Biographical Sketch

Eva Paus is the Carol Hoffmann Collins Director of the Dorothy R. and Norman E. Mc Culloch Center for Global Initiatives and Professor of Economics at Mount Holyoke College. She holds a Ph.D. and B.A. (summa cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh.

The McCulloch Center advances Mount Holyoke’s mission to educate students for successful careers and citizenship in a global world. The Center advances both on- and off-campus intellectual engagement with the global problems and challenges of the 21st century. By expanding students’ learning opportunities abroad and establishing new partnerships with universities abroad, and through its Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholars-in-residence program, conferences, colloquia, and team-taught courses, the Center is weaving global education into the fabric of every student’s education at Mount Holyoke.

In recent years, Paus’ research has focused on issues of economic development in the context of globalization: questions of policy space; how countries can escape from the middle income trap; and the impact of China on the developing world. She is the co-editor of Global Giant. Is China Changing the Rules of the Game? (Palgrave Macmillan 2009), the editor of Global Capitalism Unbound. Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and the author of Foreign Investment, Development and Globalization. Can Costa Rica become Ireland? (Palgrave Macmillan 2005). The University of Costa Rica Press published a Spanish translation of the book in March 2007. Recent articles include “The Rise of China. Implications for Latin American Development,” Development Policy Review (2009), "Missing Links: Foreign Direct Investment and Industrial Development in Costa Rica and Mexico," Studies in Comparative International Development (2008) (with Kevin Gallagher), and "Productivity Growth in Latin America: The LImits of Neo-liberal reforms," World Development (2004).

In her teaching, Paus has been at the forefront of introducing active learning pedagogies into her economics classes; in particular debates, simulations, and case method teaching. As the founding co-director of the Weissman Center for Leadership at Mount Holyoke College, Professor Paus was instrumental in promoting active learning strategies and engagement with critical issues of public concern across the curriculum.

In support of her research, teaching, and administrative projects, Paus has received grants or fellowships from the DAAD, the Fulbright Association, the Hewlett Foundation, the Inter American Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers' Fund, the Teagle Foundation, the Tinker Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, and Mount Holyoke College.

Professor Paus was born and raised in Germany and lives with her familiy in Amherst, Massachusetts.