Martha Olney

Martha L. Olney
Born	(1956-11-27) November 27, 1956 Oakland, California
Nationality	United States

Institution	University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of California, Berkeley
Alma mater	University of Redlands University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	Richard Sutch^[1]
Awards	Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1990-1991 Katharine Coman Lecturer in Economic History, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, March 23, 1995 Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History, Economic History Association, 1997 Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient, University of California, Berkeley, 2002-2003 Great Teachers in Economics, Stavros Center for Economic Education, Florida State University, 2006-2007 Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs, University of California, Berkeley, 2014-2015
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Martha Louise Olney (born November 27, 1956) is a permanent Adjunct Professor of Economics (2002–present) at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a winner of local and national teaching awards, and has authored several leading undergraduate economics textbooks.

Academic Life

Martha Olney is a permanent Adjunct Professor of Economics (2002-) at the University of California, Berkeley. She was previously an Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has been awarded the Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (in 2003), which is given to only three professors per year, and the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History, by the Economic History Association (in 1997).

She is the author of "Essentials of Economics" with Paul Krugman and Robin Wells, "Macroeconomics" with J. Bradford DeLong, "Microeconomics as a Second Language" and "Macroeconomics as a Second Language."

Educational Background

Olney received her Ph.D. in Economics in 1985 from the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation work on consumer durables, the advent of consumer credit in the 1920s, and the Great Depression, led to a book, "Buy Now, Pay Later: Advertising, Credit, and Consumer Durables in the 1920s," and several related journal articles.

References

↑ Interview with Martha Olney

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