Degrees
- B.A., Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah) 鈥 Economics; Minors in Applied Mathematics and French
- M.S., Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) 鈥 Economics
- Ph.D., Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) 鈥 Economics; Fields in Political Economy and Development Economics
Professor Long is originally from Idaho and received her bachelor鈥檚 degree in听economics from Westminster College, a liberal arts college in Salt Lake City, Utah.听She completed her PhD in Economics at Colorado State University in Spring 2019.听Her research is in the areas of household finance and gender and feminist听economics. She explores the evidence for and causes of systematic inequality in听household debt and in access to low-cost consumer credit by race, ethnicity, and听gender. Her research also explores the implications of such inequality on听households鈥 financial security, educational outcomes, and labor market choices.听Professor Long has taught courses including听the Economics of Gender, Principles of听Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Applied Regression, and the History of听Economic Thought.
- ECON 10100: Principles of Economics
- ECON 11000: Quantitative Methods
- ECON 20500: History and Philosophy of Economic Thought
- 听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)
- Eva Bauman 鈥25, 鈥淢eritocracy News: Estimating the Relationship Between the Varsity Blues Scandal and Post-Graduate Earnings鈥
- Will Fink 鈥25, 鈥淗ow Does Private Equity Affect Consumer Wellbeing: An Investigation of Hospital Ratings鈥
- Celia Gehrke 鈥25, 鈥淏uy or Bye? Investigating Financial Literacy鈥檚 Impact on Mortgage Outcomes鈥
- Sarah Lodge 鈥25, 鈥淭he Golden Ticket to Higher Earnings: Analyzing the College and Internship Earnings Premium Over Time鈥
- Igna Mendez 鈥25, 鈥淲ho Care? The Relationship between Cardiovascular Surgery Recovery Times and Intrahousehold Gender Inequality鈥
- Nana Morikawa 鈥25, 鈥淢oney Over Medicine? The Impact of Financialization on Health鈥
- Sam Adjei–Sah’24, 鈥Earnings in Another鈥s Land: An Exploration of the 2016 OPT Extension on
Earning Outcomes for International Students in the United States鈥 - Jaylin Hudson’24, 鈥Unlocking the Potential of Entrepreneurship: The Impacts of Minority Depository Institutions on Disparities in Entrepreneurship Rates Between Black and White Entrepreneurs,鈥
- Mitch Shelman’24, 鈥Unraveling the Effects: Examining the Dodd–Frank Act鈥s Influence on the Quality of Mortgage Lending and Market Dynamics鈥
- Rosa Spurgeon’24, 鈥Perceptions in Advertising: An Examination of Body Diversity, Consumer Responses, and Preferences鈥
- Vonne Slayden’24, 鈥Bills, Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes: Examining U.S. Transgender Workers鈥 Economic Experiences During the 2020s Rise of Anti–Transgender Legislation鈥
- Endrias Tesfaye’24, 鈥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?鈥
- Michelle Bryant’22, 鈥淟abor Market Discrimination, Expected Returns & Enrollment in Higher
Education for African American Scholars: Evidence from the High School Longitudinal
厂迟耻诲测鈥 - Madi Buckley’22, 鈥淏arriers to Entry: Do Students鈥 Perceptions of Economics Contribute to the Underrepresentation of Women and Gender Minorities in the Field?鈥
- Shawn Ngwena’22, 鈥淎n Analysis of the Effects of the Rapidly Growing Technology Industry on Income Inequality in the United States鈥
- Eraj Sikandar’22, 鈥淭he Effects of Diversity and
Inclusion Policies on Business Performance鈥
- 鈥淭he Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy on Household Wealth by Race and Gender.鈥澨Feminist Economics听(Forthcoming).
- 鈥淔rom Crises to Community: Reflections on Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Pluralism in Heterodox Household Finance.鈥 In听Edward Elgar Handbook on Women and Heterodox Economics: Past, Present, and Future听(eds. Alexandra Bernasek and Lynne Chester). Edward Elgar (Forthcoming).
- Melanie G. Long, Steven Pressman. 鈥淧ostal Banking and US Cash Transfer Programs: A Solution to Insufficient Financial Infrastructure?鈥澨Review of Social Economy听82.2 (2024): 213-240.听
- 鈥淚dentity, Risk, and Financial Capitalism: A Post Keynesian Research Agenda on Racial and Gender Stratification in the U.S.鈥 In听Key Debates and Contemporary Perspectives in Post Keynesian Economics听(eds. Therese Jefferson and John E. King). Edward Elgar (2024).
