Ying Chen
Associate Professor of Economics
Email
yingc@newschool.edu
Office Location
D - 6 East 16th Street

Profile
Ying Chen is Associate Professor of Economics at the New School and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her work explores the contradictions within capitalism and how they exhibit themselves. Topics she has studied include economic development, labor, and climate change, with a special focus on the global south. She has published in journals including Environment and Development Economics, Economics and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Labor and Society, Review of Radical Political Economics, International Review of Applied Economics, and so on. She was also consulted for the working of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021.
Degrees Held
Ph.D. Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst M.A. Social Sciences, University of Chicago B.A. Economics, Shanghai International Studies University
Current Courses
- Independent Study
GECO 6990 - Fall 2026 - Mentored Research
GECO 6993 - Fall 2026 - Directed Dissertation Study
GECO 7991 - Fall 2026 - The Global South Today
LECO 3038 - Fall 2026 - Intermediate Microeconomics
LECO 3823 - Fall 2026 - Independent Study
LECO 3950 - Fall 2026 - Ind Senior Project
LECO 4990 - Fall 2026
Future Courses
- Graduate Microeconomics
GECO 6190 - Spring 2027 - Development Economics I
GECO 6290 - Spring 2027 - Independent Study
GECO 6990 - Spring 2027 - Mentored Research
GECO 6993 - Spring 2027 - Directed Dissertation Study
GECO 7991 - Spring 2027 - Independent Study
LECO 3950 - Spring 2027 - Ind Senior Project
LECO 4990 - Spring 2027
Past Courses
- Development Economics I
GECO 6290 - Spring 2026 - Independent Study
GECO 6990 - Spring 2026 - Mentored Research
GECO 6993 - Spring 2026, Summer 2026 - Directed Dissertation Study
GECO 7991 - Spring 2026, Summer 2026 - Environment & Development
LECO 3031 - Spring 2026 - Independent Study
LECO 3950 - Spring 2026