Linda E. Lucas

Linda E. Lucas, Ph.D. is a Professor of Economics at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg Florida. Her new book, Unpacking Globalization: Gender, work and Economics (Fountain Press, 2005)  details the responses of men and women all over the world to the processes of globalization.  She concludes that even the poorest persons are participating more actively in the global economy through education, small enterprises and  international trade.

Dr. Lucas has held Fulbright professorships in Mexico City and Kampala, Uganda. She has been an East West Center Fellow, a Visiting Professor of Economics at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, Visiting Researcher at the Economic Policy Research Center in Kampala and the Thailand Development Research Institute in Bangkok.  She regularly consults with the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service on economic policy.  Her teaching and research interests are in women and work, industrial organization and marine resource policy.  She received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Hawaii and is a popular speaker for civic and business organizations on contemporary topics.