Dr. Jamein P. Cunningham
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Law
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Curriculum Vitae
[email protected]
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Law
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Curriculum Vitae
[email protected]
Dr. Jamein P. Cunningham is an Assistant Professor in the Law School and LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. His teaching and research interests include law and economics, urban economics, economics of crime, and microeconometrics.
Dr. Cunningham held previous positions as an Assistant Professor at Cornell University, the University of Memphis, and Portland State University, where he taught urban economics, econometrics, labor economics, and economics of race and discrimination. Prior to joining the faculty at Portland State University, Dr. Cunningham was a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics and a Populations Studies Center Graduate Trainee at the University of Michigan. He was a recipient of the Rackham Merit Fellowship and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute in Child Health and Development Fellowship. Before obtaining a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, he completed his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University and received a Master's degree in Economics from the University of North Texas.
Dr. Cunningham is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and the Initiative for Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Dr. Cunningham serves on the National Economic Association Executive Board and holds professional memberships in the American Economic Association, the Southern Economic Association, the American Law and Economics Association, and the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network.
Dr. Cunningham held previous positions as an Assistant Professor at Cornell University, the University of Memphis, and Portland State University, where he taught urban economics, econometrics, labor economics, and economics of race and discrimination. Prior to joining the faculty at Portland State University, Dr. Cunningham was a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics and a Populations Studies Center Graduate Trainee at the University of Michigan. He was a recipient of the Rackham Merit Fellowship and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute in Child Health and Development Fellowship. Before obtaining a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, he completed his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University and received a Master's degree in Economics from the University of North Texas.
Dr. Cunningham is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and the Initiative for Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Dr. Cunningham serves on the National Economic Association Executive Board and holds professional memberships in the American Economic Association, the Southern Economic Association, the American Law and Economics Association, and the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network.