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Dr. Heather Luea is an economics professor, with expertise in quantitative methods. She earned her Bachelors degree in Finance from Fort Hays State University and her Master’s in Business Administration from Wichita State University. She worked in corporate finance prior to completing her PhD in Economics from Kansas State University with fields in econometrics and public and regional economics.
Dr. Luea has extensive teaching experience that includes positions at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee State University, and University of California, Berkeley. She has taught across the business curriculum and has won numerous teaching awards.
Her research interests include housing, healthcare, and fringe banking services. Her most recent research focuses on the impact of payday lending on neighborhood crime. Her work has been published in Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Housing Economics, and the Nashville Area Business and Economic Review. She has an active research agenda, and her papers have been accepted at numerous national conferences, including the American Economics Association annual meetings.
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