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PhD In Economics
Initial Placements
Year
Name
Initial Placement
Field
2023-24
Samuel Glick
Economist, U.S. Census Bureau
Economics of Eduation, Labor Economics
2023-24
Kyle Jones
Visiting Assistant Professor, Centre College
Public, Health, and Labor Economics
2023-24
Fang-Yu (Elise) Yeh
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dickinson College
Environmental Economics, Public Economics
2023-24
Linli Zhao
Assistant Professor, Elon University
Macroeconomics, Demographics, and Labor Economics
2022-23
Chase Coleman
Data Scientist at Rocket Mortgage
Macroeconomics , Monetary Economics, and Public Finance
2022-23
Nicholas Graff
Assistant Professor, Austin College
Labor Economics
2021-22
Ryan Hanson
Assistant Professor, University of Delaware
Macroeconomics and Energy Economics
2021-22
Hyein Kang
Researcher, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Labor and Public Economics
2021-22
Andrés Mira
Economist, U.S. Census Bureau
Economics of Immigration, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
2021-22
Yaxiang Song
Assistant Professor, Creighton University
Health Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
2020-21
Sookti Chaudhary
Assistant Professor, College of Wooster
International Trade and Environmental Economics
2020-21
Shiyu Cheng
Assistant Professor, Liaoning University (China)
Public Economics and Labor Economics
2020-21
Lauren Dirago-Duncan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Elon University
Labor Economics and Economics of Education
2020-21
Yoonseon Han
Assistant Professor, University of Puget Sound
International Economics and Macroeconomics
2020-21
Monika Khan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Amherst College
Macroeconomics and International Economics
2020-21
Anh Le
Staff Fellow, Food and Drug Administration
Health Economics and Public Economics
2020-21
Kenneth Tester
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Exeter (UK)
Public Finance and Labor Economics
2019-20
Samuel Acheampong
VP of Financial Forecasting, Citigroup (TX)
International Finance and Applied Macroeconomics
2019-20
Sookti Chaudhary
Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamilton College
International Trade and Environmental/Health Economics
2019-20
Xiaozhou Ding
Assistant Professor, Dickinson College
Labor Economics and Urban Economics
2019-20
Samuel Ingram
Economist, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Labor, Applied Microeconomics and Public Policy
2019-20
Alex McGlothlin
Post-Doctoral, ISFE
Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Labor, Health
2018-19
Kevin Allen
Assistant Teaching Professor, University of North Carolina
International
2018-19
Andrew Jonelis
Assistant Teaching Professor, Syracuse University
Macroeconomics
2018-19
Guowen Chen
Visiting Assistant Professor, Elon University
Macroeconomics
2018-19
Kara Riesing
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dickinson College
Macroeconomics
2018-19
Matthijs Schendstok
Economist, Department of Treasury
Macroeconomics
2018-19
Katie Toran
Staff Fellow, Food and Drug Administration
Health Economics
2018-19
Cody Vaughn
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Labor Economics
2018-19
Ben Wallace
Economist, Federal Trade Commission
Industrial Organization
2018-19
Zheng Yang
Assistant Professor, Liaoning Univeristy (China)
Industrial Organization
2017-18
Tim Bianco
Assistant Professor, Allegheny College (PA)
Macroeconomics
2017-18
Gray Forlines
Health Economist, RTI International (NC)
Health Economics
2017-18
Chenxu Hu
Assistant Professor, Nanjing Audit University (China)
Labor Economics
2017-18
Nicholas Moellman
Assistant Professor, Winthrop University (SC)
Labor Economics
2016-17
Steven Gordon
Self-employed/consulting
Labor Economics
2016-17
Hao Guo
Assistant Professor, Nanjing Audit University (China)
Macro/Intl
2016-17
Timothy Harris
Assistant Professor, Illinois State University
Health Economics
2016-17
Robert Hartley
Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University
Labor Economics
2016-17
Gray Hunter
Lecturer, University of Arizona
