Morgan Hardy is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Social Science Division of New York University Abu Dhabi. She holds a PhD and MA in Economics from Brown University and a B.A in mathematics and philosophy from Columbia University. She has received an NSF/IGERT fellowship for interdisciplinary training and fieldwork as well as a Hewlett Foundation/IIE Dissertation Fellowship to study women's labor market participation in the developing world. She is currently interested in women's economic empowerment, social/business networks, and informal economic activity in Africa.