Madeline Zavodny is Professor of Economics at University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She received a Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1996 and a B.A. in economics from Claremont McKenna College in 1992. She previously was a professor of economics at Agnes Scott College and Occidental College, a senior economist and policy advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Her research interests include immigration, fertility behavior, and the minimum wage.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in June 2006.