Danielle Graves Williamson
@daniellecgw.bsky.social
Econ PhD Candidate at Boston University
Econ History | Education | Labor | Social Insurance
2025 Spencer/NAED Dissertation Fellow
Council of Economics Advisers alum 2024
Raised in Alabama
https://daniellecgw.github.io/
Econ History | Education | Labor | Social Insurance
2025 Spencer/NAED Dissertation Fellow
Council of Economics Advisers alum 2024
Raised in Alabama
https://daniellecgw.github.io/
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At 15 of the 20 academies benefiting from the tax credit program, student bodies were at least 85% white…And among the 20, enrollments at five were more than 60 percentage points whiter than their communities.”
www.propublica.org/article/miss...
www.propublica.org/article/miss...
Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
At 15 of the 20 academies benefiting from the tax credit program, student bodies were at least 85% white…And among the 20, enrollments at five were more than 60 percentage points whiter than their communities.”
www.propublica.org/article/miss...
www.propublica.org/article/miss...
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Mississippi
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Mississippi
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The aggressive immigration raids we now see across the nation began 10 months ago in California's Central Valley. Their impact on children, families, and communities is an important & active area of research
I'm pleased my study of the initial raid's early impact on students is now out in @pnas.org
I'm pleased my study of the initial raid's early impact on students is now out in @pnas.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The aggressive immigration raids we now see across the nation began 10 months ago in California's Central Valley. Their impact on children, families, and communities is an important & active area of research
I'm pleased my study of the initial raid's early impact on students is now out in @pnas.org
I'm pleased my study of the initial raid's early impact on students is now out in @pnas.org
a small thing you can do today if you’re mad about the government shutdown: I just donated to my hometown food bank (www.feedingthegulfcoast.org) and you can too! also vote if you are able, etc, etc
Homepage
Food bank serving 24 counties across South Alabama, South Mississippi, and the Florida Panhandle
www.feedingthegulfcoast.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
a small thing you can do today if you’re mad about the government shutdown: I just donated to my hometown food bank (www.feedingthegulfcoast.org) and you can too! also vote if you are able, etc, etc
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Through segregation, violence, redlining, and sundown towns, Black families traveled. How did they know where to go? What places were safe? What places were welcoming? Search the data on this important part of American history: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky
#EconSky
October 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Through segregation, violence, redlining, and sundown towns, Black families traveled. How did they know where to go? What places were safe? What places were welcoming? Search the data on this important part of American history: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky
#EconSky
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For The Conversation, I wrote about how White Southerners are making sense of what it means to be White in these times.
In a nutshell, it’s complicated.
I hope you’ll read and share widely.
theconversation.com/its-a-compli...
In a nutshell, it’s complicated.
I hope you’ll read and share widely.
theconversation.com/its-a-compli...
‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that
How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.
theconversation.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
For The Conversation, I wrote about how White Southerners are making sense of what it means to be White in these times.
In a nutshell, it’s complicated.
I hope you’ll read and share widely.
theconversation.com/its-a-compli...
In a nutshell, it’s complicated.
I hope you’ll read and share widely.
theconversation.com/its-a-compli...
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How segregated are your local private schools?
With our database, look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.
By @cerealcommas.bsky.social @natlash.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
With our database, look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.
By @cerealcommas.bsky.social @natlash.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
Private School Demographics — ProPublica
Look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.
projects.propublica.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How segregated are your local private schools?
With our database, look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.
By @cerealcommas.bsky.social @natlash.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
With our database, look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.
By @cerealcommas.bsky.social @natlash.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
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Sometimes good research just finally provides well-designed evidence for an assumption many hold: supply in sex work is driven by economic slumps.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
Redirecting
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Sometimes good research just finally provides well-designed evidence for an assumption many hold: supply in sex work is driven by economic slumps.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
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Excited to see my first paper out!
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"Fallen women: Recessions and the supply of sex work"
By @grant-goehring.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky #publiceconomics
"Fallen women: Recessions and the supply of sex work"
By @grant-goehring.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky #publiceconomics
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Excited to see my first paper out!
This has happened before: as late as 1982, Goldsboro Christian School in North Carolina did not admit Black students because “We believe that God in his plan and purpose and wisdom separated men into . . . races and that those races should be preserved” (source: www.nytimes.com/1982/01/18/u...)
June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This has happened before: as late as 1982, Goldsboro Christian School in North Carolina did not admit Black students because “We believe that God in his plan and purpose and wisdom separated men into . . . races and that those races should be preserved” (source: www.nytimes.com/1982/01/18/u...)
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ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over the course of six years through a state-funded program.
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
www.propublica.org
June 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over the course of six years through a state-funded program.
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
Thank you Josh and thank you NAED/Spencer--I never expected to get this fellowship and am incredibly honored to be part of this community. Congratulations to the other fellows, and I look forward to meeting y'all in the fall!
I'm thrilled that BU Economics' very own @daniellecgw.bsky.social is one of this year's NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellows!
Danielle does fascinating historical / labor / education work on "segregation academies" in the US South. Read more about her work here 👇
naeducation.org/awardee/dani...
Danielle does fascinating historical / labor / education work on "segregation academies" in the US South. Read more about her work here 👇
naeducation.org/awardee/dani...
