Kristen Broady
Dr. Kristen Broady | |
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Broady at ASSA 2026 | |
| Alma mater | Alcorn State University; Jackson State University |
| Employer(s) | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Brookings Institution; Spelman College; Spelman College; University of Chicago; Dillard University; Howard University; Jiangsu Normal University |
| Known for | Economics: wealth inequality |
Kristen Broady was the Barron Hilton Endowed Professor of Financial Economics at Dillard University before she became a senior economist directing the Economic Mobility Project at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Her areas of specialty are the racial wealth gap, labor and automation, the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and returns to investment in higher education.