Melanie Guldi 

Academic Positions and Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Economics, University of Central Florida, August 2017-present

  • Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Central Florida, August 2011-July 2017

  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, July 2006-August 2011 (reappointed 7/2010)

  • Global Labor Organization (GLO) Fellow, June 2022-present

  • IZA Fellow, April 2023-present


Professional Service

  • Co-Editor, Review of the Economics of the Household, May 2022-present

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Population Economics, June 2022-present


 Education

  • Ph.D., University of California, Davis, June 2006

  • Thesis Title: “Teenage Fertility and Human Capital Formation”

  • Fields of Specialization: Public, Labor, Health

  • Advisors: Hilary Hoynes and Marianne Page

  • M.A. in Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, May 1999

  • B.S. in Business Administration, High Honors, University of Florida, Gainesville, May 1995​