Rachel Croson

Rachel Croson
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
SpouseDavid Croson
Children2
AwardsCarolyn Shaw Bell Award, American Economic Association 2017

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021

Distinguished Service Award, American Economic Association 2024
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics, Negotiation, Behavioral Operations Management
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
Michigan State University
University of Texas at Arlington
National Science Foundation
University of Texas at Dallas
Wharton School
Doctoral advisorJerry R. Green
Websitehttps://provost.umn.edu/about-evpp/rachel-croson

Rachel Toni Algaze Croson is a McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota. From March 2020 through July 2025 she also served as the Executive Vice President and Provost of the University of Minnesota system. Prior to March 2020, she served as Dean of the College of Social Science and MSU Foundation Professor of Economics at Michigan State University.

Her previous positions include Dean of the School of Business at the University of Texas at Arlington; Division Director of Social and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation; Director of the Negotiations Center, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Organizations, Strategy, and International Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. After receiving her Ph.D. she was Assistant and then Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Operations and Information Management at the Wharton School and a member of the Psychology Graduate Group of the University of Pennsylvania.