Agustin Hurtado is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Maryland. He studies finance and inequality. His research agenda focuses on financial institutions serving low income, minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs and households. His most recent work studies racial disparities in the mortgage market and the effect of racial minority bank ownership on minority credit. He is also investigating the effects of immigration on housing and household financial health. Agustin received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Alejandro Gutierrez-Li is an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. His research belongs to the areas of labor economics and applied microeconomics, with an emphasis on economics of immigration and entrepreneurship. His recent work has analyzed the role of pre-migration work experience of immigrants in their labor market opportunities in the United States, factors affecting Mexico-U.S. migration, the determinants of the farm labor supply, and the economic outcomes of Hispanics, among others. In addition, he is in charge of a new research and outreach program related to agricultural labor in the U.S. Professor Gutierrez-Li regularly interacts with stakeholders and reporters, and has been quoted by outlets like the Wall Street Journal, NBC News, the National Desk, and the Triangle Business Journal. Dr. Gutierrez-Li has lived and worked in different parts of Latin America and the United States, and is fluent in both English and Spanish. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Alfredo A. Romero is the Senior Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress and an associate professor of economics at the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. He has been a member of the Panel of Economic Forecasters of the Wall Street Journal, a member of the Survey of Professional forecasters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and co-founder and CEO of Impact Analytics, an economic consulting firm. His research focuses on the ebb and flow of foreign direct investment and its connections to growth, culture, and inequality; the yield curve and its relationship to unemployment and inflation; and the dynamics of self-employment during recessions. He has been invited to present his research both nationally and internationally and publishes in economics and interdisciplinary journals. From time to time his opinion on labor markets and economic conditions has been sought out by major outlets like Barron’s Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNBC, MSNBC, Telemundo, Univision, and CNN. He is currently a member of the American Society of Hispanic Economists and a former co-editor of the Hispanic Economic Outlook. In his spare time, he loves to teach his daughters Spanish and programming in BASIC. He received a Ph.D. and a master’s in economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a master’s in economics from Texas Tech University, and a baccalaureate in economics from Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, in Mexico.

Dr. Angelino Viceisza (pronounced: Vee-Say-Za) is Associate Professor of Economics at Spelman College, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, President of the National Economic Association (2023-24), and Associate Editor at Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Prior to joining Spelman, Dr. Viceisza was at the International Food Policy Research Institute (2007-2012). He has also held visiting positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (summer 2014), Duke University (2015-2016), and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (2020-2021).

Dr. Viceisza’s primary expertise is in behavioral and experimental economics, with applications in development, household finance, and entrepreneurship. A significant part of his research has studied determinants of financial remittances, i.e., money that migrants send to family and friends in countries of origin. Dr. Viceisza has extensive experience designing and conducting field experiments in a variety of countries including but not limited to El Salvador, Ethiopia, Peru, Senegal, the United States, and Vietnam. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Agricultural Economics, Economic Inquiry, Experimental Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Review of Black Political Economy, and Small Business Economics. Dr. Viceisza’s research has been supported by numerous agencies including the Kauffman Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Social Security Administration, the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of Education, and the World Bank.

In 2014, Dr. Viceisza was awarded the Vulcan Award for Excellence in Teaching at Spelman College. He is the Founder and Director of VLab, a virtual lab that primarily engages Spelman students in research experiences. Dr. Viceisza’s former research assistants and mentees have ended up in graduate or predoc programs at Brookings Institution, Columbia University, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Georgia State University, Mathematica, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Viceisza serves as a member of the American Economic Association (AEA) Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Economics Profession as well as a mentor in the AEA Mentoring Program and the AEA LGBTQ+ Mentoring Program.

Dr. Viceisza holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State University (2008), an M.A. in Economics (Policy Track) from Georgia State University (2005), an M.A. in Economics from Boston University (2004), an M.B.A. in International Business from Temple University (2001), and a B.S. in Accounting from University of Curaçao (2001). For more information, see www.angelinoviceisza.com.

