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Ishani Tewari serves as Chair & Associate Professor in the School of Business and Computer Science at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts. She joined Curry College as an Assistant Professor in 2016 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. Her academic home is within the Department of Business & Computer Science, where she teaches and conducts research at the intersection of economics, business, and policy.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Economics, Brown University (2012)
- M.A. in Economics, Brown University (2007)
- B.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering & Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003)
Ishani Tewari is an applied microeconomist whose research spans two primary streams: development economics with a focus on gender issues and banking and finance. Her work frequently examines economic growth patterns, financial development impacts, and labor market dynamics, particularly in emerging economies. She has conducted significant research on China's economic development, Indian manufacturing policy, and U.S. financial markets. Tewari is known for her rigorous empirical approach that combines economic theory with real-world data to address pressing policy questions.
Her scholarly output shows a clear trajectory from early work on U.S. financial markets toward increasing focus on emerging economies, particularly India and China. While her earliest publications examined U.S. mortgage markets and financial deregulation, her more recent work investigates gender dynamics in electoral outcomes, durable goods adoption in China, and service sector globalization. This evolution reflects a growing interest in the interplay between economic development, gender, and policy interventions in non-Western contexts.
Scientific Awards:
- Excellence In Research Award, Curry College (2020)
- Research Track Release Time awards (2017, 2019, 2020)
- Joint Committee on Release Time awards (2018, 2019)
- Whitebox Research Grant, Yale University ($8,000, 2015)
- Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship ($25,000, 2011)
As an educator, Tewari has secured multiple research release time awards that have supported her scholarly work. She serves as a referee for prestigious journals including Journal of Human Resources, Marketing Science, World Bank Economic Review, and Journal of Development Economics. Her teaching portfolio spans undergraduate and graduate levels, with courses in Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, Financial Markets and Institutions, and Strategic Managerial Economics for MBA students. Tewari is particularly noted for her innovative approach to integrating current events into economics education through her website audioecon.com, which provides curated podcast resources for economics instructors.
Tewari maintains an active research agenda through her personal website and Google Sites platform, where she shares her publications, teaching resources, and current projects. Her work bridges academic research with practical classroom application, creating valuable resources for both scholars and educators in the economics field.
