Placement
Ph.D. in Economics
The Department of Economics has a placement committee to assist students with all phases of the placement process, including understanding the operation of the doctoral labor market, preparing a vita, obtaining interviews, preparing for interviews, and evaluating and negotiating job offers. In the last several years, our Ph.D. graduates have accepted positions as listed below.
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2023 Graduates
Academic
California Policy Lab at UCLA/Berkeley – Shogher Ohannessian
Alma College – Vinitha Varghese
Postdoc
Michigan State University – Josep Nadal-Fernandez
Non-academic
Federal Communications Commission – Cole Campbell
Disney – Zheyuan (Damien) Dong
Analysis Group – Meiqing Ren
Abt Associates – Ayman Shakeel
PricewaterhouseCoopers – Taisiia Stanishevska
2022 Graduates
Postdocs
University College London – Ruveyda Gozen
Non-academic
Discover Financial Services – Jianhao Chen
Deloitte – Todd Czurylo
McKinsey – Raissa Dantas
Lurie Heart Center – Christina Laternser
Government Accountability Office – Katie McElroy
Eightfold – Maliha Singh
2021 Graduates
Academic
Murray State – Ayesha Jamal
University of Chicago Urban Labs – Salman Khan
University of Chicago Urban Labs – Nhu Nguyen
Temple University – Joshua Mask
Postdocs
University College London – Andrew Morgan
Non-academic
Amazon – Yuhao Chen
United States Department of Agriculture – Reem Hashad
2020
Academic
Monash University Malaysia – Pauline Khoo
Postdocs
University of California-San Diego – Naveen Reddy
University of Kentucky – Chuanyi Guo
Non-academic
Analysis Group – Lu Jinks
Cornerstone Research – Caitlyn Fleming
Federal Communications Commission – Maciej Wachala
United States Census Bureau – Shalise Ayromloo
2019
Academic jobs
Ball State University – Minh Thac Nguyen
Grand Valley State – Christopher Cruz
Cooper Union – Loujaina Abdelwahad
Purdue University-Ft. Wayne – Jeffrey Cline
Postdocs
University of Utah – Hyunkyu Ko
Center for Disease Control – Jiajia Chen
Non-academic jobs
RAND – Jason Ward
US Congress Joint Committee on Taxation – Chia Chang
Federal Express – Chenli Yu
2018
Academic jobs
Tulane University – Engy Ziedan
Vassar College – Alicia Atwood
Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance – Yuanrong Xu
Postdocs
Yale University – Jonathan Oliver
University of Chicago – Chen Meng
Georgia State University – Weixiang Pan
University of Oklahoma – Ahn Ngo
Non-academic jobs
Blue Cross Blue Shield – Carlos Villarreal
Capital One – Xuening Wang
CVS Health – Megan Diaz