- 鈥淚ntroduction: Gender, Feminist Pedagogy, and Economics Education.鈥澨Review of Political Economy听35.3, Symposium: 鈥淏ringing a gendered lens to the economics curriculum鈥 (June 2023): 587-592.
- Melanie G. Long. 鈥淔eminist Economics,鈥 鈥淔inancial Risk,鈥 and 鈥淐orporate Debt,鈥 In听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. 鈥淧romoting Meaningful Interaction and Community Development Through Discussion Board Activities in the Online Economics Classroom.鈥澨Journal of Educators Online听19.1听(January 2022).
- Melanie G. Long. 鈥淭he Relationship Between Debt Aversion and College Enrollment by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: A Propensity Scoring Approach.鈥澨Studies in Higher Education听47.9 (2022): 1808-1826. DOI:听
- Alexandra Bernasek and Melanie G. Long. 鈥淕raduating During the Great Recession: The Effects of Student Loan Debt on Early-Career Labor Market Outcomes and Graduate or Professional School Enrollment.鈥澨Journal of Economic Issues听55.4听(December 2021): 891-913. DOI:听
- Melanie G. Long. 鈥淚nformal Borrowers and Financial Exclusion: The Invisible Unbanked at the Intersections of Race and Gender.鈥澨The Review of Black Political Economy听47.4 (December 2020): 363-403. DOI:听
- Melanie G. Long. 鈥淧ushed into the Red?: Female-Headed Households and the Pre-Crisis Credit听Expansion,鈥澨Forum for Social Economics听47.2 (April 2018): 224-236.
- Melanie G. Long. 鈥淏ook Review,鈥澨Review of听Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, edited by Michael Jacobs and Mariana Mazzucato, Review of听Keynesian Economics 5.4 (October 2017): 652-655.
- Melanie G. Long. 鈥淢erchantry, Usury, Villainy: Capitalism鈥檚 Threat to Community and Spiritual听Integrity in The Merchant of Venice,鈥澨Anthropoetics听(Open Access) 17.2 (Spring听2012).
- IAFFE Sessions at the ASSA Meetings (San Antonio, January 2024), Discussant
- Colorado State University (Fort Collins, October 2024), Economics Department Seminar Series, Paper Presentation: 鈥淭he Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy on Household Wealth鈥
- IARIW-Bank of Italy Conference on Central Banks, Financial Markets, and Inequality (Naples, March 2023), Paper Presentation: 鈥淢onetary Policy鈥檚 Distributional Impacts鈥
- ASE Sessions at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting (New York City, February 2023), Paper Presentation: 鈥淢onetary Policy鈥檚 Distributional Impacts鈥
- IAFFE Sessions at the ASSA Meetings (New Orleans, January 2023), Paper Presentation with Madison Buckley and Zareen Thomas: 鈥淏arriers to Entry鈥
- ASE Sessions at the ASSA Meetings (New Orleans, January 2023), Paper Presentation: 鈥淢onetary Policy’s Distributional Impacts鈥
- Northeast Ohio Economics Workshop (Cleveland, November 2022), Paper Presentation: 鈥淢onetary Policy鈥檚 Distributional Impacts鈥
- Young Scholars Initiative Pre-Workshop Event, “Monetary Policy and Wealth and Income Inequality” (Toronto, September 2022), Invited Presentation: “Is Monetary Policy Race- and Gender-Neutral?”
- Review of Social Economy听Workshop, 鈥淔inancialization and the Social Economy鈥 (Boston, April 2022), Invited Paper Presentation: 鈥淧ostal Banking and US Cash Transfer Programs鈥
- International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics Annual Conference (Online, January 2022), Paper Presentation: 鈥淧ostal Banking and US Cash Transfer Programs鈥
- Five Colleges of Ohio Collaborative Grant, 鈥淪upporting DEI Projects in Economics,鈥 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, 鈥淕raduating During the Great Recession,鈥 CSU
Department of Economics, 2017. - Omicron Delta Epsilon Best Graduate Paper Award,