculty & Staff

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Marlene Kim, PhD

  • Professor of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
  • Telephone: 617-287-6954
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall,05,00027

Areas of Expertise

Discrimination and the working poor

Degrees

PhD, University of California-Berkeley

Professional Publications & Contributions

Additional Information

Awards

Recipient of the first Rhonda Williams Prize, 2002, from the International Association for Feminist Economics, “for work that best reflects Rhonda William's legacy of scholarship and activism.” Awarded for past work and for “Has the Race Penalty for Black Women Disappeared in the United States?” Feminist Economics, 8:2: 115-124.

Courses

Economics 100, Introduction to Economics
Economics 391, Unions and Collective Bargaining
Economics 394, Sex-Segregated Labor Markets
Economics 395, Economics of Social Welfare

Powerpoint Slides

The Financial Crisis

Other Publications

Teaching Economics a Participatory Approach for Adult Learners
Popular Economics Courses for Communities
Other Professional and Community Activities