Rate My Professor Shreya Malhotra

Dr. Shreya Malhotra is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Finance, and Insurance at the University of Hartford's Barney School of Business. She joined as full-time faculty in the spring of 2023. Malhotra earned her PhD in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, MA in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, and BA in Economics from the University of Delhi. Her research interests lie in Family Economics, Behavioral Economics, Circular Economics, and Teaching Pedagogy. She applies game theory, law and economics, experimental economics, and behavioral economics to study household decision making, behavioral drivers of sustainable consumption, and market design for waste reduction.

Malhotra's publications include 'Impact of Divorce Law Liberalisation on Domestic Violence' in Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice (2022), analyzing the shift from mutual consent to unilateral divorce regimes and its effects on domestic violence, and 'Does the Option to Sign Prenuptial Agreements affect Domestic Violence?' (2021). She teaches Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Business Data Analytics, Applied Regression Analysis & Forecasting, Managerial Statistics and Analytics, and Predictive and Business Analytics. For her innovative teaching, she received the University of Hartford's Award for Innovations in Teaching and Learning by overhauling term projects with real-world data from the Global Finance Database to build student career readiness and digital proficiency. She also obtained a 2025–26 Teaching and Learning Grant for redesigning Principles of Macroeconomics with interactive data analysis, collaborative case-based learning, and real-world applications, and a 2026–27 Coffin Grant for 'A Causal Analysis of "Ban the Box" and Labor Market Outcomes for Marginal Groups' using American Community Survey data.