Diana Louise Strassmann is an American economist, and the Carolyn and Fred McManis Distinguished Professor of Humanities at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University, is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. Established in 1912, the university spans 300 acres. Rice University comp ...

, and also co-founder of

International Association for Feminist Economics The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) is a non-profit international association dedicated to raising awareness and inquiry of feminist economics. It has some eight hundred members in over 90 countries. The association publis ...

and its journal ''

Feminist Economics Feminist economics is the critical study of economics and economies, with a focus on gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis. Feminist economic researchers include academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitio ...

''.

Education

After graduating from East Lansing High School in East Lansing, Michigan in 1973, Strassmann completed her AB in economics at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

in 1977, her MA from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

in Economics from in 1982 and her PhD from Harvard in 1983.

Career

Strassman is director of the Rice University Program on Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities, co-founder of

(IAFFE) and founding editor of the IAFFE journal ''

''.

Publications

In 2011 she co-authored ''Feminist economics: feminism, economics, and well-being'' a "major three-volume research collection that demonstrates the breadth and significance of feminist scholarship in economics."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strassmann, Diana Living people American economists American feminists Feminist economists Harvard University alumni Princeton University alumni Rice University faculty Year of birth missing (living people) American women economists 21st-century American women East Lansing High School alumni