Women in Macroeconomics Conference 2024

Amanda Bayer is Franklin and Betty Barr Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Swarthmore College, where she teaches courses in advanced microeconomic theory, game theory, and race, ethnicity and gender in economics, as well as in microeconomic and macroeconomic principles. She is also a Visiting Senior Adviser at the Board of Governors, where she has served since 2015. She holds a B.A. in economics and psychology from Williams College and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.

Professor Bayer’s scholarship explores diversity, inclusion, and innovation in economic education and research. Examples include

• Diversity in the Economics Profession: A New Attack on an Old Problem, with Cecilia E. Rouse, Journal of Economic Perspectives 30(4), 2016.
• How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx and Native American People in the Economics Profession, with Gary A. Hoover and Ebonya Washington, Journal of Economic Perspectives 34(3), 2020.
• Does Simple Information Provision Lead to More Diverse Classrooms?, with Syon Bhanot and Fernando Lozano, AEA Papers and Proceedings 109, 2019.
• Expanding and Diversifying the Pool of Undergraduates who Study Economics: Insights from a New Introductory Course at Harvard, with Gregory Bruich, Raj Chetty, and Andrew Housiaux,The Journal of Economic Education51(3-4), 2020.

Professor Bayer is a member of the AEA Executive Committee and chairs the AEA’s Advisory Committee on Editorial Appointments. She previously served as a longtime member of the AEA’s Committee on Equity, Diversity, and Professional Conduct and the Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession.

She is the lead author of the AEA’s Best Practices for Economists: Building a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Productive Profession, co-author of the AEA Professional Climate Survey, and the creator and editor of Diversifying Economic Quality.