Dr. Jevay Grooms Appointed as an NBER Fellow

"Following a call for nominations in January, the NBER has appointed 70 new affiliates: 23 research associates and 47 faculty research fellows.  In addition, four faculty research fellows have been promoted to research associates..."

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Supply and Demand: How Howard’s Department of Economics is Paving its Own Path

"$10,911,640 and counting. That’s approximately how much the Howard University Department of Economics has earned in grants and awards in 2021 alone..."


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AEASP 2022: Charles River Associates Welcome a Visiting Scholar

Charles River Associates welcomes an AEA Summer Program scholar.

AEASP 2022: Equitable Growth Welcome Visiting Scholars

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth welcomes three AEA Summer Program scholars.

AEASP 2022 Faculty Gaminie Meepagala

Dr. Gaminie Meepagala is an associate professor of economics at Howard University. He teaches introductory economics, business statistics and econometrics.  His research interests are in econometrics theory and methods, and his publications are focused on finite sample distributions. He earned his doctoral degree from the University at Albany.

AEASP 2022 Faculty Sergio Urzua

Sergio Urzua is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland. He is a Research Associate at the NBER, Research Fellow at IZA, and International Research Fellow at Clapes-UC. His research focuses on labor, development and applied econometrics. His research agenda includes the evaluation of social/policy interventions in developing economies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2007.

AEASP 2022 Faculty Tingting Xiong

Dr. Tingting Xiong is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Howard University's Department of Economics, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in International Economics. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Her research projects focus on international capital flows, multinational corporation activities, international trade, and economic growth.

AEASP 2022 Faculty Alexander Henke

Alex Henke is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Howard University.  He obtained his doctorate in economics at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2016. He has two main fields of research. First, he uses game theory and contract theory to analyze the economics of corruption and pro-social preferences in organizations. Second, he is an applied microeconomist studying the economic and policy determinants of domestic violence and crime, with a recent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.

AEASP 2022 Faculty Omari Swinton

Dr. Omari H. Swinton is a professor in the Economics department at Howard University where he teaches introductory, intermediate, and urban economics.  He is currently the Director of Graduate Studies and Chair.  His research interests include labor economics and education.  He has papers examining the teenage labor market, the benefits from attending HBCU's, and the returns to a college education.

AEASP 2022 Faculty Justin Pierce

Justin Pierce is a Principal Economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C.  He has advised Howard University students enrolled in programs and courses offered jointly with the Federal Reserve since 2015.  Dr. Pierce’s research focuses on the implications of changes in international trade policy for individuals, firms, and regions.  His recent work examines the impact on the manufacturing sector of the 2018-2019 tariff actions and U.S. trade liberalization toward China.