Heather Starzynski is a Ph.D. student in Economics at the University of Missouri - Kansas City where she is currently completing her comprehensive exams and working on her dissertation proposal under the supervision of Mathew Forstater. Her current academic work focuses on full employment policies, economic development and spatial econometrics.  Heather is also with the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability at UMKC where she coordinates the biannual Post Keynesian Summer School and Conference.