Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

Linda M. Hooks

The bio below comes from a published article and may now be dated.

Linda M. Hooks is professor of economics at Washington and Lee University. She teaches undergraduate courses in money and banking and a seminar on European monetary union, which includes travel to Europe with students. She conducts research in monetary economics and banking. Her research has been published in professional and general-interest publications, including the Journal of Economic History, Journal of Financial Services Research, Review of Financial Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, The Group of Thirty monograph series, and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas publications. For her sabbatical research, Dr. Hooks won an AAUW American Fellowship. Before arriving at Washington and Lee, Dr. Hooks worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, and a B.A. from Louisiana State University. Her email is hooksl@wlu.edu.