Jacqueline Murray Brux received her Ph.D. in economics in 1983 from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is an honored emeritus professor of economics and founder/director of the Center for International Development at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. Her area of expertise is the economic development of developing countries. Her research includes the areas of economic development, with special focus on women in development. She has also done extensive research on topics of diversity and social issues. Other publications include Political Economy, Nationalistic Populism, and Immigration in Today's World: A Primer for the Social Sciences (Routledge, 2025), The Global Intersection of Nationalistic Populism and Immigration (Emerald, 2025), and A Populist, A Pope, and the Soul of a Nation: Fratelli Tutti in an Era of Global Trumpism (Wipf and Stock, 2023). She also writes a blog titled The World is a Cruel Place for Those Whose Hearts are Easily Broken. Dr. Brux’s international experiences include work and research in the countries of Burkina Faso and Ghana in West Africa; Kenya and Uganda in East Africa; Mexico, Chile, and Cuba in Latin America; Russia; and Vietnam. She regularly travels to Norway to visit her daughter and grandchildren and is a lifelong social justice activist.
