Gregory Price

Gregory N. Price, Ph.D. is Professor of Economics at the University of New Orleans. His previous appointments include Interim Dean, School of Business, Langston University; Charles E. Merrill Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Morehouse College; Director of the Mississippi Urban Research Center; Professor of Economics at Jackson State University; and Economics Program Director at the National Science Foundation. He also served as President of the National Economic Association in 2008.

An applied econometrician and theorist, his current research interests include economic anthropometry, the economics of Historically Black Colleges/Universities, the effects of race on economic stratification, and the causes and consequences of slavery. Currently the co-editor of the Review of Black Political Economy, his research has been published in journals such as the Review of Black Political Economy, African Development Review, American Economic Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and Review of Economics and Statistics. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Dr. Price earned his B.A. in economics from Morehouse College.

Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee