Kristin A. Van Gaasbeck

Assistant Professor
Graduate Coordinator, M.A. Program

Education
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2002
M.A. University of California, Davis, 2000
A.B., Smith College, 1997

 

Kristin Van Gaasbeck is an assistant professor at California State University, Sacramento. Now in her sixth year, she regularly teaches Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis, Money and Banking, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, and her department's capstone course for majors: Economic Research Methods. She also teaches the core macroeconomics course for her department's M.A. program. Her research focuses on monetary economics -- specifically the Federal Reserve System's formulation and implementation of policy. Van Gaasbeck has served on a variety of department- and university-level committees including her department's assessment, graduate, and hiring committees. A native of Chula Vista, Calif., and graduate of Smith College (1997), she received her doctorate from the University of California, Davis, in 2002. She and her husband Cory live in Sacramento with their two cats, Max and Lilly. Also, she likes Diet Coke, MINI Coopers, and The Wire.