The Martha and Spencer Love Professor of Economics receives recognition in Poets&Quants鈥 Top 50 professors list for 2021.
Steve DeLoach, Martha and Spencer Love Professor of Economics, is honored in Poets&Quants鈥 鈥溾 feature.
The business education news outlet received nominations from 1,195 students, alumni, colleagues and school deans. Professors were evaluated on their research and teaching accolades. Factors considered include the volume of a professor鈥檚 Google Scholar citations, research awards, media attention and teaching awards.
DeLoach joined 黑料不打烊 in 1996 and serves as chair of the Department of Economics as well as the co-faculty advisor for the Issues in Political Economy undergraduate research journal. He received the Love School of Business Dean鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2016 and 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Distinguished Scholar Award in 2014. He was named Professor of the Year by 黑料不打烊鈥檚 chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma in 2016.
鈥淒r. DeLoach supported me through every step of the research process鈥揷rafting my research question, finding data, writing code, interpreting results, communicating my findings, and preparing for presentations and publication,鈥 wrote Michaela Fogarty 鈥19, who DeLoach mentored during her senior year. 鈥淗e encouraged me to create a thesis that I am proud to submit to journals for publication.鈥
DeLoach鈥檚 current research streams include examining the impact of microfinance and looking at the role personality plays in young adult workers鈥 decisions to switch occupations.
His scholarship has been published in journals including the聽Journal of International Money and Finance,聽World Development, the聽Journal of Development Studies聽and the聽Journal of Economics Education, and has been cited in national and international media outlets including The聽Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Freakonomics Blog, The Economic Times and CBS News.
In response to Poets&Quants asking him what he wished he was told before starting his career as a business school professor, he replied, 鈥淗ow much fun it would be to teach. Most faculty at research universities and in graduate school think research is fun and teaching is necessary. I have found both research and teaching are stimulating and bring me joy and meaning.鈥
Read DeLoach鈥檚 Poets&Quants profile .