AMSC 2008 Alumna Jhacova Williams Featured in Fortune Magazine

"Jhacova Williams (Race and Inequality) is an economist for the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE). In this capacity, she explores the role of structural racism in shaping racial economic disparities in labor markets, housing, criminal justice, higher education, and other areas that have a direct impact on economic outcomes. Williams’s research has focused on Southern culture and the extent to which historical events continue to impact the political behavior and economic outcomes of Southern Blacks." - Fortune Magazine, June 19, 2020

Check out the full article "19 Black economists to celebrate and know, this Juneteenth and beyond": https://fortune.com/2020/06/19/black-economists-fixing-systemic-racism-juneteenth/