Eva Dziadula, PhD

I am a Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics with a concurrent appointment in the Keough School of Global Affairs, a fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, and the Pulte Institute for Global Development, and an affiliated faculty with the Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab, Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience, as well as the Health, Humanity, and Society Program. Outside of Notre Dame, I am also a Fulbright fellow and a fellow at the Global Labor Organization. My research interests are focused on the area of immigration, marriage, divorce, and citizenship among the foreign born in the United States, country-specific human capital, fertility of the foreign born in the United States, gender preference and assimilation of Asian immigrants, and child labor in Nepal. In the realm of behavioral economics, I also study the role of social accountability and commitment devices in the academic success of college students.

I received my Ph.D. and M. A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and my B.A. from Lake Forest College. I teach Principles of Microeconomics; Principles of Macroeconomics; Intermediate Microeconomics; Statistics; Labor Economics; Health Economics; Economics of Immigration; Climate, Economics and Business Ethics; and Senior Research Project for International Economics majors. I also taught Economic Demography of China and currently lead the Migration from Central America: Causes and Consequences (with a focus on sustainability) in Panamá as a faculty-led summer study abroad program through Notre Dame Global.  

Prior to Notre Dame, I taught at Lake Forest College, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (Baltimore and Hong Kong) and received awards for teaching excellence. I chose Notre Dame because it is the perfect combination of a liberal arts school focusing on individual students and a big research university. I was born in the Czech Republic and my family still lives there. My husband (Notre Dame '99 MS in aerospace engineering) and I stay busy with our kids and dogs (we have two amazing rescue pibbles) and we love being part of the Notre Dame family. Go Irish! I am proud to have been a Big Sister and I also worked with SOLO, a local volunteer organization, that serves clients with special needs. I volunteered as a downhill skiing instructor and served on the board to help make this wonderful winter experience possible!