Kaye Husbands Fealing

Professor

Department: Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy
E-mail: khf@umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-6449
Office: 164 Humphrey Center

Biography
Areas of Expertise
Courses Taught

Dr. Kaye Husbands Fealing joined the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs in 2008. Prior to coming to the Humphrey, she was the William Brough Professor of Economics at Williams College, where she began her teaching career in 1989. Dr. Husbands Fealing received her B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. She has taught courses on global competitive strategies, microeconomics, statistics, industrial organization, the Pacific Rim, globalization, income security, policy analysis, frontiers in science of science and innovation policy, and privatization, regulation, and innovation.

Dr. Husbands Fealing's research has focused on national and international policy where she has crafted science policy development strategies and elevated global trade policy. She developed the National Science Foundation's Science of Science and Innovation Policy Program and co-chaired the Science of Science Policy Interagency Task Group from June 2006 through January 2008. She also served as a Program Director in NSF's Economics Program. Dr. Husbands Fealing has also been a visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Technology Policy and Industrial Development, where she conducted research on NAFTA's impact on the Mexican and Canadian automotive industries, and research on strategic alliances between aircraft contractors and their subcontractors. She continues to conduct research on the automotive industry, science policy, the effect of multinationals on global technological diversity, and the impact of regulatory reform on a variety of industry sectors. Dr. Husbands Fealing also participates on several panels and boards at the National Science Foundation. She is also the mid-west representative for the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. In addition to her research she was recently awarded "Instructor of the Year" by the Humphrey student body for the 2008-2009 academic year.