A member of the Boston University faculty since 1991, Loury earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Northwestern University and his doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has taught at Harvard University, the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, and has been a scholar-in-residence at Oxford University, Tel Aviv University, the University of Stockholm, the Dehli School of Economics and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.
Loury's numerous essays and articles have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Brookings Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The Public Interest and The New Democrat. He is a former recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his most recent book, One by One, From the Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America, won both the American Book Award and the Christianity Today Book Award in 1996.
In addition to his many accolades, he is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and a member of the publication committee at The Public Interest. A renowned public speaker on issues surrounding welfare, race and affirmative action, Loury is an active advisor on social issues to business and political leaders throughout the country.
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Part of the series on race and ethnicity sponsored by Hamilton's Levitt Public Affairs Center, Loury's talk is free and open to the public.