Belinda Archibong is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her research areas include development economics, political economy, economic history and environmental economics with an African regional focus. Her research investigates the role of historical institutions and environment in inequality of access to public services and the development of human capital, particularly in the areas of education and health. Some current research studies the effects of epidemics on gender gaps in human capital investment, the economics of epidemics and vaccination, and the impacts of air pollution from gas flaring on human capital outcomes; with a focus on the ways in which institutions mitigate or exacerbate the impacts of climate change and environment on inequalities around gender and marginalized groups. Other works study the economics of prisons, the effects of protests on taxation and gender gaps in political participation, and the drivers of gender gaps in labor markets in African countries. She is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a faculty affiliate at Columbia University’s Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Institute of African Studies, the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, the Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC), and the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy (CEEP), and is currently a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution. She received a B.A. in Economics/Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University. Her CV and further information can also be found on her personal website.

Dr. Román earned her BA and MA from Texas Christian University (TCU). Upon graduation, she accepted a position in the U.S. House of Representatives as a staffer for the 16th Congressional District of Texas, working in both El Paso, Texas, and Washington, D.C. She resigned from this role to serve as campaign director for the incumbent, leading the effort to re-elect the candidate. Following this political experience, Dr. Román combined her knowledge of economy and business to begin a start-up company specializing in data storage, one of the first of its kind and a prescient move into the business world. This enterprise was sold when she relocated to La Paz, Bolivia, where Dr. Román served as Administrative Director of the Electrification for Sustainable Development (ESD) program, a project funded by USAID and implemented by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). This challenging but rewarding experience honed Dr. Román’s skills in management, economic development, and logistics.

Dr. Román continued her studies at the London School of Economics, where she received her MPhil in Economic History, focusing her research on Border Studies. Also, during her time in London, Dr. Román worked in two key positions, firstly, as Director of Communications and Publications at the American Chamber of Commerce. In this role, she liaised closely with The American Embassy in London. In her second position, she transitioned to the UK private sector, accepting a position as Director of Publications and Broadcasting for a multimedia start-up that pioneered Internet Protocol (IP) over satellite. Her technical knowledge helped start one of the first groundbreaking live feeds of medical research and procedures and the publication of an international intensive care journal online with interactive content.

Dr. Román relocated back to the U.S. and went into academia, her original passion. Combining her real-world experience with her love of learning, Dr. Román won an award as an innovative educator and passionate advocate for Hispanic youth. She attained the rank of Professor at Palo Alto College, one of the Alamo Colleges in San Antonio, Texas. During a year-long sabbatical in Canada, Dr. Román began her Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario (Western), where she concentrated on the application of Complexity Science to Border Studies. She also taught courses on the encounters between First Nations and Europeans for the Anthropology Department at Western.

Dr. Román has taught at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio for 12 years, beginning as an adjunct, and now as a full-time, tenured Assistant Professor in the Economics Department. She teaches introductory and intermediate economics courses along with International Economics and specialist topics such as complexity economics, feminist economics, and courses that focus on the Mexico-U.S. Border.

Dr. Román began Román Economics 2015, a small consulting firm. Her brand of economic analysis and research focuses on combining her strengths as an analyst with extensive real-world experience and particular insight into BIPOC and minority marketplaces.

Dr. Román is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal economic forecasting survey and has published Op-Ed pieces on local topics. She is regularly interviewed by the Spanish-language media on issues of national interest that impact local Spanish-speaking populations. She is a member of numerous academic organizations and is President of the San Antonio Business and Economics Society (SABES).

Camila Morales is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas and a Faculty Affiliate with the Georgia Policy Labs. She is serving as an Early Career Scholar with the Center for Education Efficacy, Excellence, and Equity (E4) at Northwestern University during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years. Dr. Morales studies the impact of immigration policies on the labor market outcomes of young adults, and the efficacy of school-level programs and peer interactions on the academic achievement of immigrants/refugees and English Learners. She received a PhD in Economics from Georgia State University where she worked with the Metro Atlanta Policy Lab for Education.