Alma mater Cornell University Name Jane Humphries | Education Cornell University Main interests Economic history | |
 | ||
Born Katherine Jane Humphries
9 November 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-11-09 ) Institutions All Souls College, University of Oxford Thesis The role of the manufacturing sector in economic development (1973) Books Childhood and Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution | ||
18 august 2015 professor jane humphries lying feminist of the month award winner
Katherine Jane Humphries (born 9 November 1948), is a Professor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College at the University of Oxford. Her research interest has been in economic growth and development and the industrial revolution. She is the former president of the Economic History Society and the current vice-president of the Economic History Association.
Contents
- 18 august 2015 professor jane humphries lying feminist of the month award winner
- Adjunct faculty meeting 2014 dr jane humphries part 2
- Early life
- Career
- Edited journals
- Honours
- References
Adjunct faculty meeting 2014 dr jane humphries part 2
Early life
Humphries gained her economics degree from Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1970; she went on to Cornell University to do both her masters and then her doctorate which she completed in 1973.
Career
Her professional life began at University of Massachusetts Amherst, first as an assistant professor (1973–1979), then as an associate professor (1979–1980). She was lecturer at the University of Cambridge and later a fellow of Newnham College (1980–1995). In 1993, during her period at Newnham College, Humphries was a visiting fellow at the Centre for Population and Development within Harvard University's School of Public Health.
Humphries returned to Newnham College as reader in economics and economic history in 1995, she then took up a post as reader in economic history and fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford in 1998. She has been the professor of economic history at All Souls since 2004.
Edited journals
Humphries has sat on the editorial boards of a number of peer-reviewed journals. She is currently on the editorial boards of Gender, Work and Organization, and Feminist Economics.
Honours
On 29 January 2016 Humphries received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden.