We can do more to raise the profiles of past and present standouts in the field, like Dr. Alexander-especially during Black History Month, I think about the names we remember and how we can expand the roster for historical contributions.
But we should also strive to celebrate our contemporaries in the now, to ensure that history records their excellence, like Willene Johnson, Margaret Sims, Erika James, Julianne Malveaux, Cecilia Conrad, and Ebonya Washington. Anna Gifty OpokuAgyeman and Fanta Traoré. My mentors, Alice Rivlin, Emmett Rice, Sandy Darity, Christina Romer, and Janet Yellen.