NEA Selects University of Minnesota Professor Samuel Myers For Westerfield Award
University of Minnesota Professor Samuel Myers has been named as the Samuel Z. Westerfield Award recipient by the NEA. The Westerfield Award is named after the distinguished economist and former Ambassador to Liberia, Samuel Z. Westerfield.
Summer Training & Fellowships
Now announcing the next American Economic Association Summer Training and Minority Fellowship Program! The summer training program is a six-week intensive curriculum designed to introduce talented undergraduate students to the skills and research methods that students need in preparation for doctoral study in economics.
“The Minority Report”
The latest "Minority Report" is now available. It captures the annual news of the Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession, the National Economic Association, and the American Society of Hispanic Economists. In the Winter 2014 edition, learn more about recent trends in wealth of minority groups.
Meet Our Officers
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Trevon Logan President Professor Logan is an economist who specializes in economic history and applied demography. He also does work that intersects with health economics, applied econometrics, applied microeconomics and development economics.
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Warren Whatley Immediate Past President Professor Whatley has been on the economics faculty at the University of Michigan since 1981. In 1992 he also joined the faculty of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies. He received his PhD in economics from Stanford University in 1982 and he is known primarily for his research on the economic history of African American in the 20th century United States.