Mary Beth Combs is an Associate Professor of Economics. Post service at a family resource center through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Dr. Combs embarked on a research career focused on the balances of power that can be examined through economic history. Her writing on married women’s property in 19th century Britain has appeared in Feminist Economics, Continuity and Change, and the journals of Economic History and Economics. She is the co-editor of Transforming the World and Being Transformed: Justice in Jesuit Higher Education.