Dr. Lisa D. Cook is a Professor in the Department of Economics and in International Relations (James Madison College) at Michigan State University. As the first Marshall Scholar from Spelman College, she received a second B.A. from Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Dr. Cook earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Among her current research interests are economic growth and development, financial institutions and markets, innovation, and ec
Read moreProfessor Cook received a $157,000 grant award from the National Science Foundation to conduct further research on the Economics of Innovation from 2011 to 2013. The focus of this work will be patent activity among minorities and women. The work on which the award is based can be found in the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper Series.
Professor Cook was awarded the Economic History Association's Arthur H. Cole grant of $2500 to support new research that attempts to explain the returns to investment in basic scientific research in the Soviet Union and Russia, using newly available patent data from the Soviet and Russian patent offices.