Curriculum Vitae - Department of Economics - Northwestern University

CURRICULUM VITA
Hilarie Lieb
Revised: October 2011
Department of Economics, Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL 60208, USA
Phone: 847-491-8916/5140 Fax: 847-491-8920
e-mail: hilarie@northwestern.edu web: www.econ.northwestern.edu
TEACHING/ADVISING EXPERIENCE:
WEINBERG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE ADVISER, Northwestern University, Evanston,
9/03-present
FRESHMAN ADVISER, Northwestern University, Evanston, 9/98-6/06, 9/2011-present
SENIOR LECTURER, Northwestern University, Evanston and Chicago, 1/82-present
Courses taught: Microeconomics (Introductory and Intermediate), Introductory Macroeconomics,
Labor Economics, Economics of Gender, Seminars on the following topics: Reindustrialization,
Sex Roles in the Economy, and Economics of Race, Ethnicity and Gender, Economics of a Liberal
Arts Education, and Independent Studies on Labor and/or Gender related topics, faculty adviser to
MMSS and Economics senior theses and independent studies in Economics.
ALUMNAE CLASS LECTURER: Challenging Times at Home and Abroad: Perspectives on
Economic Issues, Politics and Policies: taught one class in this series titled: Who’s Doing the
Cooking Analysis of the Importance of the Current Mancession, Nov. 24, 2009
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
WCAS MENTORING PROJECT, Longitudinal Analysis of at Risk Students, who were admitted as
freshman to Northwestern in 2009. Analysis based on the WCAS freshman survey, the
Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshman survey, and the PULSE survey.
Done in collaboration with NU Institutional Research. 8/10-present
WCAS SUMMER RESEARCH PROJECT, WCAS Graduating Senior Survey, Design and analysis of
survey to evaluate curricular change impact on self reported competency across key knowledge
areas. Analysis to be continued through collection of third wave of data in 2011. 5/09-8/09,5/10-
8/10,5/11-8/11
CONSULTANT/EXPERT WITNESS FOR MORRIS HOFFER KARNS P.C., Evanston, Illinois, 6/06-
9/07
CONSULTING ECONOMIST FOR GRUEN GRUEN + ASSOCIATES, OAK PARK ILLINOIS, 12/96
to 6/02
CONSULTANT TO STUDY OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC CLIMATE ON NORTHWESTERN’S
CAMPUS, Human Relations Foundation of Chicago, 9/95-6/96
CONSULTANT TO DISTRICT 97 RESEARCH GRANT, Oak Park Illinois, 5/95-8/96, Longitudinal
analysis of factors impacting academic outcomes in mathematics for students in 3rd through 8th
grades.
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CONSULTANT TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CHANGE GRANT, ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION, 1/94-1/95, Study focused on the gender differences in the mastery of mathematical
tools and related outcomes, such as career choices.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston Illinois, 1/89-6/89, Professor
Joseph Altonji, Topic: Returns to Job versus Individual Human Capital.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, Illinois 6/83-4/84, Professor
Robert Eisner, Topic: Total Incomes Systems of Accounts (TISA).
ECONOMIST, CHASE ECONOMETRICS, Bala Cynwyd, PA/Chicago, IL 6/78-8/81
Chicago: Consultant, Regional Marketing Office
Bala Cynwyd: Research Associate, Natural Resource Division
ECONOMIC ANALYST, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE INTERIOR, Reston,
Virginia, 1/77-5/78, Staff Economist, Director’s Office
RESEARCH ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, Maryland, 9/76-6/77
GOVERNMENT INTERN, PA, OFFICE OF STATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, Harrisburg,
PA, 9/75-1/76
EDUCATION:
DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY, Economics, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL, 1/01
Emphasis on Labor Economics, Public Policy and Economic History
Thesis Topic: Federal Policy and the Gender Gap: The ‘Baby Boom’ Generation
MASTER OF ARTS (M.A.) Economics, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD, 6/78
Emphasis on Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, and Econometrics
BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, Lancaster, PA, 6/76
Major: Economics Minor: Mathematics
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS:
“Party for the Pill: An Economic Perspective”, NORTHWESTERN’S SEXUAL HEALTH AND
ASSAULT PEER EDUCATOR’S (SHAPE) EVENT, 11/10
MIDWEST ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING 2010, Discussant, “Preferences,
Knowledge, and the Gender Wealth Gap” Urvi Neelakantan and Yunhee Chang, Evanston, Il,
3/19/10
“Students' Outcomes: Information Overload or Do We Need to Know More”, NATIONAL ACADEMIC
ADVISING ASSOCIATION, 33 rd Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 10/02/09
ILLINOIS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, Discussant,
“Durable Goods and Intrahousehold Allocation in Brazil”, Ana Fava,10/20/07
ILLINOIS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING, Discussant, “Part-
Time Employment in the United States and Canada: Post WWII Trends”, Laura Owen, 10/20/06
WOMEN’S RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE LUNCHEON PRESENTATION SERIES, High Power Career
Women and Enduring Marriages an Oxymoron, Northwestern University, 9/21/06
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“The Changing Impact of Work, Marriage and Motherhood on Women's Poverty”, JOURNAL OF
WOMEN POLITICS AND POLICY: Volume:27 # 3-4, Winter 2006, Co-authored with Susan
Thistle.
