Professor Ragan Petrie Named George T. & Gladys H. Abell Professorship of Liberal Arts Endowment I in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Texas A&M Economics Professor Ragan Petrie was recently named as a George T. & Gladys H. Abell Professorship of Liberal Arts Endowment I in the College of Arts & Sciences. Dr. Petrie was appointed in recognition of her exceptional record as a researcher and educator.
Dr. Ragan Petrie is an applied microeconomist who uses behavioral and experimental approaches to study topics in public and labor economics, including motives for charitable giving, gender differences in bargaining and competition, discrimination, social media and the economic preferences of children.
She is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University. Where she holds a University Presidential Impact Fellow, a Cornerstone Faculty Fellow in Liberal Arts and the Elton Lewis Faculty Fellowship in Liberal Arts. She earned her PhD in Economics from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Congratulations Dr. Petrie on this well-deserved honor!