education:

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1987
B.S. Old Dominion University, 1979

professional experience

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1997-present.
Associate Faculty, Women’s Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1987-present.
Adjunct Faculty, Labor Relations and Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1987-present
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1987-1997

teaching

Political Economy of Women
Political Economy of Racism
Introductory and Intermediate Microeconomics
Labor Economics
Research Methods in Economics

professional activities

Mentor, American Economics Association Summer Training Program
National Academy of Sciences
Ford Foundation Fellow

grants

University Research and Teaching Grants, 2008-2009.
University Course Development Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007-08 and 1988-89.
National Academy of Science, Ford Foundation, (post-doctoral research grant), 1992-93.
Faculty Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1988-89.

affiliations

American Economic Association
Committee on the Status of Women in Economics Professions
International Association for Feminist Economics
National Economic Association

presentations

"Double Disadvantage" African American Same-Sex Couples: Evidence from the U.S. Census," with Lee Badgett and Gary Gates. International Association for Feminist Economics Conference June 2005 and Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meetings, Boston MA. January 2006.
"Trends in Travel Time to Work Among Women of Color." ASSA Annual Meetings, Washington DC. January 2003.
"Toward a Feminist Theory of Economic Inequality by Race," International Association for Feminist Economics Annual Conference, Oslo Norway, 2001.

Selected publications

“Racial Inequality and Feminist Economics,” (with William Darity, Jr.) in Ferber and Nelson, eds. Feminist Economics Today: Ten Years Beyond Economic Man, University of Chicago Press, 2003.
“Racial Differences in Transportation Access to Employment in Chicago and Los Angeles,” (with Chanjin Chung and Samuel Myers) American Economic Review, Vol. 91, No. 2, May 2001.