Background

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Education

2018
Ph.D. in Economics City University of New York Graduate Center
2014
M.P.H. Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
2006
B.A. Morehouse College

Positions

Academic Appointments

2021–present
Assistant Professor of Economics Barnard College, Columbia University
2018–2021
Assistant Professor / Faculty Fellow NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service  (NYU Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Affiliations

Other Academic Affiliations

2023–present
Invited Researcher Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
2021–present
Affiliate Columbia University Population Research Center
2021–present
Member Columbia University Scientific Union for the Reduction of Gun Violence (SURGE)

Honors

Academic & Professional Honors

2024–25
Visiting Scholar Fellowship Russell Sage Foundation
2016–18
Predoctoral Fellowship in Aging and Health Research National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
2016–17
Dissertation Fellowship CUNY Graduate Center
2016
Research Fellowship Vera Institute of Justice / CUNY Graduate Center
2015–17
Predoctoral Fellowship Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2015
AEA Mentoring Program / NSF Grant American Economic Association
2012
Dean K. Harris Fellowship CUNY Graduate Center
2008
Scholar NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
2006–07
U.S. Fulbright Scholar Republic of Mali

Funding

Grant Activity

2022
Columbia Population Research Center Seed Grant $13,374
2022
Columbia Data Science Institute Seed Funds Program With Jeffrey Fagan, Rajiv Sethi, Elizabeth Ananat, Brendan O'Flaherty, and Jose Montiel Olea  ·  $50,000
2019
Small Grants in Computational Social Sciences Russell Sage Foundation  ·  $9,987
2019
Policies for Action (P4A) Initiative: NYU Wagner Health Hub Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  ·  $5,000

Service

Service to the Profession

2024
Co-Chair, Crime, Justice, and Drugs Subcommittee Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Conference
2022
Session Chair, "Racism in the United States: Evidence from Economic History" Allied Social Science Associations / American Economic Association (ASSA/AEA) Annual Meetings

Reviewing

Journal Referee

Quarterly Journal of Economics  ·  American Economic Review  ·  American Economic Review: Insights  ·  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics  ·  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy  ·  Journal of Law & Economics  ·  Journal of Urban Economics  ·  Journal of Labor Economics  ·  Journal of Public Economics  ·  Journal of Human Resources  ·  Journal of Policy Analysis & Management  ·  Journal of Quantitative Criminology  ·  Economic Inquiry  ·  Science Advances  ·  The Economic Journal

Contact

Contact Information

Department of Economics, Barnard College, Columbia University
1018 Milstein Center, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
mcwillia@barnard.edu  ·  morganwilliamsjr.com