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Graduate Student Achievments

Exciting news about our graduate students! 

  •  Congratulations to Raymond Kim who became the first graduate of our new PhD program in May 2025! He starts a tenure-track position in Economics at Westmont College this Fall. We wish him all the best in his career. He has published a book chapter with Professor Rowena Gray: "Economic Penalties based on Neighborhood, and Wealth Building" which is out in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, from Oxford University Press View here

  • Fifth year students Tiffany Ho and Soo Yeon Kim win the Economics Department Outstanding TA Award 2025!

  • Second year Ignacio Gonzalez-Correa has been awarded an Early Stage Dissertation Grant by the Economic History Association, for his archival work in Chile.

  • Fourth year student Zhangping Cai and fifth year student Tiffany Ho were awarded Ellis Perry Fellowships for Fall 2025.

  • Graduate students have presented their work at the WEAI Annual Conference, Boston University, and various field conferences!