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Dr. Patricia Born is the Midyette Eminent Scholar in Risk Management and Insurance in the Department of Risk Management/Insurance, Real Estate and Legal Studies at Florida State University’s College of Business. She also serves as advisor of the Risk Management and Insurance doctoral program and is a Courtesy Professor at the FSU College of Law. Her research interests include insurance regulation, market structure and performance, professional liability, health insurance, and the management of catastrophic risks. She has published in leading insurance academic journals, including Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Columbia Business Law Review, and the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. Born is a Past-President of the American Risk and Insurance Association and serves as Editor of the Risk Management and Insurance Review. She also serves as chair of the Florida Panhandle District Long Term Care Ombudsman Council.
Born received her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan and her master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Duke University.