Economic Doctoral Candidates Receive PhD

The UCSB Economics graduate program had a great year. We are pleased to announce that fifteen of our doctoral candidates received their degrees on June 14^th at the Graduate Division Ceremony held on the beautiful Commencement Green. They are now off to their new careers. Congratulations to:

• Yixin Chen – New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology (Postdoctoral Research Associate)
• Allegra Cockburn – Population Council (Postdoctoral Fellow)
• Menglong Guan – Pennsylvania State University (Assistant Professor)
• Anna Jaskiewicz – University of Scranton (Assistant Professor of Economics)
• Xin Jiang – University of Southern California (Teaching Postdoc Fellowship)
• Eunseo Kang – Calvin University (Assistant Professor of Economics)
• Danny Klinenberg – Department of Defense (Economist / Operations Research Analyst)
• ChienHsun Lin – National Taipei University (Assistant Professor of Economics)
• Sarah Papich – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency - Retail Credit Risk Analysis Division (Financial Economist)
• Jeffrey Romine – Elevance Health (Senior Researcher)
• Michael Topper – Arnold  Ventures (Postdoctoral Researcher)
• Xhulio Uruci – Keystone Strategy (Economist)
• Ravi Vora - University of Wyoming (Assistant Professor)
• Tiffany Xiao - CDC Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship (Postdoctoral Scholar)
• Jing Zhou - University of Edinburgh (Early Career Researcher Postdoc)