Amanda N. Jackson is a PhD student in Economics at Howard University, where her research focuses on crisis governance, financial systems, and distributional outcomes in American political economy. Her developing work examines the conditions under which state interventions during systemic crisis reproduce existing inequalities rather than repair them — and what distinguishes restorative crisis governance from market-stabilizing crisis governance. She is building a conceptual framework of "Reparative Finance" to examine how financial systems perpetuate or repair structural inequities over time.

Prior to doctoral study, Amanda served as Director of Consumer Campaigns at Americans for Financial Reform, where she led national advocacy on debt justice, Wall Street accountability, and consumer financial protection. She brings 15+ years of experience in grassroots organizing and policy advocacy, and has led campaigns securing more than $9 million in corporate economic commitments, including contributions to a reparations fund for survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Her work has been featured in Reuters, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Politico, Business Insider, and other outlets.