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Graduate Student Placement Coordinator:  Ben Cowan
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Previous Job Placements


Current 2023-24 PhD Students Job Market Placement


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Suhina Deol

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Email: suhina.deol@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Three Applied Economics Essays on Washington Agricultural Water Resources.

Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan Yoder

Research Interest: Agricultural Economics, Econometrics, Experimental and Behavioral Economics

Position Accepted: Post-doctoral Fellowship at Oklahoma State University
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Carly Dollin

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Email: carly.dollin@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Economics of Development, Labor and Technology

Major Professor: Dr. Mark Gibson

Research Interest: Industrial Economics, Labor Economics, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics

Position Accepted:
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Kairon Shayne Garcia

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Email: kaironshayne.garcia@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: The Impact of School Closures in years 2020-21 on parents and children

Major Professor: Dr. Ben Cowan

Research Interest: Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Econometrics (Causal Inference)

Position Accepted: Tenure-track Assistant Professor California State University -Long Beach
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Magdana Kondaridze

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Email: magdana.kondaridze@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Three Essays on the Gravity Model of International Trade

Major Professor: Dr. Jeff Luckstead

Research Interest: International Trade, Agricultural Economics, Consumer Economics, Applied Econometrics

Position Accepted: Tenure-track Assistant Professor Gonzaga University
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Andre Murray

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Email:
andre.murray@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Essays in Central Bank Digital Currencies and Public Policies

Major Professor: Dr. Jinhui Bai

Research Interest: Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Applied Microeconomics.

Position Accepted:
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Sahil Patil

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Email: sahil.patil@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Essay in Applied Microeconomics

Major Professor: Dr. Wesley Blundell
Research Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Causal Inference, Machine Learning

Position Accepted:
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Wisnu Sugiarto

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Email: wisnu.sugiarto@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics with Policy Implications on Safety and Environment in Transportation Sectors

Major Professor: Dr. Jia Yan

Research Interest: Spatial, Transportation, Urban, and Environmental Economics

Position Accepted: Tenure-track Assistant Professor Whitman College
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Katelin Swanson

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Email: katelin.swanson@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Applied Agricultural Economics

Major Professor: Dr. Randy Fortenbery
Research Interest: Agricultural Economics, Food Security, Crop Insurance, Health Economics, Nutrition, Environmental Justice

Position Accepted: PostDoc Impact Center, Washington State University
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Jiaying Wang

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Email: jiaying.wang2@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Essays in Industrial Organization and Economics

Major Professor: Dr. Wesley Blundell

Research Interest: Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics, Bayesian Inference

Position Accepted: Quantitative Risk Modeling Analyst, the Huntington National Bank
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Mingyi Yang

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Email: mingyi.yang2@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Essays in Macroeconomics

Major Professor: Dr. Jinhui Bai,

Research Interest: Macroeconomics

Position Accepted:
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Qi Zhang

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Email: qi.zhang4@wsu.edu@wsu.edu

Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Applied Microeconomics

Major Professor: Dr. Wesley Blundell

Research Interest: Applied Econometrics; Public Economics; Labor Economics; Development Economics; Political Economics

Position Accepted: