William A Darity, Arts & Sciences Professor of Public Policy, Professor of African and African-American Studies and Economics and Secondary Appointment of Economics

Contact Info:

Office Location:	202A Sanford Institute
Office Phone:	(919) 613-7336
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2010):

• HOUSECS 79.08, EXPLORING RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY Synopsis

  Keohane D 402, W 06:00 PM-08:00 PM

• PUBPOL 264S.11, ADV TOP IN PUBLIC POLICY

  Social Sciences 107, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM

• ECON 295S.99, SELECTED TOPICS

  Social Sciences 107, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM

• AAAS 299S.05, SOCIAL THEORY, ECON POL & AFR

  Social Sciences 107, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM

Education:

PhD

MIT

1978

Specialties:

Development Economics
History of Economic Thought
Economics of Education
Economic History

Research Interests: Stratification Economics

Current projects: skin shade, labor market and marriage market outcomes, , caste and race, , job tenure versus work experience, , disconnected youth, , ethnic diversity, ethnic conflict, and economic development

Areas of Interest:

Stratification Economics, Inequality

Keywords:

stratification economics • North-South disparities • racial inequality • social psychological effects of unemployment • race, ethnicity and schooling • legacy effects

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. D. Hamilton, A. Goldsmith, and W.A. DarityJr, "Shedding 'Light' On Marriage: The Influence of Skin Shade on Marriage for Black Females", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 72 no. 1 (October, 2009), pp. 30-50
2. D. Hamilton and W.A. Darity Jr, "Race, Wealth and Intergenerational Poverty: There Will Never Be a Post-Racial America if the Wealth Gap Persists", The American Prospect, vol. 20 no. 7 (September, 2009), pp. A10-A12
3. W.A. Darity Jr, "Stratification Economics: Context Versus Culture and the Reparations Controversy", The University of Kansas Law Review, vol. 57 no. 4 (May, 2009), pp. 795-812
4. T. Green and W.A. Darity Jr, "Under Our Skin: Using Theories From Biology and the Social Sciences to Explore the Mechanisms Behind the Black/White Health Gap", American Journal of Public Health (forthcoming)
5. W.A. Darity Jr., "Caste and Race: Parallels or Disjunctures", in Against Stigma: Studies in Caste, Race, and Justice Since Durban, edited by B. Natrajan and P. Greenough (2009), pp. 400-412, New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan