Featured Researcher: Thea M. Lee

Thea M. Lee was elected to NBER's Board of Directors in September as the representative from the AFL-CIO. Ms. Lee is Chief International Economist in the Public Policy Department of the AFL-CIO, where she oversees research on international trade and investment policy. Previously, she worked as an international trade economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. and as an editor at Dollars & Sense magazine in Boston.

Ms. Lee received a Bachelors degree from Smith College and a Masters degree in economics from the University of Michigan. She is co- author of A Field Guide to the Global Economy, published by the New Press. Her research projects include reports on the North American Free Trade Agreement, on the impact of international trade on U.S. wage inequality, and on the domestic steel and textile industries. She has testified before several committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on various trade topics.