Melanie Long
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Phone: 330-263-2387
Office: Morgan 213
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Degrees
- B.A., Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah) Economics; Minors in Applied Mathematics and French
- M.S., Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) Economics
- Ph.D., Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) Economics; Fields in Political Economy and Development Economics
Areas of Interest
Professor Long is originally from Idaho and received her bachelor檚 degree in听economics from Westminster College, a liberal arts college in Salt Lake City, Utah.听She completed her PhD in Economics at Colorado State University in Spring 2019.听Her research is in the areas of household finance and gender and feminist听economics. She explores the evidence for and causes of systematic inequality in听household debt and in access to low-cost consumer credit by race, ethnicity, and听gender. Her research also explores the implications of such inequality on听households financial security, educational outcomes, and labor market choices.听Professor Long has taught courses including听the Economics of Gender, Principles of听Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Applied Regression, and the History of听Economic Thought.
Courses Taught
- ECON 10100: Principles of Economics
- ECON 11000: Quantitative Methods
- ECON 20500: History and Philosophy of Economic Thought
- 听ECON 21000: Econometrics
- ECON 24500: Economics of Gender
- ECON 31500: Public Finance
- ECON 39902: Economics of Inequality
- FYSM 10100: Why do we Care (about Care)? (First–Year Seminar)
- IDPT 19919: From Birth to Death (co–instructor)
- IDPT 40507: Local Social Entrepreneurship Seminar (co–instructor)
Independent Study Advising
- Eva Bauman 25, 淢eritocracy News: Estimating the Relationship Between the Varsity Blues Scandal and Post-Graduate Earnings
- Will Fink 25, 淗ow Does Private Equity Affect Consumer Wellbeing: An Investigation of Hospital Ratings
- Celia Gehrke 25, 淏uy or Bye? Investigating Financial Literacy檚 Impact on Mortgage Outcomes
- Sarah Lodge 25, 淭he Golden Ticket to Higher Earnings: Analyzing the College and Internship Earnings Premium Over Time
- Igna Mendez 25, 淲ho Care? The Relationship between Cardiovascular Surgery Recovery Times and Intrahousehold Gender Inequality
- Nana Morikawa 25, 淢oney Over Medicine? The Impact of Financialization on Health
- Sam Adjei–Sah’24, Earnings in Anothers Land: An Exploration of the 2016 OPT Extension on
Earning Outcomes for International Students in the United States - Jaylin Hudson’24, Unlocking the Potential of Entrepreneurship: The Impacts of Minority Depository Institutions on Disparities in Entrepreneurship Rates Between Black and White Entrepreneurs,
- Mitch Shelman’24, Unraveling the Effects: Examining the Dodd–Frank Acts Influence on the Quality of Mortgage Lending and Market Dynamics
- Rosa Spurgeon’24, Perceptions in Advertising: An Examination of Body Diversity, Consumer Responses, and Preferences
- Vonne Slayden’24, Bills, Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes: Examining U.S. Transgender Workers Economic Experiences During the 2020s Rise of Anti–Transgender Legislation
- Endrias Tesfaye’24, Do Instances of Fan Racism in Games Impact the Representation and Earnings of Black Players Compared to Statistically Similar White Players in the Top European Soccer Leagues?
- Michelle Bryant’22, 淟abor Market Discrimination, Expected Returns & Enrollment in Higher
Education for African American Scholars: Evidence from the High School Longitudinal
厂迟耻诲测 - Madi Buckley’22, 淏arriers to Entry: Do Students Perceptions of Economics Contribute to the Underrepresentation of Women and Gender Minorities in the Field?
- Shawn Ngwena’22, 淎n Analysis of the Effects of the Rapidly Growing Technology Industry on Income Inequality in the United States
- Eraj Sikandar’22, 淭he Effects of Diversity and
Inclusion Policies on Business Performance
Publications
- 淭he Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy on Household Wealth by Race and Gender.澨Feminist Economics听(Forthcoming).
- 淔rom Crises to Community: Reflections on Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Pluralism in Heterodox Household Finance. In听Edward Elgar Handbook on Women and Heterodox Economics: Past, Present, and Future听(eds. Alexandra Bernasek and Lynne Chester). Edward Elgar (Forthcoming).
