Faculty Affiliate

(919) 660-8119

omer.ali@duke.edu

411 West Chapel Hill St, Suite 300, Durham NC 27701

Omer is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. Previously, he was an NSF Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Prof. William Darity Jr. His current research explores the role played by housing markets and housing policy in precipitating the racial wealth gap. His research interests include the political economy of inequality in the United States.