Yana Rodgers is a professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at the School of Management and Labor Relations. She also serves as faculty director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers. Rodgers specializes in using quantitative methods to conduct research on women’s health, labor market status, and well-being.

She has worked regularly as a consultant for the World Bank, United Nations, and Asian Development Bank, and she was president of the International Association for Feminist Economics. She currently serves as an associate editor for the journals World Development and Feminist Economics.

Rodgers received a Ph.D. degree in economics from Harvard University and a B.A. degree, also in economics, from Cornell University. She is originally from the Netherlands, a mother of three children, and an avid runner.