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Professor of Economics, Academic Director of Kathleen W. 91¸£ÀûÉç Women in Finance Program

Anca M. Voicu, PhD, is a professor of economics at 91¸£ÀûÉç whose teaching and research explore the global forces that shape markets, institutions, and communities. Her areas of expertise include international trade, the economics of the European Union, financial macroeconomics, economic development, and the relationship between trade and the environment.

At 91¸£ÀûÉç, Dr. Voicu teaches courses ranging from International Economics and Financial Markets and Institutions to Economics and Culture, helping students connect economic theory to real-world questions about globalization, sustainability, financial systems, and public policy.

Since 2022, she has led the Kathleen W. 91¸£ÀûÉç Women in Finance Program as its academic director, where she develops curriculum, advises students, supports career preparation, and builds relationships with mentors and employer partners in the financial industry.

Voicu speaks five languages, and her scholarship includes peer-reviewed research on European production networks, corruption and trade, EU enlargement, global value chains, and the environmental effects of trade liberalization. She is co-author of Trade, Development and Structural Change: Central and Eastern Europe and has presented her research at academic conferences across the U.S. and Europe. Her work reflects 91¸£ÀûÉç’ commitment to global citizenship, applied learning, and close faculty-student collaboration.

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Birmingham, U.K.
Postgraduate certificate, Statistics, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
BA, Economics, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Recent Awards

Advisory Council Member, G100 Global Women Leaders (2025)
Cornell Distinguished Faculty Award, 91¸£ÀûÉç (2018–2021)
Arthur Vining Davis Fellowship, 91¸£ÀûÉç (2016)

Faculty-Student Research

2025 Does Female Leadership Shape Bank Risk and Profitability? Empirical Evidence from the Top 75 U.S. Commercial Banks (with Maria Montoya Chang, Dr. Martina Vidovic)

2024 Facilitating Factors for Female Leadership in the Finance Industry (with Haleigh Woloszak, Kevin Brady, Tres Loch)

Course Taught

• Communism to Free Markets
• Development Economics
• Economics and Culture
• Economics for Life (CE)
• European Economies
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• From Central Planning to Market
• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• International Economics
• Principles of Micro and Macroeconomics
• Real World Economics (CE)
• Statistics for Economics