Margaret A. Ray

Margaret A. Ray
  • Professor
  • Economics

  • Academic Degrees

    • Ph.D., University of Tennessee
    • M.A., Western Illinois University
    • B.S., Oklahoma State University

  • Areas of Expertise

    • Applied Microeconomics
    • Economic Education
    • Equine Industry Economics
    • Industrial Organization
    • Regional Economics

Margaret Ray, Professor of Economics and Director of the UMW Center for Economic Education, earned a Ph.D. (1988) in economics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, an M.A. (1985) in economics from Western Illinois University, and a B.S. (1984) in economics with a minor in agriculture from Oklahoma State University. She specializes in applied microeconomics and econometrics, industrial organization and antitrust, regional economics, economic education, and equine industry economics. In addition to her experience in teaching, she has served as an economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Dr. Ray has had her work published in refereed journals, including Social Science Quarterly, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Sports Economics, Feminist Teacher, the American Economist,and the Journal of Economic Education. She has been named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and has been included in Outstanding Young Women of America.

  • UMW Center for Economic Education Receives State Farm Grant

    The University of Mary Washington Center for Economic Education has received a grant from the Council for Economic Education and State Farm to fund learning opportunities for area teachers and students. The $2,900 grant, the first external grant for the newly formed center, will provide training workshops for more than a dozen local educators. Because [...]