Biography
Dr. Tinkler received her B.A. from Cambridge University in England in 1982 and her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1989. Before coming to PSU, she was Professor of Economics and Director of International Programs in the Goddard School of Business and Economics at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. She has also served as a Senior Economic Analyst at the Department of Health in London, England.
Dr. Tinkler has published in the areas of health economics, foreign direct investment, and the economics of criminality, education and gender. Her teaching interests include international economics, engineering economics and the economics of gender. She chairs the undergraduate committee and advises undergraduate students, including transfer and prospective students, for the Department of Economics.
Teaching Fields
- Women in the Economy
- International Economics
- Engineering Economics
Sample Syllabi
(Syllabus will vary from term to term)
- Spring 2020 EC 314U Private and Public Investment Analysis
- Summer 2020 EC 340 International Economics
- Spring 2020 EC 417/WS 417 Women in the Economy
- Spring 2020 EC 517/WS 517 — Women in the Economy