Samuel Myers Jr.

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Samuel L. Myers Jr.
Born (1949-03-09) March 9, 1949 (age 75)
Alma mater Morgan State University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
SpouseSheila D. Ards
AwardsSamuel Z. Westerfield Award
Scientific career
FieldsLabor Economics
Institutions University of Minnesota
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Pittsburgh
Federal Trade Commission
University of Texas, Austin
Doctoral advisor Michael Piore
Lester C. Thurow
Robert M. Solow (chair)
Website https://www.hhh.umn.edu/directory/samuel-l-myers-jr

Samuel L. Myers Jr. (born 9 March 1949) is an American economist and Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. [1] He has been awarded the Samuel Z. Westerfield Jr., Award by the National Economic Association [2] and the Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award from the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) and SAGE Publishing. [3] [4] In 2007, Myers was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. [5]

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Early life and education

Myers was raised near the campus of Morgan State University, where his father, Samuel L. Myers Sr. was an economics professor. He was born deaf, as was his mother and his maternal grandfather. [4] Through his father, Myers Jr. is of Jamaican descent. [6] He graduated from Morgan State and then did his doctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [1]

Career

Myers has taught at the University of Texas, Austin, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Pittsburgh and the University of Minnesota, and has been an economist with the Federal Trade Commission. [1] He has served as president of both the National Economic Association and the Association of Public Policy and Management. [2] He has authored or edited several books and dozens of papers using applied econometric techniques to study racial inequality in law enforcement, procurement and contracting, housing, faculty employment, food availability, family structure, and government aid. [4]

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References

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  4. 1 2 3 "Activist-Scholar Award Goes to Economist Samuel Myers Jr. – Social Science Space". 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  5. Incorporated, Prime. "National Academy of Public Administration". National Academy of Public Administration. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  6. "Samuel Myers". The History Makers. September 16, 2003. Retrieved March 6, 2020.