Jessica Scheld

    Jessica Scheld ’05

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    2005

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    I earned my Ph.D. from Rutgers in Economics in October 2016. My dissertation focused on the effect of postsecondary educational decisions on attainment and labor market outcomes. I’m also interested in school choice and K-12 education policy.

    I began my tenure track position this fall at Lynchburg College – teaching introduction to microeconomics and research methods in economics.

    I am pleased to be a professor in a small liberal arts school (like St. Mike’s), where teaching undergraduates is a main focus. SMC prepared me for graduate work in both my mathematics and economics courses through passionate professors. My professors in both disciplines showed me how exciting math and economics can be in the classroom and exposed me to opportunities (i.e. REU at WPI, internships, research projects with Prof. Ellis-Monaghan) that gave me my first experiences in research. I attribute my passion for research to attending a school that allowed me to grow as both a student and person.