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Biography

Professor Long is originally from Idaho and received her bachelor檚 degree in economics from Westminster College, a liberal arts college in Salt Lake City, Utah. She completed her PhD in Economics at Colorado State University in Spring 2019. Her research is in the areas of household finance and gender and feminist economics. She explores the evidence for and causes of systematic inequality in household debt and in access to low-cost consumer credit by race, ethnicity, and gender. Her research also explores the implications of such inequality on households� financial security, educational outcomes, and labor market choices. Professor Long has taught courses including the Economics of Gender, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Applied Regression, and the History of Economic Thought.

Courses Taught

• ECON 10100: Principles of Economics
• ECON 11000: Quantitative Methods
• ECON 20500: History and Philosophy of Economic Thought
• 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)

Selected Publications & Presentations

• 淭he Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy on Household Wealth by Race and Gender.� Feminist Economics (Forthcoming).
• 淔rom Crises to Community: Reflections on Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Pluralism in Heterodox Household Finance.� In Edward Elgar Handbook on Women and Heterodox Economics: Past, Present, and Future (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?� Review of Social Economy 82.2 (2024): 213-240.
• 淚dentity, Risk, and Financial Capitalism: A Post Keynesian Research Agenda on Racial and Gender Stratification in the U.S.� In Key Debates and Contemporary Perspectives in Post Keynesian Economics (eds. Therese Jefferson and John E. King). Edward Elgar (2024).
• 淚ntroduction: Gender, Feminist Pedagogy, and Economics Education.� Review of Political Economy 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 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.� Journal of Educators Online 19.1 (January 2022).
• Melanie G. Long. 淭he Relationship Between Debt Aversion and College Enrollment by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: A Propensity Scoring Approach.� Studies in Higher Education 47.9 (2022): 1808-1826. DOI:
• 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.� Journal of Economic Issues 55.4 (December 2021): 891-913. DOI:
• Melanie G. Long. 淚nformal Borrowers and Financial Exclusion: The Invisible Unbanked at the Intersections of Race and Gender.� The Review of Black Political Economy 47.4 (December 2020): 363-403. DOI:
• Melanie G. Long. 淧ushed into the Red?: Female-Headed Households and the Pre-Crisis Credit Expansion,� Forum for Social Economics 47.2 (April 2018): 224-236.
• Melanie G. Long. 淏ook Review,� Review of Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, edited by Michael Jacobs and Mariana Mazzucato, Review of Keynesian Economics 5.4 (October 2017): 652-655.
• Melanie G. Long. 淢erchantry, Usury, Villainy: Capitalism檚 Threat to Community and Spiritual Integrity in The Merchant of Venice,� Anthropoetics (Open Access) 17.2 (Spring 2012).

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�厂补丑�24, �Earnings in Another�s Land: An Exploration of the 2016 OPT Extension on
  Earning Outcomes for International Students in the United States�
• Jaylin Hud蝉辞苍�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 Act�s 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 GrowingTechnology Industry on Income Inequality in the United States�
• Eraj Sikandar�22, 淭he Effects of Diversity and
  Inclusion Policies on Business Performance�

Awards & Honors

• 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