Randall Akee, PhD

Randall Kekoa Quinones Akee is the Julie Johnson Kidd Professor of Indigenous Governance and Development and the faculty director of the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development at Harvard Kennedy School. His research has focused on the determinants of migration and human trafficking, the effect of changes in household income on educational attainment, the effect of political institutions on economic development, and the role of property institutions on investment decisions. His current research focuses on income inequality and immobility by race and ethnicity in the US. Previously, he was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles in the department of public policy and American Indian studies where he also served as the chair of the American Indian studies department. Akee completed his PhD at Harvard University in June 2006.