Jacqueline Strenio

Jacki Strenio is an associate professor of economics and director of the University Honors Program at Norwich University. Her research and teaching interests are in feminist economics, gender, health, and economics education. Her current research focuses on violence against women and girls, including public space sexual harassment and intimate partner violence. Her research emphasizes that such violence not only constrains a person’s capability for life and bodily health but can also result in other significant unfreedoms, including deprivation of the capability for economic well-being. Recent publications on these topics have appeared in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Global Public Health, and Feminist Economics; the Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan; and The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics.

She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Utah and a B.A. in economics from the University of Colorado Boulder. She also holds a Higher Education Teaching Specialist (HETS) designation and is committed to implementing more effective, research-backed practices in her classrooms and encouraging diversity in economics education more broadly. Jacki is also interested in exploring how economics can be taught in a way that more fully reflects the diversity of people, institutions, and experiences that make up economic life. She has published and presented widely on this topic, including her recent book with Edward Elgar, “A Guide to Incorporating Gender Into the Teaching of Economics.” Jacki is currently working on her next book with a team of international coauthors, a textbook covering women in the history of economic thought.

Ph.D. Economics, University of Utah
M.S. Economics, University of Utah
B.A. Economics, summa cum laude, with distinction, University of Colorado at Boulder

EC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
EC 202 Principles of Microeconomics
EC 406 Public Finance
HN 301 Honors Thesis Preparation 
HUMA 223 Economics, Race, and Gender in 20th Century America
MG 360 Health Economics and Policy

Strenio, J., Beltrán Figueroa, L., Mackett, O., and Small, S.F. 2026. A Guide to Incorporating Gender into the Teaching of Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Negrete, A.K., Strenio, J., and Baez, A. 2025. "Gendered Social Norms and Microenterprise Efficiency: Evidence from Workspace Choice and Household Dynamics in Mexico," Feminist Economics.

Berik, G., Bhattacharya, H., Singh, T.P., Sinha, A., Strenio, J., Naomi, S.S., Zafar, S., & Talboys, S. 2024. “Capability Approach Lens to Public-Space Harassment of Women: Evidence from India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan” Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.