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Samuel Myers
Senior Fellow

Samuel Myers, Jr

Member Since 2026

Biography

Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Director, Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice. Former Fulbright Scholar, Faculty of Aboriginal and Islander Studies, University of South Australia; Director, Afro-American Studies Program and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland; Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh; Senior Staff Economist, Federal Trade Commission; Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Texas, Austin.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs University of Minnesota 1992 Present
Director Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice University of Minnesota 1992 Present
Fulbright Scholar Faculty of Aboriginal and Islander Studies University of South Australia 1998 1998
Director Afro-American Studies Program and Professor, Department of Economics University of Maryland 1986 1992
Associate Professor Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh 1982 1986
Senior Staff Economist Senior Staff Economist 1980 1982
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor University of Texas, Austin 1976 1980
Senior Fulbright Fellow Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Department of Economic Development Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 2008 2009

Expertise

Primary Sector

Academic
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