Toni Weiss Senior Professor of Practice Department of Economics Tulane University

Toni Weiss

Lawrence M.v.D. Schloss Senior Professor of Practice

Exec. Dir of Classroom Engagement, CELT
tweiss@tulane.edu
202 Tilton Memorial Hall
504-862-8348

Biography

Toni Weiss is the Lawrence MvD Schloss Senior Professor of Practice in the Department of Economics as well as the Executive Director of Tulane’s Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT). Her focus, both in the department and at CELT, is on creating an environment both in and out of the classroom that maximizes students’ academic, professional and personal growth while at Tulane. All of the work she does on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning she brings into the classroom, thus taking the theoretical and making it practical and functional.

In addition to her roles at Tulane, Professor Weiss does freelance economic consulting work. Her work has primarily focused on economic development within the City of New Orleans as well as on economic impact studies measuring the effects of a variety of special events that occur in and around New Orleans.