Professor of Economics & Assistant Provost for Career & Professional Development
Elizabeth Moorhouse is Professor of Economics at Lycoming College. Her research focuses on gender and labor economics, particularly gender differences in education, employment, earnings, and professional representation. Her most recent article, “Interviews with Experts: Gender Differences in Tentative Language Usage by Economists,” appeared in Feminist Economics. She is also the author of the forthcoming book The Economics of Work: How Professions, Pay, and Policy Shape Your Life, published by Bloomsbury Academic, and contributed an essay on the gender wage gap to the forthcoming volume Women and Work in America: History, Issues, and Trends.
Moorhouse teaches courses in macroeconomics and economic research, including the department’s senior research capstone. She has held national leadership roles in Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international economics honor society. As Assistant Provost for Career and Professional Development and Faculty-Student Research, she leads the planning and organization of Lycoming’s annual Student Showcase, which celebrates student scholarship and creative achievement across the College.
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