William M. Rodgers

William M. Rodgers III is Professor and chief economist at the Heldrich Center. He is also a senior research affiliate of the National Poverty Center, University of Michigan. Prior coming to Rutgers, he served as chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor from 2000-2001, appointed to that position by Alexis Herman, U.S. Secretary of Labor. He was also the Frances L. and Edwin L. Professor Cummings of Economics at the College of William and Mary.  His research examines issues in labor economics and the economics of social problems. In recent years, he has focused his research on the impact of the 1990s economic expansion and now the current job loss recovery on the earnings and employment of Americans. Recently, he and co-author Richard Freeman (Harvard University) published a series of articles titled, "Jobless Recovery: Whatever Happened to the Great American Jobs Machine?"  Rodgers serves on numerous boards. He is a former co-chair of the Programs and Planning Committee of the United Way of Greater Williamsburg. In October 2004, he joined the Board of the United Way of Somerset County.  He is also a Past President of the National Economic Association and a former chair of the CSMGEP.