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Monique E. Davis (she/her) is an applied micro and labor economist specializing in the use of empirical methods to study the economics of racism, racial equity, and intergroup inequality. She received her Ph.D. from the Applied Economics Graduate Program at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis–St. Paul.
Born in Chicago and raised in the Chicagoland area, Monique earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Applied Mathematics and Economics from North Carolina A&T State University, an HBCU* in Greensboro, NC, in 2013. Before returning to graduate school in 2019, she worked for six years at JPMorgan Chase & Co.—first in Columbus, OH, as part of a rotational development program, and then for four years as a big data analyst/data scientist in New York City.
Monique’s research and career interests are deeply informed by her lived experiences and those of her family and broader African American communities on the South Side of Chicago and surrounding areas. She aims to identify root causes of inequitable outcomes between privileged and marginalized communities—particularly affecting Black Americans—and to use that knowledge to inform policy changes, structural and otherwise, that move us toward social equity and justice.
*HBCU = Historically Black College and University
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