Yana van der Meulen Rodgers is Professor and Graduate Director in the Women’s and Gender Studies department at Rutgers University. Many of her studies have focused on East and South Asian economies, and she has traveled to and lived in Asia to conduct her research.

She has published numerous articles in refereed economics journals and has written a book entitled Maternal Employment and Child Health: Global Issues and Policy Solutions (Edward Elgar Publishing, November 2011).

Yana became President of the International Association for Feminist Economics in July 2013, and she has served as an associate editor for Feminist Economics since 2005. She has also workerd regularly as a consultant for the World Bank, the United Nations, and the Asian Development Bank.

Yana is an avid runner and enjoys racing, especially half-marathons.