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Professor Smith earned her undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Wyoming and both graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) at Virginia Tech.  She joined the ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn faculty in 1988.   

Research

Professor Smith’s research focuses on the relationships between health and socioeconomic status. For example,

• She published a book on whether participation in the .
• She has also examined whether . 
• A recent publication shows that
• Her most recent publication examines whether .

Teaching

Professor Smith teaches principles of microeconomics (ECON202), the economics of poverty and discrimination (ECON325), and quantitative methods for economists.  The two quantitative methods courses are: ECON305: Statistics for Economics, in which students learn to collect, evaluate, organize, and analyze data in order to make better decisions; and ECON4015: Introduction to Econometrics, in which students learn to use linear regression analysis to estimate economic relationships and to test economic theories.

Ph.D., (Economics) Virginia Tech