James B. Stewart, Penn State University
Abstract:
Dr. Stewart will discuss the evolving subfield of Stratification Economics and the need to develop new approaches to measure the degree of stratification by agents operating within different spheres of human activity. This discussion will focus primarily on racial stratification, while recognizing that stratification impacts a variety of marginalized constituencies. The full paper can be found here.
Bio:
James B. Stewart is a Professor Emeritus of Labor and Employment Relations, African and African American Studies, and Management and Organization currently based at Penn State McKeesport. His Ph.D. is in Economics (University of Notre Dame - 1976). Some of his former administrative assignments include Vice Provost for Educational Equity and Director of the Black Studies Program. His research interests include Diversity Management, Globalization, and Africana Studies. His ten books include Black Families: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, The Housing Status of Black Americans, W.E.B. Du Bois on Race and Culture: Philosophy, Politics and Poetics, African-Americans and Post-Industrial Labor Markets, Managing Diversity in the Military, Flight in Search of Vision, and African Americans in U.S. Labor Markets. He has published over sixty articles in Economics and Black Studies professional journals and is a former editor of The Review of Black Political Economy, past-President of the National Economic Association, and past-President of the National Council for Black Studies.