Juliet U. Elu is an American economist who is currently Charles E. Merrill Professor of Economics and Chair of the Division of Business and Economics at Morehouse College.^[1] She was previously Vice Chancellor of Gregory University in Nigeria and she is a former president of both the National Economic Association and the African Finance and Economics Association.^[2]

Early life and education

Elu completed a BS in Economics and Political Science, an MBA, and an MPA at Utah State University. She completed a PhD in Economics at the University of Utah in 1992.^[3]

Career

Elu has taught at Clarke University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College.^[2] She was brought to Nigeria to lead the new private Catholic Gregory University in Uturu in south east Nigeria.^[4]

Selected works

• Banya, Kingsley, and Juliet Elu. "The World Bank and financing higher education in sub-Saharan Africa." Higher Education 42, no. 1 (2001): 1-34.
• Elu, Juliet U., and Gregory N. Price. "Does China transfer productivity enhancing technology to Sub‐Saharan Africa? Evidence from manufacturing firms." African Development Review 22 (2010): 587-598.
• Elu, Juliet U., and Linda Loubert. "Earnings inequality and the intersectionality of gender and ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Tanzanian manufacturing." American Economic Review 103, no. 3 (2013): 289-92.
• Elu, Juliet. "Human development in sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis and prospects for the future." Journal of third world studies 17, no. 2 (2000): 53-71.
• Price, Gregory N., and Juliet U. Elu. "Does regional currency integration ameliorate global macroeconomic shocks in sub-Saharan Africa? The case of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis." Journal of Economic Studies (2014).