Susan McElroy

Ph.D. - Economics of Education
Stanford University - 1996

A.M. - Economics
Stanford University - 1992

A.M. - Latin American Studies
Stanford University - 1985

A.B. - Public and International Affairs with concentrations in economic affairs and Latin American Studies
Princeton University - 1984

Teenage Child bearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment. 2005. Journal of Human Resources 40 (summer): 683-715. [with V. Joseph Hotz and Seth G. Sanders]. Earlier version of paper was (NBER) Working Paper Number W7397, October 1999. 2005 - Publication

Race and Gender Differences in the U.S. Labor Market: The Impact of Educational Attainment. 2005. In African Americans in the U.S. Economy, eds. john Whitehead and Cecilia Conrad. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, Inc. 2005 - Publication

Black + Woman = Work: Gender Dimensions of the African American Economic Experience. 2004. In The African American Urban Experience: Perspective from the Colonial Period to the Present, eds. Joe W. Trotter, Earl Lewis, and Tera W. Hunter. Palgrave Macmillan. 2004 - Publication

The Precarious Poverty Situation of Black Males in the United States. In The Black Male in White America, ed. Jacob U. Gordon. New York: Nova Science Publishers. 2003. [with Leon T. Andrews, 2003 - Publication

The Black Male and the United States Economy.- 2000. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science May 2000. [with Leon T. Andrews, Jr.]. 2000 - Publication

Labor Market Discrimination by Race. In Reading in Black Political Economy, ed. John Whitehead. 1999. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/ Hunt Publishing Company. [with William A. Darity, Jr]. 1999 - Publication

Assistant Professor
Carnegie Mellon University [1993–2002]

Successful Publishing Skills for Future African American Scholars

2018–2018 Southern Conference on African American Studies, Savannah, Georgia, February 16-18, 2006.

Decomposing Racial Gaps in Test Scores: The Role of Suspensions

2006–2006 Boston, Massachusetts, Co-authors Samuel L. Myers, Jr., University of Minnesota; Inhyuck Ha, University of West Florida; and Ronald Fernandes, DePaul University.

Between Plessy and Brown: Georgia School Finance in 1910

2018–2018 Co-author Kruti Dholakia, Ph.D. student, University of Texas at Dallas, Southern Economic Association annual meetings, Washington, D.C., November 18-20, 2005.

2018–2018 Speaker on Education Panel (discussed achievement gaps in education), Inaugural Conference of the J. McDonald Williams Institute, Sponsored by the Foundation for Community Empowerment, Dallas, Texas, October 27, 2005.

Policy Implications of No Child Left Behind

2018–2018 Plenary Session 1, Union for Radical Political Economics(URPE) Summer Workshop/Retreat, Bantam Connecticut, August 20-23, 2005

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• National Economic Association (NEA) - Elected to the Board of Directors in 1999 for three-year term from 1999 to 2002; Rhonda Williams Dissertation Award Committee, 2001-02, 2002-03; Westerfield Award Committee, 2002-03; Re-elected to the Board of Directors a second three-year term in 2003; Westerfield Award Committee, 2005-06.
• American Economic Association (AEA)
• Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM); Dissertation Awards Committee, 2005.
• Southern Economic Association (SEA)
• International Association for Feminist Economics  
• Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA)

COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Teaching Effectiveness Committee, School of Social Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, fall 2005 - present.
• Public Affairs Faculty Recruiting Committee, The University of Texas at Dallas, fall 2005 - spring 2006.
• Program Committees at the School of Social Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas: Economics and Finance, Political Economy, and Public Affairs, fall 2002-present.
• Core Committee for the Support of Women and Minorities, The University of Texas at Dallas, fall 2002-spring 2005.
• Economics Faculty Recruiting Committee, The University of Texas at Dallas, fall 2002-January 2003.
• Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA), Local Planning Committee for annual national conference held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in March 1999, 1998 - 1999.
• Carnegie Mellon University Strategic Planning, 1997 - 1999.
• University Task Force on Staff Training and Development, Carnegie Mellon University, 1997 - 2002.
• National African-American Male Collaboration, Research and Public Policy Committee, 1996 - present.
• Professional Seminar Series Committee, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University, 1994 - 1998.
• Committee to Review Economics Courses in Core Curricula, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University.
• Systems Synthesis (Project Courses) Committee, 1998-2000, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University.
• Career Planning and Placement Center Advisory Board, Stanford University - Served as graduate student representative to make recommendations regarding how the Center might streamline its operations in order to deal with budget reductions; Conducted summer job-hunting workshop for graduate students.
• United Graduate Student Alliance, Stanford University - Met with University administrators regarding increasing the number of persons of color on the Stanford faculty and improving the quality of life for graduate students of color at Stanford.
• School of Education, Stanford University - Organized and served on student committee in the Stanford School of Education to improve computer facilities for students in the School.
• President of Black Graduate Student Association at Stanford University, 1988-89 academic year - Organized graduate student research seminars and gave oral presentation on economics of education of African Americans in the U.S..

HONORS

• Dean's Career Development Chair in Economics and Education (endowed chair), H. john Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 1994 - 1998.
• Society for Research on Adolescent Social Policy Best Book Award, 1998, for Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and SOCIAL Consequences of Teen Pregnancy. Co-author of two chapters of edited volume (see PUBLICATIONS section above for details).
• Awarded full fellowship from Stanford University School of Education to pursue Ph.D., 1987.
• Received Community Service Award from Black Community of Stanford University, 1988.
• Received National Science Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Study, 1984.
• Named Presidential Scholar by U.S. Department of Education, 1980.
• Received Thomas  Watson Memorial Scholarship from IBM Corporation, 1980.
• Finalist in National Achievement Program for Outstanding Negro Students (National Merit Scholars Program), 1980.

Associate Professor Honored by Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance

The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Greater Dallas and Vicinity (IMA) honored Dr. Susan Williams McElroy, associate professor of economics, for her contributions as the organization’s volunteer economist-in-residence.

The IMA presented its 2017 President’s Award to McElroy at its recent 52nd Annual Human Relations Awards Banquet. McElroy has advised IMA leadership on its economic agenda and serves as chair of the organization’s Economic Advisory Committee. In addition, she leads an effort to develop a capitol-building

Urban Poverty, Employment Opportunities, and Family Formation among African Americans

$2,500 - Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE), Carnegie Mellon University [2000–2001]

Education, Information Technology, and Inequality

$10,000 - Multidisciplinary Course Development Grant, Office of the Vice Provost for Education, Carnegie Mellon University [1999–2000]

Why Do Black Kids Fail: The Effect of Poverty on Racial Gaps in Test Scores

$24,955 - American Educational Research Association [1998–2000]

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effect of Family Background on Educational Attainment

$7,474 - Faculty Development Fund Grant [1996–1998]