Amanda Bayer

Amanda Bayer is the Franklin and Betty Barr professor of economics[2] at Swarthmore College and a visiting senior adviser to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,[3] known for her recent work on ways to increase the number of women and underrepresented minority students who major in economics and enter the economics profession.[4]

Amanda Bayer
EducationYale University, MPhil, PhD
Williams College, MA, BA
Spouse(s)Andrejs Penikis[1]
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsSwarthmore College
Doctoral advisorDavid George Pearce
WebsiteOfficial website

Career

Bayer has been a member of the faculty at Swarthmore College since 1992. Since 2015, she has worked with the Federal Reserve to widen the group of applicants for its research assistant positions, which prepare many young people interested in economics for PhD programs.[5] She has also worked to create resources for Economics professors to be more inclusive in their teaching practices,[6] and has conducted and published research on the effectiveness of these resources.[7] This work has been covered by major media publications.[8][9][10]

Selected works
  • Bayer, Amanda, and Cecilia Elena Rouse. "Diversity in the economics profession: A new attack on an old problem." Journal of Economic Perspectives 30, no. 4 (2016): 221–42.
  • Bayer, Amanda, Jean Baldwin Grossman, and David L. DuBois. "Using volunteer mentors to improve the academic outcomes of underserved students: The role of relationships." Journal of Community Psychology 43, no. 4 (2015): 408–429.
  • Bayer, Amanda, and David W. Wilcox. "The unequal distribution of economic education: A report on the race, ethnicity, and gender of economics majors at US colleges and universities." The Journal of Economic Education 50, no. 3 (2019): 299–320.
  • Bayer, Amanda, Syon P. Bhanot, and Fernando Lozano. "Does simple information provision lead to more diverse classrooms? Evidence from a field experiment on undergraduate economics." In AEA Papers and Proceedings, vol. 109, pp. 110–14. 2019.
  • Bayer, Amanda, Gary A. Hoover, and Ebonya Washington. "How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession." Journal of Economic Perspectives 34, no. 3 (2020): 193–219.

References
  1. "Ms. Bayer, a Student, Weds Andrejs Penikis". The New York Times. June 14, 1987. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  2. "Five Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Chairs". www.swarthmore.edu. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. "CSMGEP: Amanda Bayer". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  4. "Presentation by Amanda Bayer | Education | St. Louis Fed". www.stlouisfed.org. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  5. "Economist Amanda Bayer Helps the Federal Reserve Board Diversify Its Ranks". www.swarthmore.edu. October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  6. "Amanda Bayer Shares Her Views on Inclusion in Economics | Department of Economics". economics.yale.edu. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  7. Reporter, Katherina Sourine Daily Staff. "Swarthmore Professor talks diversity and inclusion in economics". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  8. Smialek, Jeanna (October 22, 2019). "How the Fed Is Trying to Fix Its White Male Problem". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  9. "Economics Still Has A Diversity Problem". NPR.org. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  10. Harford, Tim (November 9, 2016). "Economics: a discipline in need of diversity". Financial Times.


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