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Office: 257 Humphrey Center
Phone: 612-625-9821
E-mail: myers006@umn.edu
Areas of expertise: microeconomic policy analysis; racial inequality and public policy; analysis of discrimination; racial disparities in test scores; anti-racism programs; government procurement and contracting; credit and housing markets; child protective services; violence analysis; science and engineering workforce; academic labor markets; race-neutral remedies
Samuel L. Myers, Jr., is Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice and directs the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice. He specializes in the impacts of social policies on the poor. He pioneered the use of applied econometric techniques to examine racial disparities in crime, to detect illegal discrimination in credit markets to assess the impacts of welfare on family stability, and to evaluate the effectiveness of government transfers in reducing poverty.
Myers became president-elect of the Association of Public Policy and Management in November 1999 and served as vice president prior to that. He has served on the association's policy council and on the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economic Profession. Myers has consulted with the National Employment Policy Commission, National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, U.S. General Accounting Office, and U.S. Congressional Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime. He was on the academic advisory board of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators, National Council of Black Studies board of directors, and editorial boards of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Social Science Quarterly, and the Review of Black Political Economy. In 1990, the Review of Black Political Economy recognized Myers as one of the top twenty U.S. black economists.
He earned a doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Courses taught for the Humphrey Institute
For syllabi for the current semester, view the University of Minnesota's Course Guide. For syllabi for public affairs classes for Fall 2007 or earlier, view the Humphrey Institute's course syllabi web page.
Syllabi includes current and previous academic years only. Syllabi are available in alternative formats. Please send requests to the Humphrey Institute Student Support Services.
Spring 2008
PA 5002-1 - Introduction to Policy Analysis
PA 5002-2 - Introduction to Policy Analysis
PA 5421-1 - Racial Inequality and Public Policy
PA 8312-1 - Analysis of Discrimination
Fall 2007
PA 5002-1 - Introduction to Policy Analysis
PA 5002-2 - Introduction to Policy Analysis
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