Cecilia Conrad
| Cecilia Conrad | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 January 1955 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Spouse(s) | Llewellyn Miller |
| Institution | MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Field | The effects of race and gender on economic status |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Awards | California's Carnegie Professor of the Year (2002) |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cecilia Ann Conrad (4 January 1955)[1][2] was the Stedman-Sumner professor of economics, vice president for academic affairs, and dean of Pomona College, Claremont, California, USA,[3][4] and is the current vice president of the MacArthur Fellows Program.[5]
From 2008 to 2009, she was the president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE),[6] she is also a former president of the National Economic Association,[7][8] and a former board member of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP).[9]
Her research interests are in the effects of race and gender on economic status,[10] which she demonstrates through her editorship of The Review of Black Political Economy[11] and her previous directorship of the AEA's 'Pipeline Mentoring Program', run by the Committee on the Status Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (CSMGEP), a scheme which is designed to increase the number of minority doctorate holders in economics.[7][12]
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Early life
Cecilia Ann Conrad was born on 4 January 1955, St. Louis, Missouri. A year after Cecilia was born, her father, Dr. Emmett James Conrad, became the first African-American surgeon to join the staff of St. Paul’s Hospital, Dallas, Texas (now St. Paul University Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern). He was appointed to the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) by Governor Mark White in 1984, the first African American elected to a citywide office in Dallas. His wife, Cecilia's mother, Eleanor Nelson, acted as his campaign manager when he ran for office. Cecilia was their only child.[1][13]
Education
From 1976 to 1981 she participated in an affirmative action scheme, the Bell Laboratories Cooperative Research program.[13]
Conrad gained her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College (1976) and went on to receive a masters and a doctorate, both from Stanford University (her doctorate, in 1982, specialized in labor economics, industrial organization, and public finance).[10][14]
Career
- From the end of her studies, until 1981 lecturer, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina[14]
- 1976 - 1981 economist, Economic Evidence Division, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission[13]
- 1981 - 1985 assistant professor of economics, Duke University[14]
- 1985 - 1995 Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York[14]
- 1995 - 2004 professor, Pomona College, Claremont, California[5]
- 2004 - 2007 associate dean, Pomona College[5]
- 1998 - 2005 director (founding director), of the American Economic Association’s (AEA’s) Committee on the Status Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (CSMGEP)’s 'Pipeline Mentoring Program'[9]
- 2007 - 2009 vice president and dean of faculty, Scripps College, Claremont, California[9][15]
- 2009 - 2012 vice president and dean, Pomona College[5]
- Fall 2012 acting president, Pomona College[5]
- 2009 - 2012 program advisor, Active Living Research (an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)[14]
- 2005–present member of the board of trustees of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania[7]
- 2013–present vice president, MacArthur Fellows Program[5]
Awards
- 2002 California's Carnegie Professor of the Year[16]
- 2002 Wig Distinguished Professorship Award for Excellence in Teaching (from Pomona College)[14]
- 2005 Outstanding Academic Title of 2005 for African Americans in the U.S. Economy, which she co-edited,[17] awarded by Choice Magazine[14]
- 2008 Woman of Power Award at the 2008 annual conference of the National Urban League[18]
Selected bibliography
Books
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Journal articles
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Chapters in books
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Research papers
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Speeches
- Is there a bubble in the liberal arts college market? (transcription), Pomona College Vice President and Dean of the College, Cecilia Conrad, speech at the 1 September 2009 Convocation.
See also
References
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External links
- Profile: Cecilia A. Conrad MacArthur Foundation
- Profile: Cecilia A. Conrad American Economic Association, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)
- Profile: Cecilia A. Conrad Pomona College
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| Preceded by | President of the International Association for Feminist Economics 2008–2009 |
Succeeded by Susan Himmelweit |
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