Profile
**On leave Fall 2025/Spring 2026**
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Darrick Hamilton is a university professor, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, and the founding director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at 麻豆传媒色情片. Considered one of the nation鈥檚 foremost scholars, economists and public intellectuals, Hamilton鈥檚 accomplishments include recently being profiled in the New York Times, Mother Jones magazine and the Wall Street Journal and being featured in Politico Magazine鈥檚 2017听50 Ideas Shaping American Politics and the People Behind Them听issue. Also, he is a member of the Marguerite Casey Foundation in partnership with the Group Health Foundation鈥檚 inaugural class of Freedom Scholars.听
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Hamilton has been involved in crafting policy proposals, such as Baby Bonds and a Federal Job Guarantee, which have garnered a great deal of media attention and served as inspirations for legislative proposals at the federal, state and local levels. He has served as a member of the economic committee of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force; he has testified before several senate and house committees, including the Joint Economic Committee on the nation鈥檚 potential policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic-induced health and economic crises; he was a surrogate and advisor for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign; and he has advised numerous other leading Members of Congress, as well as various 2020 presidential candidates.
Degrees Held
PhD 1999, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
BA 1993, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Recent Publications
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2007
Paul, Mark, William Darity, Jr., Darrick Hamilton, and Khaing Zaw. Forthcoming.听 鈥淎 Path to Ending Poverty by Ending Unemployment: A Federal Job Guarantee鈥 Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Diette, Timothy, Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity, Jr. Forthcoming. 鈥淐hild Abuse, Sexual Assault, Community Violence and High School Graduation鈥 Review of Behavioral Economics
Akee, Randall, Sue Stockly, William Darity Jr, Darrick Hamilton, and Paul Ong.听 2017. 鈥淭he Role of Race, Ethnicity and Tribal Enrollment on Asset Accumulation: An Examination of American Indian Tribal Nations鈥 Ethnic and Racial Studies, 40(11):1939-60
Hofferth, Sandra L., Emilio F. Moran, Barbara Entwisle, J. Lawrence Aber, Henry E. Brady, Dalton Conley, Susan L. Cutter, Catherine C. Eckel, Darrick Hamilton, and Klaus Hubacek.听 2017. 鈥淚ntroduction, History and Motivation: The New Big Science: Linking Data to Understand People in Context鈥 The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 669(1):6鈥17 (Lead Article)
Diette, Timothy, Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity, Jr. First online May 2016. 鈥淎dult Happiness and Prior Traumatic Victimization in and Out of the Household鈥 Review of Economics of the Household
Zaw, Khaing, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity, Jr.听 2016. 鈥Race, Wealth and Incarceration: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth鈥 Race and Social Problems, 8(1):103-115听
Meschede, Tatjana, Darrick Hamilton, Ana Patricia Mu帽oz, Regine O. Jackson, and William Darity, Jr.听 2016. 鈥淚nequality in the 鈥楥radle of Liberty鈥: Race/Ethnicity and Wealth in Greater Boston鈥 Race and Social Problems, 8(1):18-28
Darity, Jr., William, Darrick Hamilton, and James Stewart.听 2015.听 鈥淎 Tour de Force in Understanding Intergroup Inequality: An Introduction to Stratification Economics鈥 Review of Black Political Economy, 42(1-2):1-6 (lead article)
Diette, Timothy, Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity, Jr.听 2015.听 鈥淪kin Shade Stratification and the Psychological Cost of Unemployment: Is There a Gradient for Black Females?鈥澨 Review of Black Political Economy, 42(1-2):155-77
Conley, Dalton, J. Lawrence Aber, Henry Brady, Susan Cutter, Catherine Eckel,, Barbara Entwisle, Darrick Hamilton, Sandra Hofferth,, Klaus Hubacek, Emilio Moran, and John Scholz.听 February 2, 2015.听 鈥淏ig Data, Big Obstacles鈥 Chronicle of Higher Education 听
Moran, Emilio, Sandra Hofferth, Catherine Eckel, Darrick Hamilton, Barbara Entwisle, J. Lawrence Aber, Henry Brady, Dalton Conley, Susan Cutter, Klaus Hubacek, John Scholz. November 11th, 2014.听 鈥淏uilding a 21st Century Infrastructure for the Social Sciences鈥 Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences of the United Stated of America (PNAS) Perspectives, 111(45):15855鈥15856
Diette, Timothy, Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity, Jr., and Katherine McFarland. 听2014.听 鈥淪talking: Does it Leave a Psychological Footprint?鈥 Social Science Quarterly, 95(2):563鈥580.
Aja, Alan, Daniel Bustillo, William Darity, Jr. and Darrick Hamilton.听 2013.听 鈥淛obs Instead of Austerity: A Bold Policy Proposal for Economic Justice鈥 Social Research: an International Quarterly, 80(3):781-794.
