Alice Louise Kassens
Research Fellow
kassens@roanoke.edu
Alice Louise Kassens is the John S. Shannon Professor of Economics at Roanoke College, a research fellow with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Community Development team, a senior analyst with the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research, and a former member of the Governor’s Joint Advisory Board of Economists. She is published in several journals, including Social Science and Medicine, and edited volumes. Her recent work focuses on the disparate mental health deterioration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her book, Intemperate Spirits: Economic Adaptation During Prohibition, was published in August 2019.
At Roanoke College, a small liberal arts college in Virginia, Kassens teaches numerous courses, including labor economics, health economics, econometrics and data visualization. Kassens is active with student organizations, including advising the Women in Economics Club.
Kassens earned her B.A. in economics and history from the College of William and Mary and her Ph.D. in economics from North Carolina State University. Her areas of specialty are labor and health economics.