Shelley White-Means
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Shelley White-Means | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | Grinnell College, B.A Northwestern University, MA, PhD |
| Children | 1 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | Cornell University University of Memphis University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| Doctoral advisor | Mark Pauly |
| Website | https://independent.academia.edu/ShelleyWhitemeans |
Shelley White-Means is an American health economist who is a professor at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and director of the Consortium for Health Education, Economic Empowerment and Research (CHEER) at UTHSC.[1] She is a past president of the National Economic Association.[2]
White-Means was born and raised in Memphis, TN.[3] She planned to become an accountant until she was awarded a full scholarship to Grinnell College and studied economics, and realized it could be a pathway to improving health care in her home city. She earned a PhD from Northwestern University, where she was the first Black female graduate of that Economics PhD program.[4]