Laura J. ahlstrom, Ph.D.

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Laura J. ahlstrom, Ph.D.

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Academic Experience

Researcher, Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship

University of Delaware

2024 – Present

Research: Seventh National Quinquennial Survey of Teaching and Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics (a.k.a. the 2025 "Chalk and Talk" survey) 

Program Coordinator: Siegfried Youth Leadership Program (SYLP), Foundations of Financial Literacy (FOFL)


Part-Time faculty

Eastern Kentucky University

2025 – Present

Online Facilitator: Economics

Online Instructor: Economics Reasoning and Ideas (Starting Spring 2026)


Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Oklahoma State University

2018 – 2024

Course Taught: Microeconomic Principles for Business

Service and Administrative Work: Core Course Lead, Undergraduate Studies Coordinator,  Undergraduate Assessment Coordinator


Dissertation Fellow, Department of Economics

University of Delaware

2017 – 2018

Dissertation:  Where are the Women? The Gender Gap in Undergraduate Economics and Finance Degree Selection 

Chair: Carlos J. Asarta, Ph.D. 


Graduate Student Instructor, department of economics

University of Delaware

2013 – 2017

Courses Taught: Introduction to Macroeconomics,  Economic Issues and Policies 


Social studies teacher, tredyffrin/Easttown School district

Conestoga High School

2001 – 2014

Courses Taught: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, 

U.S. Government and Politics, U.S. History, World Cultures

Laura J. Ahlstrom, Ph.D.

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