Since Professor Smita Ramnarain began teaching ECN 386, Economics of Race, Class and Gender, in the Spring of 2018, she has asked students to create short films relaying themes and topics that they’ve learnt in the class. At the end of the semester, economics students and faculty gather to screen the films and declare the winning team.

The first featured video was made by last year’s winners. The film focuses on the causes and effects of the “college major gender divide”. The film includes narratives from the students’ own experiences, statistics on the issue, and an interview with Economics major, Lola Ojutiku, on how race and gender manifest in her life as a college student.

The second video, from this semester’s class, focuses on the causes and effects of inequality in care-work. The film is an interactive talk-through where students present the statistics on the prevalence of females in unpaid care work and the outcomes this has on the labor market.