Brandy Edmondson is an incoming doctoral student at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She is pursuing a degree in Business Administration in the research division of Work and Organizations which combines methodologies used in economics and management to answer questions regarding labor economics, human resource management, and organizational behavior. Brandy’s research interests surround topics of diversity and inclusion in organizations. She is a 2016 graduate of Spelman College, where she earned her BA in Economics. Immediately following graduation, Brandy conducted research at Columbia University in Management. She then joined the PhD Excellence Initiative at New York University, where she participated in a two year pre-doctoral fellowship under the tutelage of Peter Blair Henry, a renowned African-American economist. Brandy also participated in the American Economic Association Summer Program in the summer of 2017 to prepare for doctoral study.