Dr. Jamein P. Cunningham is an Assistant Professor in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics at Cornell University. His teaching and research interests include labor economics, urban economics, economics of crime, and microeconometrics. He is currently the instructor for urban economics and economics of discrimination.
Dr. Cunningham held previous positions as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Memphis and at Portland State University, where he taught urban economics, econometrics, labor economics, and Race & Ethnicity in the Economy. 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.
Previously, Dr. Cunningham was a Faculty Affiliate at the PSI Center for Workplace Diversity and Inclusion and the Data Science Cluster at the University of Memphis, and served as a Research Affiliate at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washington. Dr. Cunningham will join Cornell University as Faculty Affiliate at the Cornell Population Center and currently holds professional memberships in the American Economic Association, the Southern Economic Association, the American Law and Economics Association, the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network, and the National Economic Association.
Dr. Cunningham held previous positions as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Memphis and at Portland State University, where he taught urban economics, econometrics, labor economics, and Race & Ethnicity in the Economy. 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.
Previously, Dr. Cunningham was a Faculty Affiliate at the PSI Center for Workplace Diversity and Inclusion and the Data Science Cluster at the University of Memphis, and served as a Research Affiliate at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washington. Dr. Cunningham will join Cornell University as Faculty Affiliate at the Cornell Population Center and currently holds professional memberships in the American Economic Association, the Southern Economic Association, the American Law and Economics Association, the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network, and the National Economic Association.