Amanda Bayer | |
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Education | Yale University, MPhil, PhD Williams College, MA, BA |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Economics |
Institutions | Swarthmore College |
Doctoral advisor | James Heckman David George Pearce Joseph Tracy |
Website | Official website |
Amanda Bayer is an American economist who is the Franklin and Betty Barr professor of economics [1] at Swarthmore College, known for her work fostering innovation in economic education and research. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Economic Association in 2021. [2]
Bayer has been a member of the faculty at Swarthmore College since 1992. She has also served at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, first as a research economist and later as a visiting senior adviser. [3] She has worked to create resources for economists to be more inclusive in their practices, [4] [5] [6] and has conducted and published research on the effectiveness of these resources. [7] Her work has been covered by major media publications. [8] [9] [10]