GSPP Welcomes 3 New Faculty

The Goldman School of Public Policy announces the appointment of three new faculty members: Ellora Derenoncourt, Shelley Liu, and Gabriel Zucman

Ellora Derenoncout is an economist with a PhD from Harvard who studies economic history using modern statistical and historical methods. She has written on the historical origins of global inequality, Atlantic slavery’s impact on European and British economic development, the economic consequences of the Great Migration from the South to the north by African Americans, and the minimum wage and its impact on racial equality.  She brings to GSPP a strong historical perspective on the political economy of migration, urbanization, inequality, racism, and slavery.   Ellora joins us as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Economics.  

Shelley Liu is a political scientist with a PhD from Harvard who studies international development and international security in the context of public policies implemented by governments after violent events such as civil wars.  She has written on state-building in Liberia, political participation in Senegal, political trust in Nigeria, rebel networks in civil wars across countries, misinformation on COVID-19 in Zimbabwe, and the impacts of natural disasters on inequality and conflict in Kenya.  She brings to GSPP tremendous knowledge of comparative politics, the impact of political violence, and sub-Saharan Africa.  Shelley joins us as an Assistant Professor.  

Gabriel Zucman is an economist with a PhD from Ecole normale superieure Paris-Saclay, Paris School of Economics who studies wealth inequality, tax enforcement and tax avoidance, and tax policies for reducing inequality.   He has written three books, The Triumph of Injustice:  How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make them Pay (with Emmanuel Saez), The Hidden Wealth of Nations, and the World Inequality Report 2018 with four other authors.  He has written many peer-reviewed articles on taxes, wealth, and inequality.  In 2018, Zucman was the recipient of the Prize for the Best Young Economist in France, awarded by the Cercle des economists and Le Monde in recognition of his research on tax evasion and avoidance and their economic consequences.  Gabriel joins us as an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Economics.