📢 NEA @ ASSA 2027
Submissions open for sessions & papers (Jan 3–5, 2027 in DC)
🗓 Due By: April 19, 2026
🔗 nea.submittable.com/submit
Topics include stratification economics, inequality, labor, public policy, and race & economic outcomes.
Encouraging grad students & early-career folks to submit!
Funding Opportunity!
We are now taking applications for our Early Career Research Awards. These awards provide support to recent PhD earners researching policy and employment issues. Those working in economics, sociology, public policy, political science, and related fields may apply.
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Help us welcome Dr. Monique E. Davis (@moniqueedavis-phd.bsky.social) as our newest economist! Dr. Davis holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis–St. Paul. Her work centers on examining structural inequalities between marginalized and privileged groups.
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🎓 Navigating the economics job market?
Join the Sadie Collective Fall 2025 Job Market Seminar on Oct 21st at 6 PM EST. Hear insights from Morgan Townsend, Hareem Rauf & Monique Davis!
Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/sadiejobpanel
Community Spotlight: Dr. Monique Davis!💡
A Ph.D. economist advancing socioeconomic inclusion, equity, and justice through her research at the W.E. Upjohn Institute. Her work bridges data and lived experience to shape fairer economic systems!
#Economics #Econsky
I’m relocating to West Michigan this summer to start my next chapter as a full-time Economist...and one thing about me? I need to find my Black community wherever I go. 🤎✊🏾
Help me find my people, my places, and the safe spaces to tap into out there!
#BlackSky #WestMI #WestMichigan #Michigan
To my village—thank you.
To my past self—look what we did.
To the future—I’m coming for you with joy, purpose, and receipts.
#FirstGenPhD #AppliedEconomics #BlackAndEcon #Commencement2025
🎓 May 10, 2025 — I walked across that stage as a Dr. 👩🏾🎓
A Black woman. A first-gen. A Ph.D. economist.
I earned this moment with every late night, early morning, tear, and breakthrough.
Let the photos speak for themselves. 💜
#PhDEconomist #BlackWomenPhDs
lol if you told me that one day I would be working with Chelsea Clinton on a book, I would've told you that you were lying. Like straight up. But there her name is, next to mine. 🤯
Anyways, pre order #TheDoubleTax: tinyurl.com/doubletax-order #booksky #blacksky
Welcome @monique-e-davis.bsky.social, who joins the Upjohn Institute as an economist in August. Monique's research focuses on stratification economics, with work on racial disparities including effects of school-based policing on Black students. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
We're thrilled to announce three outstanding researchers are joining the Upjohn Institute:
Chloe Gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social and Monique Davis @monique-e-davis.bsky.social in August
and Ethan Jenkins June 2.
Welcome!
#laboreconomics #econsky
Please visit my personal website to learn what I've been up to lately and to stay up-to-date: www.moniqueedavis.com
This accomplishment means the world to me.
A Black woman. A first-gen Ph.D. In the field of economics.
I did that! ✊🏾
It wasn’t easy—but it’s mine. And I’m proud to carry all of who I am into this next chapter.
More joy, more purpose, more truth-telling. Let’s go! 👩🏾🎓💜
#BlackWomanEcon #EconForJustice
My research asks big questions about identity (race, gender), systems, equity, and justice—and how we build something better.
I care about making economics useful for the people left out of the conversation.
If that sounds like your kind of space, be on the lookout for my contributions. 💜📊
I’m the first Ph.D. in my family.
A Black woman in a field that still doesn’t reflect the world we live in.
Getting here took a lot—community, resilience, and refusing to shrink.
This moment is mine, and I’m stepping into what’s next with purpose. #BlackAndEcon
It’s official—I’m a Black woman economist with a Ph.D.! 👩🏾🎓🎉
After 6 long years, the degree is DONE.
The forms are signed, the boxes checked, and I’m walking away with a doctorate in Applied Economics—and a mission to make this work matter.
#PhDEconomist #EconSky