Joyce Penelope Jacobsen[2] is a former President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
[3] Jacobsen is a scholar of economics, an award-winning teacher and an experienced administrator.
She is the first woman to serve as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
Jacobsen was the Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University, Middletown.
[4][5] She was also president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2016 to 2017.