Selected Bios of Econ Alumni

Follow this link to bios of econ alumni. Please consider sharing your story as an alum of the Department. Contact James Graham.

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

 

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

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

Matthew Chao '06

Economics
Caltech
Associate Professor at Williams College

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

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