PhD Graduate Job Placements

The Department of Economics is committed to preparing our graduates for successful research and teaching careers. We're proud to have our PhD alumni placed in amazing careers! 

If you are an alumna or alumnus of the program, please visit the Alumni Outcomes page to learn more about how to stay involved and, feel free to check out PhD students who are currently on the job market.

Faculty director names are indicated in parentheses.

2024

Mark Albertson (Roberto Samaniego)

• MITRE Corporation, International Macro Portfolio; Full-Time

Gonzalo Dionis (Tomas Williams)

• International Monetary Fund, Economist

Friederike Langowski (Michael Bradley)

• International Monetary Fund; Economist Program (EP)

Kan Sun (Stephen Smith)

• Fudan University, China Institute (post-doc)

Vitaliy Novik (Donald Parsons & Remi Jedwab)

• U.S. Census Bureau, Economist; Full-Time

2023

Xinxin Cao (Arun Malik)

• St. Lawrence University; Visiting Assistant Professor

Jonah Coste (Paul Carrillo)

• Federal Housing Finance Agency

Peter Devine (Sumit Joshi)

• Council on Foreign Relations: International Affairs

Nathaniel Harris (Anthony M. Yezer)

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Gonzalo Huertas (Tomas Williams)

• International Monetary Fund

Jeffrey Kuo (Joseph Pelzman)

• Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER); Tenure-track Assistant Research Fellow

Chuanhao Lin (Anthony Yezer)

• George Washington University; Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor

Bozhen Liu (Stephen Smith & Bryan Stuart)

• JINAN University (暨南大学); Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)

Yunsheng Ma (Tomas Williams)

• Capital One

Rully Prassetya (Graciela Kaminsky)

• World Bank (Consultant Economist)

Xiaoying Yang (Arun Malik)

• Shenzhen MSU-BIT University; Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)

Zheyu Yang (Graciela Kaminsky)

• Moody's Analytics

2022

Ruoyu Chen (Arun Malik)

• University of Windsor; Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)

Hyung Joon Chung (Anthony Yezer)

• Korea Real Estate Institute (KRERI)

Ebad Ebadi (Meggie Chen & R. Jedwab)

• World Bank (Economist)

Taesik Kim (Wallace Mullin)

• Korea Energy Economic Institute (KEEI); Associate Research Fellow

Tyler Remick (Bryan Stuart & Stephanie Cellini)

• US Securities and Exchange Commission (Full time)

Naixin Zhu (Nicholas Vonortas)

• Meta (Full time)

2021

Nisan Gorgulu (R. Jedwab and S. Smith)

• Copenhagen Business School (Postdoc)

Bo Jiang (P. Labadie)

• Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Assistant Professor (Full-time Tenure Track)

Han Liu (A. Yezer)

• Capital One (full-time)

Hector Tzavellas (S. Joshi)

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)

2020

Huong (Alicia) Dang (R. Samaniego)

• Union College New York (Tenure Track)

Eiji Goto (T. Sinclair)

• University of Missouri-St. Louis (Tenure Track)

Jin Ho Kim (R.Samaniego)

• Oxford University (Lecturer in Economics)

Andrea Lopez-Luzuriaga (P. Carrillo)

• Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá Colombia (Tenure Track)

Chad A. Redmer (A. Yezer)

• U.S. Naval Academy (Tenure Track)

Abhilasha Sahay (S. Smith and R. Jedwab)

• World Bank

Qiang Zheng (M. Chen)

• CLSA Americas

2019

Vida Bobic (S. Smith)

• Inter-American Development Bank

Gao Chen (J. Shambaugh)

• Capital University of Economics and Business

Aaditya Dar (S. Smith)

• Indian School of Business

Xudong Guo (T. Sinclair)

• Shanghai University

Jozefina Kalaj (B. Chiswick)

• Pepperdine University

Amjad Khan (R. Jedwab)

• World Bank-Yong Professionals Program

YanZhao Lai (N. Vonortas)

• SouthWest JiaoTong University

Rafael Lopez-Monti (P. Labadie)

• Elliot School of International Affairs (Contract)

Tian Luan (A. Yezer)

• Freddie Mac

Haixiao Wu (A. Yezer)

• Nanjing Audit University

Xiaohui (Sharon) Wu (M. Bradley)

• Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Cheng Xu (A. Malik and L. Brooks)

• Capital One

2018

Olga Bespalova (R. Phillips)

• International Monetary Fund

Constantin Burgi (J. Foster)

• St. Mary's College (tenure track)

Md. Nazmul Hoque (B. Boulier, S. Emran)

• East West University, Bangladesh

Jason Russ (A. Malik)

• World Bank

Sam Zhang (J. Shambaugh)

• International Monetary Fund

2017

Zhe Fu ( C. Wei)

• University of International Business and Economics, China (tenure track)

Molly Jacobs (D. Parsons)

• East Carolina University (tenure track)

Xiaofan Meng (V. Fon)

• Fannie Mae

Min Wu (M. Chen)

• Moody's Analytics

Hang Zhou (J. Shambaugh)

• University of International Business and Economics, China (tenure track)

Jialiang Zhu (W. Mullin)

• Xiamen University, WISE, China (tenure track)

2016

Ferhat Bilgin (F. Joutz, J. Pelzman)

• Econometrica, Inc

Shan Li (B. Chiswick)

• Central University of Finance and Economics, China (tenure track)

Stephen Popick (A. Yezer)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Ahmed Rostom (F. Joutz , J. Pelzman)

• World Bank

Weihua Zhao (A. Yezer)

