Jared Ragusett

Jared Ragusett serves as Professor and Department Chair of Economics at Central Connecticut State University, recognized for excellence in teaching and research in critical economic frameworks.

Education

• PhD, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
• MA, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
• BA, Kalamazoo College

Research Interests

His scholarship centers on Political Economy, Capitalist Systems, Stratification Economics, and Urban Economics, with rigorous analyses of racial disparities in housing markets, critiques of neoclassical paradigms, and pluralist examinations of 21st-century US capitalism. His work consistently interrogates power structures within economic systems and advocates for heterodox methodologies.

Publications Trends

Recent publications (2019-2024) reveal a cohesive trajectory examining systemic inequality post-Great Recession, with increasing focus on AI's implications for heterodox economics. His 2024 monograph synthesizes decades of research on capitalist crises, while 2022-2023 journal articles quantitatively analyze racial housing gaps and financial reform efficacy, demonstrating methodological diversity across theoretical and empirical domains.

Awards

• Honor Roll of the Excellence in Teaching Award (2021-2022)
• Honor Roll of the Excellence in Teaching Award (2020-2021)

Grants and Professional Activities

Secured $150,000+ in research funding including the 2025-2026 CSU-AAUP grant 'Disseminating heterodox economics in an age of artificial intelligence' and 2023-2024 collaborative project on Dodd-Frank Act impacts. Active in American Economic Association, Union for Radical Political Economics, and National Economic Association, with recent presentations at Eastern Economic Association on financial reform pedagogy. Teaches advanced seminars including Marxian Economics (ECON 467) and History of Economic Thought (ECON 475).