Darity, William, and Darrick Hamilton.听 2012.听 鈥淏old Policies for Economic Justice鈥 Review of Black Political Economy, 39(1):79-85.
Hamilton, Darrick, and William Darity, Jr.听 2010.听 鈥淐an 鈥楤aby Bonds鈥 Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap in Putative Post-Racial America?鈥 Review of Black Political Economy, 37(3,4):207-216.
Hamilton, Darrick, Arthur Goldsmith, and William Darity, Jr.听 2009.听 鈥淪hedding 'Light' on Marriage: The Influence of Skin Shade on Marriage for Black Females鈥 Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations, 72(1):30-50
Hamilton, Darrick, Arthur Goldsmith, and William Darity, Jr. 2008.听 鈥淢easuring the Wage Costs of Limited English: Issues with Using Interviewer Versus Self-Reports in Determining Latino Wages鈥 Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 30(3):257-279听 (Lead Article)
Goldsmith, Arthur, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity, Jr.听 2007.听 鈥淔rom Dark to Light: Skin Color and Wages among African Americans鈥 Journal of Human Resources, 42(4):701-738 (Lead Article)
BOOK CHAPTERS, OPINION-EDITORIALS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2007
Hamilton, Darrick, and Christopher Famighetti.听 Forthcoming, Winter 2018. 鈥淭he Elite Is Not Who You Think It Is 鈥 It Might Be You.鈥澨 Yes! Magazine,听Issue 84
Paul, Mark, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 Forthcoming. 鈥淭he Federal Job Guarantee 鈥 A Policy to Achieve Permanent Full Employment鈥 Center on Budget and Policies Priorities Research Brief
Darity, Jr., William, and Darrick Hamilton. Forthcoming. 鈥淔ull Employment and the Job Guarantee: An All-America Idea鈥 in Michael Murray (ed.) Full Employment and Social Justice: Solidarity and Sustainability, Palgrave
Hamilton, Darrick. October 10, 2017. 鈥淲hy, Despite Post-Racial Rhetoric, Do Racial Health Disparities Increase at Higher Income Levels?鈥 Blog, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Aja, Alan, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 October 6, 2017. 鈥淗ow Cities Can Do Better Than the Fight for $15: It鈥檚 time for Cities to Reverse a Shrinking Workforce and Build Resilience in the Face of Climate Change鈥 Yes! Magazine
Darity, Jr., William, Darrick Hamilton, Patrick Mason, Gregory Price, Alberto Davila and Marie Mora. 2017. 鈥淪tratification Economics: A General Theory of Intergroup Inequality鈥 in Andrea Flynn, Susan Homberg, Dorian Warren, and Felicia Wong (ed.) The Hidden Rules of Race.听 Cambridge University Pres.
Hamilton, Darrick. July 16, 2017. 鈥淓xpert Voices: The Dice Should Not be Loaded鈥 Axios, other expert voices in the series: Robert J. Gordon, Edmund S. Phelps, Lyman Stone, and Tobias Stone.
Paul, Mark, William Darity Jr., and Darrick Hamilton. July 6, 2017. 鈥淔orget a Higher Minimum Wage鈥擧ere鈥檚 a Better Way to Help American Workers鈥 Washington Monthly
Weller, Christian and Darrick Hamilton. 2017. 鈥淢ore Retirement Stability in an Unstable World: Expanding Qualifying Credit Options for Social Security Benefits鈥 Paper for AARP Policy Innovation Challenge Results: Social Security Innovations focus on Adequacy
Paul, Mark, William Darity, Jr., Darrick Hamilton and Anne E. Price. June 2017.听 鈥淩eturning to the Promise of Full Employment: A Federal Job Guarantee in the United States鈥澨 Research Brief, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Hamilton, Darrick. April 13, 2017. 鈥淭he Moral Burden on Economist: 2017 National Economic Association Presidential Address鈥 Institute of New Economic Thinking Blog
Hamilton, Darrick, and William Darity, Jr.听 First Quarter 2017.听 鈥淭he Political Economy of Education, Financial Literacy, and the Racial Wealth Gap鈥 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 99(1):59-76听
Paul, Mark, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 February 4, 2017.听 鈥淲hy We Need a Federal Job Guarantee:听 Giving everyone a job is the best way to democratize the economy and give workers leverage in the workplace鈥澨 Jacobin Magazine听
Zaw, Khaing, Jhumpa Bhattacharya, Anne Price, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity, Jr.听 2017.听 鈥淲omen, Race and Wealth鈥澨 Research Brief Series: Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and Insight Center for Community Economic Development, 1
Kijakazi, Kilolo, Rachel Marie Brooks Atkins, Mark Paul, Anne E. Price, Darrick Hamilton, and William A. Darity Jr. 2016. 鈥淭he Color of Wealth in the Nation鈥檚 Capital鈥 Durham, NC: Duke University; Washington, DC: Urban Institute; New York: 麻豆传媒色情片; Oakland, CA: Insight Center for Community Economic Development.
