Awards & Recognition
★Marshall Scholar from Spelman College (first ever)
★Harry S. Truman Scholar
★National Fellow at Hoover Institution, Stanford University
★Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow
★NSF Distinguished Lecturer
★Economic History Association's Arthur H. Cole Prize
★American Economic Association Impactful Mentor Award 2019
★Edison Fellow at US Patent and Trademark Office
Notable Facts
→First Black woman to serve on Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 112-year history
→Currently fighting historic Supreme Court case against President Trump's attempt to fire her
→Professor of Economics at Michigan State University with 2,120+ Google Scholar citations
→Served as Senior Economist on Obama's Council of Economic Advisers 2011-2012
→Marshall Scholar from Oxford, PhD from UC Berkeley under Barry Eichengreen
→Research focus on innovation economics, lynchings' impact on Black patents, economic history
→Member of American Economic Association Executive Committee
→Advised governments of Nigeria and Rwanda on economic development
→Research associate at National Bureau of Economic Research