Joyce P. Jacobsen

Joyce Penelope Jacobsen[1] is the President at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Dr. Jacobsen was elected as the 29th President of Hobart College and the 18th President of William Smith College.[2] 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.

Joyce P. Jacobsen
Born
Joyce Penelope Jacobsen

(1961-05-27) 27 May 1961
NationalityAmerican
InstitutionsHobart and William Smith Colleges, Wesleyan University
FieldSex segregation, migration, and the effects of labor force intermittency on women’s earnings
Alma materHarvard University (A.B.)
Stanford University (Ph.D.)
Doctoral
advisor		Victor Fuchs
Awards2007 Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Websitejjacobsen.web.wesleyan.edu

Jacobsen was the Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University, Middletown.[3][4] She was also president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2016 to 2017.[5]

Education

Jacobsen earned her A.B. from Harvard University in 1982[6] and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1991.[1]

Awards
  • 2007 Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching[7]

Bibliography

Books
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1982). Locational determinants of the U.S. insurance industry (A.B. thesis). Harvard University. OCLC 12190094.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1991). Earnings and employment differences by race and sex, by economic sector (Ph.D. thesis). Stanford University. OCLC 38675868.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Skillman, Gilbert L. (2004). Labor markets and employment relationships: a comprehensive approach. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9780631208365.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2007). The economics of gender (3rd ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405161824.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Zeller, Adam (2008). Queer economics: a reader. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203939451.

Chapters in books
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2008), "gender roles and division of labour", in Durlauf, Steven N.; Blume, Lawrence E. (eds.), The new Palgrave dictionary of economics (2nd ed.), Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 582, ISBN 9780333786765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Also available online.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2013), "Closing the gender gap: what would it take?", in Rycroft, Robert S. (ed.), The economics of inequality, poverty, and discrimination in the 21st century (volume 1: causes), Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, pp. 177–193, ISBN 9780313396915.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2013), "Gender inequality: a key global challenge –– Reducing losses due to gender inequality", in Lomborg, Bjørn (ed.), How much have global problems cost the world?: a scorecard from 1900 to 2050, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 192–206, ISBN 9781107679337.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2014), "Section 3: How did the great recession affect poverty rates for demographic groups?: Sex, female", 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, pp. 322–329, ISBN 9781610691826.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2014), "Section 3: How did the great recession affect poverty rates for demographic groups?: Sex, male", 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, pp. 392–395, ISBN 9781610691826.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2014), "Changing technologies of household productions: causes and effects", in Redmount, Esther (ed.), The economics of the family: how the household affects markets and economic growth (Volume 2), Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 141–169, ISBN 9781440800566

Journal articles

See also

References
  1. Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1991). Earnings and employment differences by race and sex, by economic sector (Ph.D. thesis). Stanford University. OCLC 38675868.
  2. "Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen Named President of HWS - Hobart and William Smith Colleges". www2.hws.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  3. "Profile page: Joyce P. Jacobsen". Economics Faculty, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. "Past presidents". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1982). Locational determinants of the U.S. insurance industry (A.B. thesis). Harvard University. OCLC 12190094.
  7. "Binswanger Prize Recipients". Wesleyan University. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
Non-profit organisation positions
Preceded by
Şemsa Özar		 President of the International Association for Feminist Economics
2016–2017		 Succeeded by
Silvia Berger
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