She subsequently was awarded the 1999 Daniel M. Sachs scholarship,[2] granting her direct acceptance to Worcester College within the University of Oxford,[3] where she studied Economic and Social History for her masters and doctorate.
In 2013, she then moved to the Consumer Science department at the School of Human Ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she currently teaches and directs the Money, Relationships, and Equality (MORE) initiative.
[8] Whelan's writing has also appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, National Review Online,[9] and The Huffington Post,[10] among other publications.
When Sexes Collide,[11] Whelan presented evidence contrary to the belief that an elite education and high income among women correlate with lower marriage rates.
[14] Prior to conducting the research, Whelan originally intended for the book to be a pessimistic take on the marriage prospects of professional women, drawn from popular studies and personal experience.