Spouse(s) Llewellyn Miller Alma mater Stanford University | Name Cecilia Conrad Education Stanford University | |
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Born 4 January 1955 (age 69) ( 1955-01-04 ) St. Louis, Missouri Institution MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL, USA Field The effects of race and gender on economic status Awards Council for Advancement and Support of Education Books Study Guide for African Americans in the U.S. Economy | ||
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Cecilia Ann Conrad (4 January 1955) was the Stedman-Sumner professor of economics, vice president for academic affairs, and dean of Pomona College, Claremont, California, USA, and is the current vice president of the MacArthur Fellows Program.
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From 2008 to 2009, she was the president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), she is also a former president of the National Economic Association, and a former board member of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP).
Her research interests are in the effects of race and gender on economic status, which she demonstrates through her editorship of The Review of Black Political Economy 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.
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.
Education
From 1976 to 1981 she participated in an affirmative action scheme, the Bell Laboratories Cooperative Research program.
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).