Paul, Mark, Alan Aja, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity, Jr. March 21, 2016. 鈥淢aking College Free Could Add a Million New Black and Latino 听 听Graduates鈥 Dissent Magazine
De La Criz-Viesca, Melany, Zhenxiang Chen, Paul Ong, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity, Jr. 听2016. 鈥淭he Color of Wealth in Los Angeles鈥 Published by 听 听 The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 听
Nam, Yunju, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity, Jr., Anne E. Price.听 2016. 鈥淭he Privilege of Investing in our Kids and the Racial Wealth Gap鈥 Urban Matters: Ideas and Analysis from the Center for New York City Affairs
Jackson, Regine O., 听Darrick Hamilton, William Darity, Jr.听 2015. 鈥淟ow Wealth and Economic Insecurity among Middle-Class Blacks in Boston鈥 听The 听 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Community Development Issue Brief, Number 3 听
Hamilton, Darrick.听 November 7, 2015.听 鈥淭he Federal Job Guarantee: A Step Towards Racial Justice鈥 听Dissent Magazine 听
Hamilton, Darrick, Tressie McMillian Cottom, William Darity, Jr., Alan A. Aja, and Carolyn Ash.听 Fall 2015.听 鈥淪till we Rise: The Continuing Case for America鈥檚 Historically Black Colleges and Universities鈥澨 The American Prospect, 25(4)听
Hamilton, Darrick, and William Darity, Jr.听 October 7, 2015.听 鈥淭he Stark Black and White of America鈥檚 Wealth Divide鈥澨 Urban Matters: Ideas and Analysis from the Center for New York City Affairs听
Nam, Yunju, Darrick Hamilton, William Darity, Jr., Anne E. Price.听 September 2015.听听 鈥淏ootstraps are for Black Kids: Race, Wealth, and the Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on Adult Outcomes鈥澨 Report Produced by Insight Center for Community Economic Development听
Carolyn Ash, Alan Aja, William Darity, Jr. and Darrick Hamilton .听 In Print May 18, 2015.听听 鈥淲hy More Alumni-Giving Won鈥檛 Save HBCUs鈥 Atlanta Journal Constitution 鈥Opinion 听
Hamilton, Darrick, William Darity, Jr., Anne E. Price, Vishnu Shridharan, and Rebecca Tippett.听 April 2015. 鈥淯mbrellas Don鈥檛 Make it Rain: Why Studying and Working Hard is Not Enough for Black Americans鈥 Report Produced by 麻豆传媒色情片, The Duke University Center for Social Equity and Insight Center for Community Economic Development 听
Meschede, Tatjana, William Darity Jr., and Darrick Hamilton. April 2015. 鈥淔inancial Resources in Kinship and Social Networks: Flow and Relationship to Household Wealth by Race and Ethnicity among Boston Residents鈥澨 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Discussion Paper Series, No.2015-02.听
Hamilton, Darrick and William Darity, Jr. 2015. 听鈥淎ddressing Racial Inequality in Post-Racial America鈥澨 in Rao, Vyjayanthi, Prem Krishnamurthy and Carin Kuoni, (eds.), Speculation, Now: Essays and Artwork. 听Duke University Press.
Mu帽oz, Ana Patricia, Marlene Kim, Mariko Chang, Regine O. Jackson, Darrick Hamilton, and William A. Darity Jr. 听2015. 鈥淭he Color or Wealth in Boston鈥澨 Report produced by The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Duke University and 麻豆传媒色情片 听
Ash, Carolyn, Alan Aja, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 February 8, 2015.听 鈥淭he Problem(s) with Obama鈥檚 Community College Plan 鈥 and an Alternative鈥澨 Washington Post: The Answer Sheet Blog 听听听Reprinted in Huffington Post: The Blog, February 9, 2015 听
Darity, Jr., William, Alan Aja, and Darrick Hamilton.听 July 28, 2014.听 鈥淲hy We're Wrong 麻豆传媒色情片 Affirmative Action: Stereotypes, Testing and the 'Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations'鈥 Huffington Post: The Blog 听
Aja, Alan, Daniel Bustillo, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 Summer 2014.听 鈥淔rom a Tangle of Pathology to a Race Fair America鈥 Dissent Magazine.听 pp. 38-42.