• University of Louisville (tenure track)

Amy Y. Guisinger (T. Sinclair)

• Lafayette College (tenure track)

Yuzhen He (M. Chen)

• University of International Business and Economics, China (tenure track)

Chun Kuang (A. Yezer)

• East Carolina University (tenure track)

Xiaohan Ma (R. Samaniego)

• Texas Tech University (tenure track)

Shunqin Chen (C. Wei)

• Fannie Mae

2015 and earlier

Sebastian Acevedo (T. Sinclair)

• International Monetary Fund

Sabine Ahmed (M. Chen)

• World Bank

Melanie Allwine (J. Foster)

• Randolf-Macon College (tenure track)

Saher Asad (S. Smith)

• Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan (tenure track)

Ge Bao  (M. Chen)

• University of International Business and Economics, China (tenure track)

Daniel Broxterman (A. Yezer)

• Florida State University (tenure track)

Matt Darst (A. Fostel)

• The Federal Reserve Board

Marina Gindelsky (B. Chiswick)

• Bureau of Economic Analysis

Chrysanthi Hatzimasoura

• The Lab@ DC

Ehraz Refayet (A. Fostel)

• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Chen Song (A. Malik)

• University of International Business and Economics, China (tenure track)

Albert Wood (A. Malik)

• Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State

Murat Issabayev (J. Pelzman)

• International School of Economics at Kazakh-British Technical University (tenure track)

Yiseon Yoo (A. Malik)

• Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade

Annette Kyobe (G. Kaminsky)

• International Monetary Fund

Jeremy Larrieu (S. Joshi)

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Pablo Vega-Garcia

• Universidad San Francisco de Quito (tenure track)

Gabriela Aparicio (P. Carrillo and S. Emran)

• Inter-American Development Bank (post-doc)

Bogdan Bonca (J. Pelzman)

• Capital One

Kiyong Jeon (W. Mullin)

• Posco Research Institute, South Korea 

Yao Pan (P. Carrillo and S. Smith)

• Aalto University (former Helsinki School of Economics) (tenure track)

Jon Rothbaum (J. Foster)

• US Census

Yu Sun  (R. Samaniego)

• Singapore Management University (tenure track)

Aaron Elron (A. Malik)

• Sewanee: The University of the South (tenure track)

Yueqing Jia (T. Sinclair)

• Capital One

Virginia Robano (S.Smith)

• The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Jane Yoo (P. Labadie)

• Ajou University, Korea (tenure track)

Pingkang Yu (A. Yezer)

• Renmin University, China (tenure track)

Gurkan Ay (D. Parsons)

• ERS Group

Sungil Kwak (S. Smith)

• Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Will Larson (A. Yezer)

• Federal Housing Finance Agency

Yi Song (M. Moore)

• Fannie Mae

Yaroslava V. Babych (G. Kamisky)

• International School of Economics at Tibilisi State University, Georgia (tenure track)

Anastasia Guscina (R. Samaniego)

• International Monetary Fund

Zhaoyang Hou (S. Smith and S. Emran)

• National University of Singapore (visiting fellow)

Poonpat Leesombatpiboon (F. Joutz)

• Ministry of Energy, Thailand

Brett Rayner (M. Cipriani)

• International Monetary Fund 

Chao Yue Tian (A. Yezer)

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (post-doc)

Cigdem Akin (F. Joutz)

• Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center, Italy

Joshua (Tony) Castleman (S. Smith)

• Academy for Educational Development

Mary Catherine Foreman (J. Cordes)

• Department of Homeland Security

Kotaro Ishi (F. Joutz)

• International Monetary Fund

Issouf Samake (F. Joutz)

• International Monetary Fund

Jeremy Schwartz (D. Parsons)

• Loyola University Maryland (tenure track)

Elaine Frey (A. Malik)

• California State University, Long Beach (tenure track)

Mohamed El Amine Mati (G. Kaminsky)

• International Monetary Fund

Jevergenijs Steinbuks (A. Yezer)

• Churchill College, Cambridge University, England

Jennifer Gravelle (H. Watson)

• U.S. Goverment Accountability Office

Dongsoo Kim (A. Yezer)

• Korean Institute of Transportation Research

Yoriy Plypchuk (R. Trost)

• St. Mary's College, Maryland

Laura Schultz (F. Joutz and B. Fraumeni)

• University at Albany (SUNY) (tenure track)

Kyongsei Sohn (B. Boulier)

• SUNY- Brockport (tenure track)

Erwin Tiongson (M. Moore and S. Smith)

• World Bank

Niels-Hugo Blunch (D. Ribar)

• Washington and Lee University (tenure track)

Robert Jin-Ho Choi (C. Snyder)

• Fannie Mae

Christian Crowley (F. Joutz and A. Malik)

• Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of the Interior

Amany El- Anshasy (M. Bradley)

• United Arab Emirates University (tenure track)

Dahlia El-Hawary (M. Bradley)

• Part-time teaching, Egypt

Alejandro Guerson (G. Kaminsky)

• World Bank; International Monetary Fund

Di Guo  (R. Trost)

• dsGlobal, Inc

Feng Liu (A. Yezer)

• National Association of Realtors

Hanan Morsy (G. Kaminsky)

• International Monetary Fund

Frank David Osiniski (W. Mullin)

• Bates White

Maria Pia Iannariello (G. Kaminsky)

• Inter-American Development Bank

Moataz El-Said (S. Smith)

• International Monetary Fund

Chi-Ung Song (B. Boulier)

• Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI)