People’s History Lab: Events
Race, Equity & Public Policy
A Bissell-Heyd Symposium
May 11-12, 2023
Trevon Logan
May 11, 2023, Keynote Lecture
Trevon Logan is a Professor of Economics at Ohio State University. In his keynote address, he discusses standard ways in which social scientists categorize racial groups as well as the shortcomings of these categorizations.
Watch the introduction of his address here.
Leah Boustan
May 12, 2023, Keynote Lecture
Leah Boustan is a Professor of Economics at Princeton University. In her keynote address, she discusses her new book titled Streets of Gold with co-author Ran Abramitzky, which explores the ways in which immigrants have shaped society in the United States. She also explores the extent to which some narratives about immigrants are not bourne out in data.
Watch her full keynote address here.