Gerald Jaynes appointed the A. Whitney Griswold Professor
March 8, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Gerald Jaynes Gerald Jaynes, the newly named A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics, African American Studies, and Urban Studies, studies race relations and the economic conditions of African Americans and immigrants. His appointment was effective January 1. Jaynes is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In the field of economics, he is known for the Jaynes-Hellwig-Glosten Allocation, which describes an equilibrium outcome achieved in markets where trading agents h...