Emily Northrop Associate Professor of Economics Academic Training Ph.D. Economics - The University of Texas at Austin, 1988 MA Economics - The University of Alabama, 1981 BA Economics - The University of Alabama, 1978 Employment History Southwestern University, 1994-present Keene State College, 1987-1994 Associate Professor since 1992 Publications Book: The Diminished Anti-Poverty Impact of Economic Growth, the Shift to Services, and the Feminization of Poverty. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994. Articles: "Normative Foundations of Introductory Economics." The American Economist, 44, (Spring 2000): 53-61. "A Contrast of Black and White Feminization of Poverty." Eastern Economic Journal, 20, (Fall 1994): 465-470. Public Assistance and Antipoverty Programs, or Why Haven t Means-tested Programs Been More Successful at Reducing Poverty? The Journal of Economic Issues, 25 (December 1991): 1017-1027. "The Feminization of Poverty: The Demographic Factor and the Composition of Economic Growth." The Journal of Economic Issues, 24 (March 1990): 145-162. "Economic Growth and Poverty Reductions: Important Mitigating Factors." Eastern Economic Journal, 14 (October-December 1988):
349-356. Chapter in Book: "The Greening of Introductory Economics" in Rethinking Economic Principles: Critical Essays on Introductory Textbooks, edited by Nahid Aslanbeigui and Michele Naples, Irwin, 1995. Book Reviews: The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman, Farrar Straus Giroux: The Journal of Economic Issues, 34 (March 2000): 232-234. The Judas Economy: The Triumph Of Capital and the Betrayal of Work by William Wolman and Anne Colamosca, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company; One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism by William Greider, Simon & Schuster; When Corporations Rule the World by David C. Korten, Kumarian Press, and Berrett-Koehler Publications: The Journal of Economic Issues, 32 (September 1998): 35-40. Looking at the Sun: The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System by James Fallows, Vintage; The Japanese Economy by Takatoshi Ito, MIT Press; The Postwar Japanese Economy: Its Development and Structure 1937-1994 by Takafusa Nakamura, University of Tokyo Press; and The Postwar Japanese System: Cultural Economy and Economic Transformation by William Tabb, Oxford University Press: The Review of Political Economy, 9 (Number 3, 1997): 351-358. The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era by Jeremy Rifkin, G.P. Putnam's Sons: The Journal of Economic Issues, 30 (December 1996): 1219-1221. Confronting Poverty: Prescriptions for Change, edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, and Daniel H. Weinberg, Harvard
University Press: Eastern Economic Journal, 21 (Summer 1995): 421-424. The End of Equality by Mickey Kaus, Basic Books: The Journal of Economic Issues, 28 (March 1994): 264-267. The Feminization of Poverty: Only in America? edited by Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg and Eleanor Kremen, Praeger: Review of Radical Political Economics, 23 (Fall/Winter): 331-333. The Vulnerable, edited by John L. Palmer, Timothy Smeeding, and Barbara Boyle Torrey, The Urban Institute Press; and The Changing American Family and Public Policy, edited by Andrew J. Cherlin, The Urban Institute Press: Eastern Economic Journal, 16 (January- March 1990): 78-81. Presentations and Conference Participation: Our Food, Our Environment, Our Health Conference: A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for Future Generations at University of Colorado- Colorado Spring, October 2011 Environmental Issues: An Economist s Perspective on Cost/Benefit Analysis Southwest Association for the Education of Teachers and Science Annual Conference July 2004 "Your SUPERSIZED Diet is Our Concern" Eastern Economic Association Meetings, February 2001 Faculty Forum, Southwestern University, April 2001 Senior University (Georgetown, Texas), June 2001 Discussant of "What Can We Say About Complex Macrodynamics?" by J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1999 "Values in 'Principles of Economics'" Eastern Economic Association Meetings, February 1998 Faculty Forum, Southwestern University, April 1998
"First-Year Colloquium: Southwestern University's Core Experience" Association for Core Texts and Courses, April 1997 "Whither Keynes' Grandchildren?" Co-authored with Patrick Dalendina Allied Social Science Association Meetings, January 1997 "1996 First-Year Colloquium: Material Pleasures" Faculty Forum, Southwestern University, October 1995 "Japanese 'Lifetime Employment' and Neoclassical Theory" Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1995 The Missing Chapter One: An Environmental Context for Introductory Macroeconomics" Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1994 "Clinton's Poverty Policy: A One Year Review" Invited Symposium Speaker at the American International College (Springfield, MA) January 1994 "The Feminization of Poverty: Evidence Disaggregated by Race" Faculty Forum, Southwestern University, December 1994 Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1992 Allied Social Science Association Meetings, January 1992 "U.S. Economic Growth as an Antipoverty Weapon: The Modern Debate" Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1991 Public Assistance and Antipoverty Programs Allied Social Science Association Meetings, December 1990 Progress Against Poverty: Insights From New Hampshire
Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1990 Discussant of "Poverty in the 1980's and Policies for the 1990's" by Steven Pressman Allied Social Science Association Meetings, December 1989 "The Feminization of Poverty: The Demographic Factor and the Composition of Economic Growth" Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1989 Guest lecture at Mt. Holyoke College, January 1989 "Economic Growth and Poverty Reductions: Important Mitigating Factors" Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1988 Science Seminar, Keene State College, January 1988
Work In Progress Our Food, Our Environment, Our Health Chapter to be included in A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for Future Generations forthcoming in 2012; publisher is M.E. Sharpe. The Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility Professional Journal Referee Eastern Economic Journal Review of Political Economy The American Economist Research Grants SU Cullen Grant, 2000-01 and 1996-97 SU Brown Fellowship, 1997-98 Other Professional Experiences "Teaching with Technology" Workshop participant in Chicago, January 1998 "Getting Real and Making Connections" Workshop participant on alternative pedagogies in New Orleans, January 1997 1996 First-Year Colloquium: Material Pleasures Developed and coordinated Courses Taught Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Theory Introductory and intermediate levels Environmental Economics Economic History of the United States Diet, Health, and the Environment History of Modern Economic Thought Money and Banking British Economic History
Modern British Political Economy US Poverty Public Finance Regional and Urban Economics Econometrics Economics Capstone Seminar: Various topics Introduction to Environmental Studies Environmental Studies Capstone First-Year Seminar: Lights Out? First-Year Colloquium: Material Pleasures First-Year Colloquium: Learning in America Paideia Professional Affiliations Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Eastern Economic Association Invited member of the Otto Eckstein Award Committee, 1990