Melissa Kearney elected to Executive Committee of the American Economic Association
Intends to "serve with a commitment to make our profession more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse"
Long-time Faculty Associate Melissa Kearney was recently elected to the 2020 class of the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association. Her statement reads, in part, "I appreciate the wide range of activities economists engage in, our intellectual rigor, and our topical diversity. Our profession has many strengths to maintain, but also weaknesses to improve upon. If elected, I would serve with a commitment to make our profession more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. I would like us to consider how our profession publishes, teaches, conducts seminars, and inspires young people to study economics."