Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School, has been named a 2024-2025 Institute for Economic Equity by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. As one of nine scholars selected for the cohort, Joe will conduct in-residence research focused on promoting economic inclusion and addressing systemic barriers to equity.
Joe leads聽, a consortium of 120 municipal and community organizations he established in response to the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. He聽plans to use the fellowship to drive initiatives that improve the economic mobility of Black boys and young men.聽
鈥淚 will work with Institute staff to produce rigorous economic data insights to guide HomeGrown StL鈥檚 regional strategic planning and larger-scale policy experiments to eliminate the barriers to wealth building for Black men,鈥� Joe said.
The St. Louis Fed launched the Institute for Economic Equity in 2021 to advance inclusive economic opportunities for households and communities across the Eighth Federal Reserve District and beyond.
William M. Rodgers III, the institute鈥檚 director, praised the new cohort鈥檚 potential impact. 鈥淭his stellar group of scholars will analyze the barriers to individuals鈥� economic potential and how to reduce or overcome those barriers,鈥� Rodgers said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to the insightful, in-depth research this cohort will generate to inform the conversation on fostering equality.鈥