Labor/Education
2016-17
Anna Maximova
Assistant Professor, St. Mary's College (CA)
Macroeconomics
2016-17
Carla Nietfeld
Assistant Teaching Professor, Francis Marion University
Public Economics
2016-17
Meredith (Shores) Crane
Internal Auditor, City of Cincinnati
Urban Economics
2015-16
Sun Ki Choi
Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University
Labor Economics
2015-16
Steve Muchiri
Assistant Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University
Labor Economics
2015-16
Mihai Paraschiv
Assistant Professor, State University of New York-Oswego
International
2015-16
Lewis Warren
Research Economist, U.S. Census Bureau
Labor Economics
2015-16
Simeon Nanovsky
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Florida
International
2014-15
Casey Brasher
Assistant Professor, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (GA)
Labor
2014-15
Chelsea Dowell (ABD)
Assistant Professor, Upper Iowa University
Labor
2014-15
Emily Marshall
Assistant Professor, Dickinson College (PA)
Macroeconomics
2014-15
Sandeep Rangaraju
Assistant Professor, Weber State University (UT)
Macroeconomics
2014-15
Jamie Sharpe
Assistant Professor, Berry College (GA)
Labor
2014-15
Teguh Wicaksono
Post-doctoral Fellow, SurveyMETER-Indonesia
Labor
2013-14
Maria Apostolova
Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington
Macroeconomics
2013-14
Preston Brashers
Associate,Pricewaterhouse Coopers (CA)
Labor
2013-14
Derrick Jenniges
Economist, Bureau of Economic Analysis
International
2012-13
Salma Begum
Assistant Professor, North South University (Bangladesh)
Labor
2012-13
Sarah Burns
Research Staff, Institute for Defense Analyses
Labor
2012-13
Stephen Locke
Post-doctoral Scholar, University of California Los Angeles
Environmental
2012-13
David Yaskewich
Assistant Professor, Southeast Missouri State University
Labor
2012-13
You Yu
Assistant Professor, Capital University of Economics and Business(China)
International
2011-12
Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Bowling Green State University
Industrial Organization
2011-12
Rishav Bista
Assistant Professor, Marshall University
International
2011-12
Longjin Chen
Southwestern University of Finance & Economics
Public
2011-12
Tonmoy Islam
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Labor
2011-12
James Saunoris
Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University
Monetary
2011-12
Biniv Maskay
Assistant Professor, Loras College
Macroeconomics
2011-12
Brandon Sheridan
Assistant Professor, North Central College
Macroeconomics
2010-11
Xi Pan
Discover Financial Services
2010-11
Kusum Singh
LeMoyne-Owen College
Public
2010-11
Bo Jiang
Southwestern University of Finance & Economics
Public
2010-11
Xiaofei Wang
Bloomsburg University
Labor
2010-11
David Barrus
Brigham Young University-Idaho
IO
2010-11
Aziz Berdiev
Bryant University
Monetary
2010-11
Laura Coogan
Nicholls State University
Labor
2010-11
Johnny Ducking
North Carolina A&T
Labor
2010-11
Darkshak Patel
Roanoke College
Labor
2010-11
Bradley Hardy
American University
Public
2010-11
Carlos Lopes
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Public
2009-10
Jill Kearns Hayter
East Tennessee State University
Public
2009-10
Kylie Goggins
Saginaw Valley State University
Public
2009-10
Abdullah Al-Bahrani
Northern Kentucky University
IO
2009-10
Charles Hokayem
U.S. Census Bureau
Labor
2008-09
Luis Gonzales
Economic Analysis Group
Labor
2008-09
Ken Sanford
Middle Tennessee State University
IO
2008-09
Nola Ogunro
ERS Group
Labor
2008-09
Gil Kim
Cal. State University, Fresno
International
2008-09
Jason Beck
Armstrong Atlantic University
IO
2007-08
Emma Bojinova
Canisius College
International
2007-08
Wenbin Zhang
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (China)
Health/IO
2007-08
Amelia Biehl
University of Southern Indiana
Public/Urban
2007-08
Edgar Ghossoub
University of Texas, San Antonio
Monetary
2007-08
Brandon Koford
Valdosta State
Environmental/Health
2007-08
Lian An
University of North Florida
International/Monetary
2007-08
Volodymyr Vakhitov
Kyiv School of Economics
Industrial Organization
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