The Department of Economics can help you prepare for a global world and tackle many problems that have economic roots, such as unemployment, poverty, inequality, discrimination, underdevelopment, and environmental destruction.
Research is an important part of the intellectual life in the Economics Department. Each year, students and faculty – working individually and together – produce a number of interesting papers, reports, articles and books.
You will have many opportunities to conduct research:
Happening at Mount Holyoke
Katherine Schmeiser Lande, professor of economics at Mount Holyoke College, weighed in on the potential impact of U.S. tariffs with the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Amanda Awadey, new faculty at Mount Holyoke College, is passionate about using knowledge and tools in economics to positively impact the trajectory of human capital development and entrepreneurship in her home country of Ghana and elsewhere.
Charu Sharma ’14 credits her education at Mount Holyoke for lifting her to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for 2022.
The Department of Economics helps students prepare for a global world and tackle many problems that have economic roots, such as unemployment, poverty, inequality, discrimination, underdevelopment, and environmental destruction.
