Professor
329 Bentley Annex
Education
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics (Rural Finance), Ohio State University, 1996.
M.S., Economics, Ohio State University, 1994.MLS, Latin American Economic Development, Ohio State University, 1991
B.S., International Studies, Summa Cum Laude, Ohio State University, 1989
Bio
Julia Paxton is a Professor of Economics at Ohio University where she teaches classes on poverty, development economics, and altruism. She has worked on a number of microfinance research projects for the World Bank, the United Nations, USAID, and foreign governments. She holds a doctorate in Agricultural Economics, specializing in microfinance, from The Ohio State University.
Research Interests
Microfinance, altruism, service-learning, poverty and economic development