Morgan Hardy

New York University, Abu Dhabi

Morgan Hardy is an Assistant Professor at the New York University Abu Dhabi. She obtained her PhD in economics from the Department of Economics at Brown University. She earned her BA in mathematics and philosophy from Columbia University in 2008 and her MA in economics from Brown University in 2011. She has received an NSF/IGERT fellowship for interdisciplinary training and fieldwork as well as a Hewlett Foundation/IIE Dissertation Fellowship to study women's labor market participation in the developing world. Morgan is currently interested in women’s economic empowerment, social/business networks, and informal economic activity in Africa.