- Melanie G. Long, Steven Pressman. 淧ostal Banking and US Cash Transfer Programs: A Solution to Insufficient Financial Infrastructure?澨Review of Social Economy听82.2 (2024): 213-240.听
- 淚dentity, Risk, and Financial Capitalism: A Post Keynesian Research Agenda on Racial and Gender Stratification in the U.S. In听Key Debates and Contemporary Perspectives in Post Keynesian Economics听(eds. Therese Jefferson and John E. King). Edward Elgar (2024).
- 淚ntroduction: Gender, Feminist Pedagogy, and Economics Education.澨Review of Political Economy听35.3, Symposium: 淏ringing a gendered lens to the economics curriculum (June 2023): 587-592.
- Melanie G. Long. 淔eminist Economics, 淔inancial Risk, and 淐orporate Debt, In听Encyclopedia of Post-Keynesian Economics, eds. Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar,
January 2023. - McKenna, Kelly, Levi Altringer, Karen Gebhardt, and Melanie G. Long. 淧romoting Meaningful Interaction and Community Development Through Discussion Board Activities in the Online Economics Classroom.澨Journal of Educators Online听19.1听(January 2022).
- Melanie G. Long. 淭he Relationship Between Debt Aversion and College Enrollment by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: A Propensity Scoring Approach.澨Studies in Higher Education听47.9 (2022): 1808-1826. DOI:听
- Alexandra Bernasek and Melanie G. Long. 淕raduating During the Great Recession: The Effects of Student Loan Debt on Early-Career Labor Market Outcomes and Graduate or Professional School Enrollment.澨Journal of Economic Issues听55.4听(December 2021): 891-913. DOI:听
- Melanie G. Long. 淚nformal Borrowers and Financial Exclusion: The Invisible Unbanked at the Intersections of Race and Gender.澨The Review of Black Political Economy听47.4 (December 2020): 363-403. DOI:听
- Melanie G. Long. 淧ushed into the Red?: Female-Headed Households and the Pre-Crisis Credit听Expansion,澨Forum for Social Economics听47.2 (April 2018): 224-236.
- Melanie G. Long. 淏ook Review,澨Review of听Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, edited by Michael Jacobs and Mariana Mazzucato, Review of听Keynesian Economics 5.4 (October 2017): 652-655.
- Melanie G. Long. 淢erchantry, Usury, Villainy: Capitalism檚 Threat to Community and Spiritual听Integrity in The Merchant of Venice,澨Anthropoetics听(Open Access) 17.2 (Spring听2012).
Presentations
- IAFFE Sessions at the ASSA Meetings (San Antonio, January 2024), Discussant
- Colorado State University (Fort Collins, October 2024), Economics Department Seminar Series, Paper Presentation: 淭he Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy on Household Wealth
- IARIW-Bank of Italy Conference on Central Banks, Financial Markets, and Inequality (Naples, March 2023), Paper Presentation: 淢onetary Policy檚 Distributional Impacts
- ASE Sessions at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting (New York City, February 2023), Paper Presentation: 淢onetary Policy檚 Distributional Impacts
- IAFFE Sessions at the ASSA Meetings (New Orleans, January 2023), Paper Presentation with Madison Buckley and Zareen Thomas: 淏arriers to Entry
- ASE Sessions at the ASSA Meetings (New Orleans, January 2023), Paper Presentation: 淢onetary Policy’s Distributional Impacts
- Northeast Ohio Economics Workshop (Cleveland, November 2022), Paper Presentation: 淢onetary Policy檚 Distributional Impacts
- Young Scholars Initiative Pre-Workshop Event, “Monetary Policy and Wealth and Income Inequality” (Toronto, September 2022), Invited Presentation: “Is Monetary Policy Race- and Gender-Neutral?”
- Review of Social Economy听Workshop, 淔inancialization and the Social Economy (Boston, April 2022), Invited Paper Presentation: 淧ostal Banking and US Cash Transfer Programs
- International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics Annual Conference (Online, January 2022), Paper Presentation: 淧ostal Banking and US Cash Transfer Programs
Awards
- Five Colleges of Ohio Collaborative Grant, 淪upporting DEI Projects in Economics, with Brooke Krause and Zarrina Juraqulova, 2021 ($5,000)
- College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate Teaching Category (2019)
- Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award, CSU Department of Economics, 2018
- Ingrid H. Rima Scholarship, Association for Social Economics, 2018
- Graduate Student Council Travel Award, Colorado State University, Summer 2018.
- Graduate Research Assistantship Award, 淕raduating During the Great Recession, CSU
Department of Economics, 2017. - Omicron Delta Epsilon Best Graduate Paper Award,