James B. Stewart (economist)

James B. Stewart (born 1947) is an American economist who is professor emeritus of Labor and Employment Relations, African and African American Studies, and Management and Organization at Pennsylvania State University.^[1] In 2021, he was awarded the Samuel Z. Westerfield Award, the highest award of the National Economic Association.^[2]

James B. Stewart
Born	1947 (age 76–77)
Academic career
Field	Employment Relations African American Studies Management
Institution	Penn State University
Alma mater	Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (BA) Cleveland State University (MA) University of Notre Dame (PhD)
Awards	2021 Samuel Z. Westerfield Award
Website	https://ler.la.psu.edu/people/js8

Education and early life

Stewart grew up in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. He studied math at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, where he was one of only 5 Black students in a student body of 1,000, and later earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame.^[3]

Career

Stewart taught at Penn State from 1980 to 2009,^[4] while writing or co-authoring 11 books and 65 articles in Economics and Black Studies.^[5] He is a past president of the National Economic Association,^[6] the National Council for Black Studies, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.^[7] He is a former editor of The Review of Black Political Economy.^[1]

Selected publications

• Darity Jr, William A., Patrick L. Mason, and James B. Stewart. "The economics of identity: the origin and persistence of racial identity norms." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 60, no. 3 (2006): 283–305.
• Clark, Paul F., James B. Stewart, and Darlene A. Clark. "The globalization of the labour market for health-care professionals." Int'l Lab. Rev. 145 (2006): 37.
• Alridge, Derrick P., and James B. Stewart. "Introduction: Hip hop in history: Past, present, and future." The Journal of African American History 90, no. 3 (2005): 190–195.
• Macpherson, David A., and James B. Stewart. "The effect of international competition on union and nonunion wages." ILR Review 43, no. 4 (1990): 434–446.
• Stewart, James B., and Thomas Hyclak. "An analysis of the earnings profiles of immigrants." The Review of Economics and Statistics (1984): 292–296.

References

1. "Race, Wealth, and Democracy: The Political Economy of W.E.B. Du Bois | Department of Economics". economics.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
2. "Please join @NEAEcon's big virtual event Dec 17 as we award our highest honor - the Samuel Z. Westerfield award - to Jim Stewart & celebrate past recipients". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
3. "Economist, Black History Scholar and Professor James Stewart on Reparations and Economic Equality". Sarasota Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
4. "Penn State Black History / African American Chronicles: James B. Stewart". www.blackhistory.psu.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
5. "James B. Stewart". www.theblackscholar.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
6. "National Economic Association 50th Anniversary Celebration and Honors Luncheon" (PDF). January 4, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. "James Stewart". aalbc.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.

External links

• Penn State page