Ellen E Meade, Research Professor

Ellen Meade joined the Economics Department at Duke as a Research Professor in July 2022. Previously, she spent 25 years at the Federal Reserve Board and 12 years in academia. Before leaving the Fed, she was a Special Adviser to the Fed Board of Governors and Vice Chair Richard Clarida as well as Senior Adviser in the Division of Monetary Affairs. From 2011-2021, she worked primarily on monetary policy and communications; she played a key role in the Federal Reserve’s new framework for monetary policy and the Fed Listens initiative in 2019 and 2020. From late 2021 until joining Duke, she advised private-sector financial institutions on the economic and policy outlook.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	419 Chapel Drive, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://duke.box.com/s/tr99g2jqbf3l5g6raqe8yiolnz18tbzi

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• FECON 374S.01, INFLATION Synopsis

  Perkins 118, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• FECON 375.01, MONETARY POLICY Synopsis

  Social Sciences 124, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Princeton University	1988
B.A.	Duke University	1979

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Meade, E; Dunn, W; Sinha, NR; Kabir, R, Using Generative AI Models to Understand FOMC Monetary Policy Discussions (December, 2024), Federal Reserve Board of Governors [doi]
2. Meade, EE, Janet Yellen, Pioneer and Policymaker, History of Political Economy, vol. 56 no. 4 (August, 2024), pp. 739-748, Duke University Press [doi]
3. Bansak, C; Dunn, W; Meade, E; Starr, M, Impact versus Inclusion in the Economics Profession: Insights from the Papers and Proceedings, AEA Papers and Proceedings, vol. 114 (May, 2024), pp. 292-299, American Economic Association [doi]  [abs]
4. Meade, EE; Starr, M; Bansak, C, Changes in Women's Representation in Economics: New Data from the AEA Papers and Proceedings, FEDS Notes, vol. 2021.0 no. 2961 (August, 2021), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System [doi]  [abs]
5. Meade, E; Kahn, R, International Aspects of Central Banking: Diplomacy and Coordination, in Research Handbook on Central Banking, edited by Lastra, R; Conti-Brown, P (May, 2018), ISBN 9781784719210  [abs]