Nicholas Reksten
About Dr. Reksten
Nicholas Reksten is an Associate Professor and Chair in the economics department at the University of Redlands, where he teaches courses that seek to deeply integrate concepts of sustainability and social justice into economic analysis. He also specializes in teaching research methods and data science. His research has explored the role of social norms in climate policy, both among households and within firms. His current research explores the implications of the worsening ecological crisis for inequality, especially with respect to unpaid household labor within the emerging framework of feminist ecological economics. In other work, he has investigated the sustainability decisions of large firms through interviews and quantitative analysis and explored the relationship between capitalism, nationalism, and openness to immigration.
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, American University
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B.A., International Studies and Economics, American University
Professional Background
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Adjunct Instructor, Presidio Graduate School
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Guest Faculty, Sarah Lawrence College
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Short-term consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Team
Publications
“Gender Inequality,” entry in The Dictionary of Ecological Economics (Brent Haddad and Barry D. Solomon, eds.), Edward Elgar Press: Cheltenham, UK, 2023.
“Feminist Ecological Economics: A Care-Centered Approach to Sustainability,” (with Maria Floro) in Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume 1: Challenges and Development (Ranjula Bali Swain and Susanne Sweet, eds.), Palgrave Macmillan: New York, 2021, p. 369-389.
Principles of Economics in a Nutshell (with Lorenzo Garbo and Dorene Isenberg), Routledge: London, 2020.
“Stakeholders and Voluntary Climate Reduction Goals at Large U.S. Firms: An Institutional Analysis,” The Social Science Journal 55, 2018, p. 221-231.
“Engendering Growth Diagnostics: Examining Constraints to Private Investment and Entrepreneurship” (with Leanne Roncolato and Caren Grown), Development Policy Review 35(2), January 2017, p. 263-287.