Danielle Graves Williamson
naeducation.org
June 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Thank you Josh and thank you NAED/Spencer--I never expected to get this fellowship and am incredibly honored to be part of this community. Congratulations to the other fellows, and I look forward to meeting y'all in the fall!
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Friday night of an insane news week is the optimal timing for this right?
Recently accepted by #QJE, “‘Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists:’ How Family History Shapes Immigration Policymaking,” by Feigenbaum (@jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social), Palmer (@maxwellpalmer.com), and Schneer: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
“Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists:” How Family History Shapes Immigration Policymaking*
Abstract. Does family history matter for policymaking in democracies? Linking members of Congress to the census, we observe countries of birth for members,
doi.org
April 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Friday night of an insane news week is the optimal timing for this right?
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For weeks, as contracts were halted, workers fired, and a center created in 1867 essentially dismantled overnight, workers scrambled to save data used to inform educational policy and practice. Here’s how it looked from inside.
www.chronicle.com/article/brea...
www.chronicle.com/article/brea...
‘Breathtakingly Irresponsible’: Former Workers Decry Decimation of Education Dept.’s Data Warehouse
Fired NCES and IES employees describe a mad dash to save data that has informed higher education policy and practice since the days of Abraham Lincoln.
www.chronicle.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
For weeks, as contracts were halted, workers fired, and a center created in 1867 essentially dismantled overnight, workers scrambled to save data used to inform educational policy and practice. Here’s how it looked from inside.
www.chronicle.com/article/brea...
www.chronicle.com/article/brea...
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I’ve been saying for years that allowing racial segregation in public accommodations was a goal of the right-wing conservative movement. It’s one reason I study this type of segregation. We are closer to a reality of legal racial segregation than anytime since 1964. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I’ve been saying for years that allowing racial segregation in public accommodations was a goal of the right-wing conservative movement. It’s one reason I study this type of segregation. We are closer to a reality of legal racial segregation than anytime since 1964. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that the U.S. Department of Education is one of the few forces pushing against Alabama's centuries-old efforts to deny poor and disadvantaged children a proper education. And a reminder of the racist origins of the state's system of funding public schools.
Don't cheer, Gov. Ivey: Killing the Department of Education will hurt Alabama students • Alabama Reflector
Gov. Kay Ivey is a sure-footed politician. She’s walked the narrow and dangerous path of Alabama politics all the way to summit. It requires focus, dedication and balancing performative apathy and win...
alabamareflector.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that the U.S. Department of Education is one of the few forces pushing against Alabama's centuries-old efforts to deny poor and disadvantaged children a proper education. And a reminder of the racist origins of the state's system of funding public schools.
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Happy 5th Birthday to us! We couldn’t have done it without YOU. Celebrate this milestone with exclusive swag. Donate $105 to get our birthday socks. Donate $155 and show your support with an MFP tote. Your generosity keeps us going strong—thank you for five amazing years! buff.ly/mz3ggR6
March 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy 5th Birthday to us! We couldn’t have done it without YOU. Celebrate this milestone with exclusive swag. Donate $105 to get our birthday socks. Donate $155 and show your support with an MFP tote. Your generosity keeps us going strong—thank you for five amazing years! buff.ly/mz3ggR6
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Just saw a great paper by @michaelbriskin.bsky.social ! He shows that WWII led to a massive teacher shortage that led to lower wages and lower educational attainment for affected students #AEFP2025 #Econsky
March 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Just saw a great paper by @michaelbriskin.bsky.social ! He shows that WWII led to a massive teacher shortage that led to lower wages and lower educational attainment for affected students #AEFP2025 #Econsky
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New WP with @trevondlogan.bsky.social, David Rosé, and @drlisadcook.bsky.social ⬇️ We study how the intersection of consumer discrimination and market power shapes firm behavior, including pricing decisions using new data on the prices of firms by discriminatory status from 1940-1960.
Evidence from over 25,000 prices shows that monopoly power blunted consumer preferences for discrimination, and Black consumers paid higher prices in the non-discriminatory market, from Maggie E.C. Jones, Trevon D. Logan, David Rosé, and Lisa D. Cook https://www.nber.org/papers/w33547
March 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
New WP with @trevondlogan.bsky.social, David Rosé, and @drlisadcook.bsky.social ⬇️ We study how the intersection of consumer discrimination and market power shapes firm behavior, including pricing decisions using new data on the prices of firms by discriminatory status from 1940-1960.
I'll be at AEFP presenting my work on segregation academies: all-white private schools established during the 1960s-70s to circumvent public school integration. Bring your coffee (and your feedback!) to Soc Dynamics of School Choice at 8:15 Thursday: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/42278/...
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'll be at AEFP presenting my work on segregation academies: all-white private schools established during the 1960s-70s to circumvent public school integration. Bring your coffee (and your feedback!) to Soc Dynamics of School Choice at 8:15 Thursday: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/42278/...
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It's such a weird thing to hear the news and think "that's bad, but also I have a paper about (an aspect) of that"
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's such a weird thing to hear the news and think "that's bad, but also I have a paper about (an aspect) of that"
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
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This map shows how much NIH funding goes to your state. I used the info on my state when I called officials to ask them to push back against the freeze. And if I can do it when my senators are Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville...well, I mean...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This map shows how much NIH funding goes to your state. I used the info on my state when I called officials to ask them to push back against the freeze. And if I can do it when my senators are Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville...well, I mean...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot.
Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
January 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot.
Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...