ILLINOIS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING, Discussant, “The
Effect of Administrative Location on the Number of Economics Majors” Paul J. Pieper 10/16/04
ILLINOIS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING, Discussant Brain
Drain, Adverse Selection and Communal Life: Evidence From the Israeli Kibbutz, Ran
Abramitsky, 10/17/03
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN’S POLICY RESEARCH, WOMEN’S POLICY RESEARCH
CONFERENCE, “The Changing Impact of Work, Marriage and Motherhood on Women's
Poverty: 1960-2000”, (co-author: Susan Thistle (Northwestern University)) Washington, D.C.,
6/23/03
CHICAGO WOMEN IN PHILANTHROPY, “Issues We Face”, Speaker, Chicago, Illinois, 6/19/03
MIDWEST ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION, Discussant for “The Gender Gap in Pension Coverage: What
Does the Future Hold”, (Catherine Hill, National Academy of Social Insurance) "Women at Risk
Session", sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
(CSWEP),St. Louis, Missouri, 3/29/03
MIDWEST ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION, Discussant for “Increased Product Market Competition and
Racial Employment”, (Kristen Monaco, California State University), Chicago, Illinois, 3/14/02
SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY ASSOCIATION MEETINGS: “College Major Specialization and the
Gender Division of Labor Between Market and Home Production”, Chicago, Illinois, 11/16/01
ILLINOIS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING Moderator of
“Women, Children and Work” Panel, 10/19/01
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN’S POLICY RESEARCH, WOMEN’S POLICY RESEARCH
CONFERENCE, “Federal Policy and the Gender Gap, A Historical Perspective”, Washington,
D.C., 6/08/01
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEMINST POLICY WORKING GROUP, “Post World War II
Educational Policies and Women’s Roles in the Home and Market”, 5/24/00
ILLINOIS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION TWENTY NINTH ANNUAL MEETING “Sputnik and the
Role of Women in the Market and Home”, 10/22/99
STAFF TRAINING, WEST SUBURBAN TEMPLE HAR ZION “The Challenge of Gender in the
Classroom:, West Suburban Temple Har Zion, River, Forest, IL 12/06/98
ADULT EDUCATION SERIES: RAISING STRONG DAUGHTERS “The Math Connection”, Grace
Lutheran Church, River Forest, 11/10/96
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNVERSITY WOMEN-IL FALL CONFERENCE, PALOS HILLS, IL
“Helping Girls Speak Out With Courage”, 10/05/96
MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH STUDY FORUM: DISTRICT 97, OAK PARK “General Issues, Trends, and
Developments in Middle Grades Math Education” 08/27/96
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AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS ROUNDTABLE: “Promises
Unfulfilled: Liberalism and Economic Equity for Women” 8/95
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN OAK PARK/RIVER FOREST BRANCH:
“Gender Equity Issues and Strategies” River Forest, 3/94
“Gender Equity Update” River Forest, 3/95
GENDER AND MATHEMATICS COMMITTEE OF DISTRICT 97, OAK PARK The Preadolescent
Challenges in the Home and Classroom: Statistical Analysis” 11/94
COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
NORTHWESTERN’S STUDENT SURVEYS PLANNING GROUP, 1/10-present
NORTHWESTERN’S ASSESSMENT/ACCREDITATION GROUP, PROVOST’S OFFICE, 1/10-present
NORTHWESTERN’S WOMEN’S CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, 1/09-present
WCAS DEAN’S COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY AND ACHIEVEMENT, 9/07-6/09
BOARD MEMBER, campusCATALYST(cC), Consulting Firm for Non-Profits, Evanston, Illinois, Fall
2007 to present
FACULTY JUDGE, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
CONFERENCE, Spring 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
CHICAGO FIELD PROGRAM COMMITTEE, Northwestern University, 9/06 to present
FACULTY ADVISER TO LIFT, the former NATIONAL STUDENT PARTNERSHIPS, Evanston, IL,
11/00 to present
STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE 2005 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM,
Northwestern University, 2/05-5/05
SEXUAL ASSAULT HEARING/APPEALS (SAHAS) BOARD MEMBER NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY, 9/04 to present
AIESEC-Northwestern University Adviser.9/04 to 6/07
ILLINOIS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION TRUSTEE, 9/02- present
FEMINIST PUBLIC POLICY WORKING GROUP, Northwestern University, 1999- 2001
ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COALITION FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, American
Association of University Women Illinois Inc, 9/98-9/02
PRESIDENT WEST SUBURBAN TEMPLE HAR ZION, RIVER FOREST 1996-1998
UNITED WAY LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, 1999-2001
UNITED WAY OF CHICAGO: VICE-CHAIR DISCRIMINATION PRIORITY GRANTS COMMITTEE
1996-1999
UNITED WAY OF CHICAGO: ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE 1996-1997
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UNITED WAY OF CHICAGO: DISCRIMINATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 1995-1996
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN ECONOMICS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
CITI Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, Social and Behavioral Science Research, Stage 1 and 2,
Completed 12/08/10
Survey Analysis using PASW Statistics (SPSS/Advance Statistical Analysis), Chicago, IL, 6/10
Investigator 101, IRB Training, Northwestern University, 1/09
WHAT DO THE BEST TEACHERS DO, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern
University, Evanston Illinois, 6/98
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION,
Washington, D.C., 9/85
LONGITUDINAL DATA ANALYSIS, ECONOMICS RESEARCH CENTER/NORC
Chicago, IL, 6/84
TIME SERIES ANALYSIS, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL, 1980
FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS:
NORTHWESTERN’S ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATOR HONOR ROLL,
2010, 2011
NORTHWESTERN’S ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT FACULTY HONOR ROLL, 2006
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE GOLDEN KEY NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, 6/95
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