Hamilton, Darrick.听 June 4, 2014.听 鈥淣ot Gifted Education, but Quality Education for All鈥 New York Times, Room for Debate听
Tippett, Rebecca, Avis Jones-DeWeever, Maya Rockeymoore, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity, Jr.听 2014.听听 鈥淏eyond Broke: Why Closing the Racial Wealth Gap is a Priority for National Economic Security鈥澨 Report prepared by Center for Global Policy Solutions 听and The Research Network on Ethnic and Racial Inequality at Duke University with funds provided by the Ford Foundation 听
Aja, Alan, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 November 27, 2013.听 鈥淪ocial Security for the Life-Cycle鈥 Huffington Post: The Blog 听
Freeman, Lance and Darrick Hamilton.听 October 2013.听 鈥淎 Count of Unaccompanied Homeless Youths in New York City鈥 Prepared for New York City Coalition on the Continuum of Care
Aja, Alan, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 June 17, 2013.听 鈥淪egregated Education in Desegregated Schools: Why We Should Eliminate 鈥楾racking鈥 With 鈥楪ifted and Talented鈥 for All鈥 Huffington Post: The Blog 听
Aja, Alan, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 April 26, 2013.听 鈥淩efusing Austerity in America -- How 鈥楤aby Bonds鈥 Could Expand Social Security鈥 Huffington Post: The Blog 听
Aja, Alan, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 March 12, 2013.听 鈥淒on't Cut, Invest! Why the Obama Administration Should Support a Federal Job Guarantee Program鈥 Huffington Post: The Blog 听
Hamilton, Darrick.听 2013,. 鈥淥ccupational Crowding鈥 in Patrick Mason (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2e, 听Macmillan Reference, USA
Hamilton, Darrick, and Ngina Chiteji. 2013.听 鈥淲ealth鈥 in Patrick Mason (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2e. 听Macmillan Reference, USA
Pearce-Doughlin, Shavonn, Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton.听 2013.听 鈥淐olorism鈥 in Patrick Mason (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2e. 听Macmillan Reference, USA
Aja, Alan, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton.听 January 10, 2013.听 鈥淚f Not Race, Then Wealth: Why Universities Should Avoid Income As Proxy for Race-Based Admissions Policy鈥澨 Huffington Post: The Blog听
Diette, Timothy, Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity, Jr.听 2012. "Causality in the Mental Health-Unemployment Relationship" in Lauren Appelbaum (ed.), Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences.听 W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Hamilton, Darrick, and William Darity, Jr.听 2012.听 鈥淐rowded Out?听 The Racial Composition of American Occupations鈥澨 in James Jackson, Cleopatra Caldwell, and Sherrill Sellers (eds.), 听Research Methodology in Black Communities. University of Michigan Press
Hamilton, Darrick, Algernon Austin, and William Darity, Jr.听 2011.听 鈥淥ccupational Segregation and the Lower Wages of Black Men 鈥 Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper 听
Hamilton, Darrick, Arthur Goldsmith, and William Darity, Jr.听 2010. 鈥淛obs and Healthcare: An 鈥楢lternative鈥 Public Option鈥 in The 2010 State of Black America: Jobs: Responding to the Crisis. 听The National Urban League
Darity, Jr., William, and Darrick Hamilton.听 October 30, 2009.听 鈥淏ernanke Ignores History of Black and White Wealth Rift鈥 The Grio听
Hamilton, Darrick, and William Darity, Jr.听 September/October 2009.听 鈥淩ace, Wealth, and Intergenerational Poverty: There will never be a post-racial America if the wealth gap persists鈥 The American Prospect 听
Freeman, Lance, and Darrick Hamilton.听 2008.听 鈥淎 Count of Homeless Youth in New York City鈥 Report prepared for The Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services听
Hamilton, Darrick, Dennis Derryck, and Sabine Salandy.听 2007.听 鈥淭he State of Black Employment in New York City: An Analysis of the Construction Industry鈥 in The State of Black New York 2007. 听The New York Urban League
Gershberg, Alec and Darrick Hamilton.听 February 5th, 2007.听 鈥淏ush鈥檚 Double Standard on Race in Schools鈥 Christian Science Monitor, Opinion-Editorial听
Awards And Honors
POLITICO 50, Politico Magazine, recognized with William Darity Jr in Politico鈥檚 prestigious annual The POLITICO 50: The ideas blowing up American politics and the people behind them for work to end involuntary unemployment via a federal job guarantee.听 The list included influential academics, politicians, thinkers, and entertainers, including Steve Bannon, Neil Gorsuch, Angela Merkel, and Melissa McCarthy.听 September, 2017听
2017 Inspiring Leaders in STEM Award DIVERSITY AWARD, INSIGHT into Diversity Magazine听
2017 Future of Wealth Summit, Diversity in Research Award, in Recognition of Outstanding Leadership in Driving Society Toward Inclusion, Center for Global Policy Solutions
George Fox Alumni Award, Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn, NY.听 June 2011
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