Jane Kolodinsky is passionate about applied economics- application of the concepts of demand, consumer behavior, and marketing principles to improve consumer wellbeing.

Jane has been a professor at the University of Vermont since 1987. As Chair of the Community Development and Applied Economics Department (CDAE), she oversees a breadth of undergraduate majors and minors (community entrepreneurship; public communication; community and international development; applied design; green building and community design) and two master degree programs (community development and applied economics; public administration).

EDUCATION:

• PhD in Consumer Economics (minors in marketing and agricultural economics)
  Cornell University
  1988
• MBA (concentration in marketing)
  Graduate School in Management at Kent State University
  1983
• BS in Dietetics and Nutrition
  Kent State University
  1981