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The History of African Americans in the Economics Profession: Beginnings

Panel Session

Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)

Hosted By: National Economic Association
  • Chair: Willene A. Johnson, Komaza, Inc
Panelist(s)
Nina Elizabeth Banks
,
Bucknell University
Topic: Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Samuel L. Myers Jr.
,
University of Minnesota
Topic: The African American Experience at Harvard University Graduate Economics Department during the World War II era
Bernard Anderson
,
University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Marcus Alexis and Andrew Brimmer
David Swinton
,
Benedict College
Topic: Robert Browne
Linwood Tauheed
,
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Topic: Lloyd Hogan
William Darity Jr.
,
Duke University
Topic: African Americans in Desegregating the Economics Department at MIT
JEL Classifications
  • B3 - History of Economic Thought: Individuals
  • J1 - Demographic Economics