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Valerie K. Kepner, Ph.D.

Valerie K. Kepner, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, Director of Women's Studies, Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Economics Department

McGowan 322

Biography

Valerie K. Kepner, Ph.D., has a B.A. in Management and Economics, M.S. in Economics, and Ph.D. in Economics with specializations in Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions and Public Economics. She taught for a year at the University of Minnesota-Morris and Franklin & Marshall College. She has been teaching at King's College since the fall of 2007 and teaches introductory courses in both micro- and macroeconomics, history of economic analysis; intermediate microeconomics; money, banking, and financial institutions; and public economics. She also serves as Director of Women's Studies and has taught three different women's studies-related courses.

Education

  • B.A., Management and Economics, University of Minnesota-Morris
  • M.S., Economics, Iowa State University
  • Ph.D., Economics, Colorado State University

Publications

  • Service Learning in the Undergraduate Economics Classroom/Publication in International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 11(2), 2020, pp. 149-159

Awards and Designations

  • Donald Grimes, C.S.C., Annual Award for Service-Learning Teaching Excellence

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