Geoff Clarke
Senior Lecturer in Economics

geoffclarke@brandeis.edu
Sachar International Center, S-012
Sachar International Center, S-012
Degrees
Rutgers University, Ph.D.City University of New York, M.A.
University of Chicago, A.B.
Expertise
Economic history, applied microeconomics, experimental economicsProfile
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Geoff Clarke arrived at Brandeis in the Fall of 2019 from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he studied economic history in one of the top-5 programs in the country. He teaches A Survey of Economics, Microeconomic Theory, and U.S. Economic History.
Clarke researches banks owned and operated by African-Americans from 1890 to the present day. He has constructed two new data sets. The first contains all African-American banks before 1940, used to measure the effects of African-American banks on the African-American community. The second contains in-depth information on the African-American banks of Virginia from 1915 to 1928 to quantify the three areas of discrimination these banks faced in the wider market.
Courses Taught
ECON | 2a | A Survey of Economics |
ECON | 10a | Introduction to Microeconomics |
ECON | 55a | American Economic History |
ECON | 80a | Microeconomic Theory |
Awards and Honors
HistoryMakers Academic Fellowship (2019)
Scholarship
Clarke, Geoff. "Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal." Rev. of Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal, by Shennette Garrett-Scott. Journal of Economic History vol. 79 12/1/2019: 1198-1200.
Clarke, Geoffrey and Purvi Sevak. "The Disappearing Gay Income Penalty." Economic Letters 121. 3 (2013): 542-545.