James B. Stewart (economist)

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James B. Stewart
Born1947 (age 7677)
Academic career
Field Employment Relations
African American Studies
Management
Institution Penn State University
Alma mater Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (BA)
Cleveland State University (MA)
University of Notre Dame (PhD)
Awards2021 Samuel Z. Westerfield Award
Website https://ler.la.psu.edu/people/js8

James B. Stewart (born 1947) is an American economist who is professor emeritus of Labor and Employment Relations, African and African American Studies, and Management and Organization at Pennsylvania State University. [1] In 2021, he was awarded the Samuel Z. Westerfield Award, the highest award of the National Economic Association. [2]

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Education and early life

Stewart grew up in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. He studied math at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, where he was one of only 5 Black students in a student body of 1,000, and later earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame. [3]

Career

Stewart taught at Penn State from 1980 to 2009, [4] while writing or co-authoring 11 books and 65 articles in Economics and Black Studies. [5] He is a past president of the National Economic Association, [6] the National Council for Black Studies, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. [7] He is a former editor of The Review of Black Political Economy. [1]

Selected publications

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  3. "Economist, Black History Scholar and Professor James Stewart on Reparations and Economic Equality". Sarasota Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
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  6. "National Economic Association 50th Anniversary Celebration and Honors Luncheon" (PDF). January 4, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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