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The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Maggie E.C. Jones will be joining our faculty as an Associate Professor in August 2025. Professor Jones is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Emory University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She holds a PhD in Economics from Queen's University (2018) and has established herself as a leading scholar in economic history, labor economics, and the economics of education. Her research focuses on understanding the persistence of socioeconomic inequalities between groups in North America, with particular emphasis on skill accumulation and discrimination. She has published extensively in top-tier journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, and Economics of Education Review. Her notable work includes groundbreaking studies on the Civil Rights Movement, the intergenerational legacy of Indian Residential Schools, and the economic impacts of historical policies on Indigenous communities. She has been particularly recognized for her research on "The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains" and her work on access to public accommodations during the Civil Rights era. Professor Jones's scholarship has been supported by the National Bureau of Economic Research, where she serves as a Faculty Research Fellow. We look forward to welcoming Professor Jones to 黑料社 this fall.