Dr. Grace N. Phillips
Assistant Professor
Office
FCBE 409
Office Hours
By Appointment
Biography
Dr. Grace Phillips is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Fogelman College
of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis. She received her B.S. in Economics
from the University of Kansas in 2017 and her Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University
in 2023.
Dr. Phillips is an applied microeconomist who works on topics related to the criminal
justice system, public policy, labor economics, and health economics. Her research
focuses on how public policy affects inequality and vulnerable populations' economic,
labor, health, and incarceration outcomes. One line of work evaluates how state policy
shapes mass incarceration, emphasizing recidivism outcomes for formerly incarcerated
people. While the other line of work evaluates the social welfare implications of
tobacco regulation, especially for vulnerable populations.