Heather Antecol

Heather Antecol is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Claremont McKenna College, holding the James G. Boswell Professorship in Economics. She leads academic governance and strategic initiatives while conducting research in labor economics. Her primary appointment is in the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Department of Economics and Finance.

Dr. Antecol earned a B.A. and M.A. from Queens University and a Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University. Her research focuses on labor market dynamics, gender disparities, education policy, and immigration economics. She has received the Glenn R. Huntoon Teaching Award (2008) and the EALE Labour Economics Prize (2000–2001) for her impactful work.

Her research explores topics such as gender-neutral tenure policies, peer effects in education, and the labor supply differences among women of varying sexual orientations. She also examines immigration policies and their socioeconomic impacts across countries. Antecol’s work frequently employs empirical methods, including randomized experiments and decomposition analyses, to address policy-relevant questions.

Contact information includes her office in Athenaeum 225E, with availability by appointment. No formal advisee records are listed, but her extensive publications reflect collaboration with scholars like Ozkan Eren, Kelly Bedard, and Michael Steinberger. Grants and lab affiliations are not explicitly detailed in available texts.