Kasey Buckles, Ph.D. is the Stepan Family College Professor of Economics and Concurrent Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Buckles’ research interests include the economics of the family, economic demography, economic history, and child health and well-being. She is the Co-PI on the Census Tree, the largest-ever database of record links among the 1850-1940 U.S. censuses. You can find additional information about her work at Google Scholar and RePec.

Other professional activities:

• Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

• Research Fellow at the IZA@LISER Institute for Labor Economics.

• Faculty Affiliate, ND Population Analytics (NDPop).

• Faculty Affiliate, BYU Record Linking Lab.

• 2026 Graduate Student Mentor Award for the College of Arts and Letters

• Associate Chair and Director of Mentoring for the American Economics Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) (2022-2024).

• Creator and Coordinator, CSWEP’s Mid-Career Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program (P2P) (2023-2026)

• American Economic Association Committee on Professional Climate (2024-2026)

• President of the Midwest Economics Association (2022-23).

• Executive Committee member, Society of Economics of the Household (2024-2026).

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