Roland G. Fryer Jr.
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Roland Gerhard Fryer Jr. (born June 4, 1977) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University.
Roland Fryer | |
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Born | Roland Gerhard Fryer Jr. (1977-06-04) June 4, 1977 (age 47) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Economist, professor |
Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (2011) Calvó-Armengol Prize (2012) John Bates Clark Medal (2015) |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Texas at Arlington (BA) Pennsylvania State University (PhD) |
Thesis | Mathematical Models of Discrimination and Inequality |
Doctoral advisor | Tomas Sjöström |
Influences | Gary Becker Steven Levitt Glenn Loury |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Harvard University (2006–present) |
Fryer joined the faculty of Harvard University and rapidly rose through the academic ranks; in 2007, at age 30, he became the second-youngest professor, and the youngest African American, ever to be awarded tenure at Harvard.[1] He has received numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 2011 and the John Bates Clark Medal in 2015.
Fryer began his research career studying social image and segregation, and then moved toward empirical issues, particularly those concerning race and ethnicity. His work on the racial achievement gap in the US led to a stint as chief equality officer for New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in which role Fryer implemented a pilot program rewarding low-income students with money for earning high test scores. In 2019, he published an analysis arguing that Black and Hispanic Americans were no more likely than white Americans to be shot by police in a given interaction with police.
In 2019, Harvard suspended Fryer without pay for two years, closed his lab, and barred him from teaching or supervising students citing allegations of improper conduct.[2][3] In 2021, Harvard allowed Fryer to return to teaching and research.[4]