Linda English

Professional Summary

Linda English is a clinical associate professor in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. English holds a doctorate in Economics from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor’s degree (also in Economics) from Oklahoma State University. Since joining the faculty at Baylor in 2009, she has taught Principles of Microeconomics, Introduction to the Economics of Poverty and Discrimination, and New Student Experience courses.  In addition to teaching, she has served as the director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Economics and currently serves as an associate director of the Baylor Business Fellows program.  Her primary research interests are concentrated in the economics of education, economics of poverty and food insecurity, economic history, economics of religion and economics education.  In recent years, English founded a student organization promoting the personal and academic success of Baylor’s students who are parents, has served as a mentor to at-risk elementary school students, and is passionate about promoting summer reading at low-income elementary schools in the Waco community.  

Education

• 2009 – PhD, Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2007 – MA, Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2002 – BS, Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Courses

• ECO 2306 – Principles of Microeconomics (2009-current)
• BUS 1101 – Connect to Hankamer School of Business, New Student Experience Course (2022)
• BU 1000 – Welcome to Baylor, New Student Experience Course (2013)
• ECO 3355 – Introduction to the Economics of Poverty and Discrimination (2012-2021)
• SOC 3355 – Introduction to the Economics of Poverty and Discrimination (2012-2021)

Research Interests

• Economics of Education
• Economics of Poverty and Food Insecurity
• Economic History
• Economics of Religion
• Economics Education

Selected Publications

• “Religion and Economic Growth” (with Charles M. North), in Klaus F. Zimmermann, ed., Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer (forthcoming)
• “A Hard Day’s Night: Evening Schools and Child Labor in the United States, 1870-1910,” in Joshua Hall and Marcus Witcher, eds., Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History Vol. 3. New York: Springer, 2019.
• “A New Look at Lake Wobegon: Who’s in Your Canoe?” (with Chris Bollinger, Tisha Emerson, and Gail Hoyt). 2018. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 108(May): 312-316.
• “The Complex Challenge to Participation in Federal Nutrition Programs” (with Kathy Krey and Rachel Wilkerson), in Leslie Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly, and Julia Waity, eds., Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity and Food Sovereignty among America’s Poor. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2018.
• “Evaluating the Cooperative Component in Cooperative Learning: A Quasi-Experimental Study” (with Tisha Emerson and KimMarie McGoldrick). 2015. Journal of Economic Education 46(1): 1-13.