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Carla Nietfeld

Associate Teaching Professor

Economics


Carla Nietfeld

Contact Information

Office Hours

  • M 10:00-11:00 (Virtual)
  • T 11:00-12:00 - 1:00-3:00(F2F)
  • W 12:00-1:00 Virtual)
  • F 11:00-12:00 (Virtual)

Links

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Profile

Academic Background

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Kentucky, 2017
  • M.S., Economics, University of Kentucky, 2013
  • B.S., Applied Mathematical Economics, University of Dayton, 2012

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Associate Teaching Professor, Miami University, 2025 - present
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Miami University, 2021 - 2025
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Francis Marion University, 2017 - 2021

Recent Publications

  • "Should Calculus be a pre-requisite for Business Statistics? A longitudinal study" (with Hubert Setzler and Hari Rajagopalan), Research in Higher Education Journal, 2021.

Honors & Awards

  • Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award, Outstanding Teaching Professor, 2024

Biography

Carla Nietfeld received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kentucky in 2017 and is currently an Associate Teaching Professor of Economics in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. Dr. Nietfeld is the Lead Departmental Advisor for the Economics Department and oversees undergraduate studies, advising, and curriculum. She enjoys teaching Principles of Microeconomics and advises Miami's team for the ECON Games competition.

Prior to joining the Miami University Department of Economics, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Francis Marion University located in South Carolina. She is an applied microeconomist with research interests focusing on economics education, public economics, and the economics of education. Her current research interests include studying various ways to increase student engagement and retention in the college classroom.

Courses

  • ECO 201 F R 1:15PM-2:35PM WEB |FSB 0019
  • ECO 201 G R 2:50PM-4:10PM FSB 0019|WEB
  • ECO 201 H R 4:25PM-5:45PM FSB 0019|WEB