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

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universit ...

, and also co-founder of International Association for Feminist Economics 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 practition ...

''.

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 research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

in 1977, her MA from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

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 International Association for Feminist Economics (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