Econ Alumni

Dartmouth alumni who have studied Economics have gone on to a wide variety of careers. Here you'll find a sample of the many paths taken beyond Dartmouth.

Students who have gone on for PhDs in Economics and Related fields

 

Name PhD Program PhD University
Current Position
Amy Yang '17 Economics University of Pennsylvania, Wharton and Harvard Kennedy School Working towards PhD
Peter Choi '19 Economics University of Michigan
Working towards PhD
Alex Magnuson '19 Business Economics Harvard University
Working towards PhD
Akhila Kovvuri '18 Economics Stanford University
Working towards PhD
Natalia Drozdoff '17 Economics Yale University
Working towards PhD
Sarah Gertler '17 Economics MIT
Working towards PhD
Erin Huffer '17 Education and Economics Columbia University, Teachers College
Working towards PhD
Myles Wagner '17 Economics Harvard University
Working towards PhD
Ran Zhuo '17 Business Economics Harvard University
Working towards PhD
Charlie Rafkin '16 Economics MIT
Working towards PhD
Aaron Goodman '15 Economics MIT
Working towards PhD
Catherine Ledna '15 Energy and Resources Group UC Berkeley
Working towards PhD
Manav Raj '15 Management and Organizations NYU Stern
Working towards PhD
Mahnum Shahzad '15 Public Health Harvard University
Working towards PhD
Griffin Adams '14 Machine Learning Columbia University
Working towards PhD
Anirudh Jayanti '14 Economics University of Michigan
Economist, Bates White
Ayushi Narayan '14 Economics Harvard University
Working towards PhD
Samuel Stern '14 Economics University of Michigan
Working towards PhD
Ashley Wong '14 Economics Northwestern University
Working towards PhD
Cirrus Foroughi '13 Strategy Harvard Business School
Head of Analytics, Northwell Health
Shotaro Nakamura '13 Economics UC Davis
Working towards PhD
Priya Shanmugam '13 Economics Harvard University
Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research
Seo Yeon (Jamie) Song '13 Business INSEAD
Working towards PhD
Carlo Pizzinelli '12 Economics University of Oxford, Keble College Economist, IMF
Tomáš Jagelka '11 Economics École Polytechnique, CREST
Postdoc, University of Bonn
Jacob Robbins '11 Economics Brown University
Working towards PhD
Catherine (Armstrong) Asher '10 Education Harvard University
Working towards PhD
Tilman Dette '10 Economics Harvard University Tilcor (startup)
Deirdre Sutula '10 Agricultural & Resource Economics UC Berkeley
Working towards PhD
John Young '10 Political Science Stanford University
Lecturer, Stanford University
Kirsten Clinton '09 Economics Harvard University
Working towards PhD
Sarah Johnston '09 Economics University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin
Ella Kim '09 Urban Planning MIT
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank
Alan Kwan '09 Finance Cornell University
Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
Matthew Miller '09 Economics UCLA
Senior Economist, Audible
Boris Vabson '09 Economics University of Pennsylvania, Wharton
Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Qinggong Wu '09 Economics University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Desmond Ang '08 Economics UC San Diego
Assistant Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Dongil Keum '08 Management and Organizations NYU Stern
Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School
Cullen Roberts '08 Economics University of Chicago
Research Staff, Institute for Defense Analyses
Maheshwor Shrestha '08 Economics MIT
Economist, World Bank
Emily Weisburst '08 Economics UT Austin
Assistant Professor, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Owen Zidar '08 Economics UC Berkeley
Professor, Princeton
Erin Smith '07 Finance NYU Stern
Financial Economist, SEC
Jason Beeler '06 Economics Harvard University  
Dana Charles McCoy '06 Psychology and Social Intervention NYU
Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Janna Johnson '06 Public Policy University of Chicago, Harris
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Humphrey School
Oyebola Okunogbe '06 Public Policy Harvard University
Economist, World Bank Development Research Group
Seth Zimmerman '06 Economics Yale University
Associate Professor, Yale School of Management
Sarena Goodman '05 Economics Columbia University
Economist, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ariel Stern '05 Public Policy Harvard University
Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
Eva Vivalt '05 Economics UC Berkeley
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Saad Quayyum '05 

Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison International Monetary Fund - African Department
Jeffrey Arnold '04 Political Science University of Rochester
Senior Data Scientist, Instacart
John Bellows '04 Economics UC Berkeley
Portfolio Manager, Western Assett
Nicolas Duquette '04 Economics University of Michigan
Associate Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy
Savina Rizova '04 Finance University of Chicago
Head of Research, Dimensional Fund
Helena Aten '03 Economics Georgetown University
Senior Manager of Transfer Pricing, EY
Andreea Gorbatai '03 Organizational Behavior Harvard University
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Haas School
Devon Haskell Gorry '03 Economics University of Chicago
Assistant Professor, Clemson University
Jeremy Skog '03 Applied Economics University of Pennsylvania, Wharton
Economist, Fannie Mae
Luminita Stevens '03 Economics Columbia University
Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Heidi Williams '03 Economics Harvard University
Professor, Stanford University
Kenneth Gillingham '02 Management Science & Engineering and Economics Stanford University
Associate Professor, Yale School of the Environment
Dara Lee '02 Economics Boston University
Senior Economist, Amazon
Christina Weiland '02 Quantitative Policy Analysis (edD) Harvard Graduate School of Education
Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Education
John Welborn '02 Economics George Mason University
Lecturer at Dartmouth
Carrie Colla '01 Health Policy & Economics UC Berkeley
Professor, The Dartmouth Institute
Jeffrey Saret '01   UC Berkeley
Senior Vice President, D.E. Shaw Group
William Congdon '00 Economics Princeton University
Principal Research Associate, the Urban Institute
Zoe Mclaren '00 Public Policy and Economics University of Michigan
Associate Professor, UMBC
Adam Looney '99 Economics Harvard University
Professor, University of Utah Eccles School of Business
David Rapson '99 Economics Boston University
Associate Professor, UC Davis
Anil Doshi '98 Business Administration Harvard University
Assistant Professor, UCL
Lindsay Page '98 Quantitative Policy Analysis (EdD) Harvard Graduate School of Education
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Charles Wheelan '98 Public Policy University of Chicago
Senior Lecturer, Dartmouth College
Alison Fragale '97 Organizational Behavior Stanford University
Professor, UNC Kenan Flagler Business School
Clarissa Yeap '97   University of Chicago
Senior Economist, Economists Incorporated
Randall Akee '94 Political Economy Harvard University
Associate Professor, UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy
William Sandholm '92 Business Administration Northwestern University
Was Richard E. Stockwell Distinguished Chair in Economics, University of Wisconsin
Leo Kropywiansky '90 Economics MIT
Managing Macro Analyst, State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Ted O'Donoghue '90 Economics UC Berkeley
Zubrow Professor, Cornell University
Bruce Sacerdote '90 Economics Harvard University
Professor, Dartmouth College
Monica Higgins '86 Organizational Behavior Harvard University
Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership at Harvard Graduate School of Education
Sean Nicholson '86 Economics University of Wisconsin Madison
Professor, Cornell University
William Rodgers '86 Economics Harvard University
Professor, Rutgers
Chris Herbert '83 Public Policy Harvard University
Managing Director, Joint Center for Housing Studies (Harvard)
James Booker '80 Agricultural & Resource Economics Colorado State University
Professor, Siena College
Frank Hatheway '79 Economics Princeton University
Head Economist, NASDAQ
Wayne Gray '77 Economics Harvard University
Professor, Clark University
Kathleen Segurson '77 Economics Cornell University
Distinguished Professor, UConn
David Dollar '75 Economics New York University
Senior Fellow, Brookings
David Kreps '72 Operations Research Stanford University
Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
David Stapleton '72   University of Wisconsin Madison
Principal Member, Treehouse Economics
Dennis Warner '72 Economics Princeton University Owner, Piasa
Randall Pozdena '69 Economics UC Berkeley
Senior Economist, ECONorthwest
Lee Friedman '68 Economics Yale University
Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy
Michael Darby '67 Economics University of Chicago
Warren C. Cordner Distinguished Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Gary Jefferson '66 Economics Yale University
Carl Marks Professor of International Trade and Finance, Brandeis
Stephen Zeller '66 Economics Boston University
Consultant, Zeller Associates
Richard Freeman '64 Economics Harvard University
Professor, Harvard University
William Hamm '64 Economics University of Michigan
San Francisco Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group
Harvey Galper '59 Economics Yale University
Visiting Fellow, Urban Institute
Richard Du Boff '55 Economic History University of Pennsylvania
Samuel and Etta Wexler Professor Emeritus, Bryn Mawr
David Halloran '53 Economics University of Central Florida
Chairman, Icon Associates
David Horlacher '53 Economics University of Pennsylvania
Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury