Dr. Kate Antonovics got her B.A. from Brown University in 1993 and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin in 2000. Shortly thereafter, she joined the faculty in the Economics Department at the University of California, San Diego, where she has been ever since. Kate is known for her innovative use of technology in the classroom and for her superb teaching. Her highly popular introductory-level microeconomics course regularly enrolls over 450 students each fall.

Professor Antonovics also teaches labor economics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2012, she received the UCSD Department of Economics award for best undergraduate teaching. Her research has focused on gender discrimination, intergenerational income mobility, affirmative action, racial discrimination, learning, and wage dynamics. Dr. Antonovics’ papers have appeared in the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Labor Economics, the American Economic Review, and the Journal of Human Resources. She is a member of both the American Economic Association and the Society of Labor Economists.