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Job Market Candidates

Placement Director: Professor Boris Gershmanboris.gershman@american.edu
 

2024-2025 Job Market Candidates

Lin Shi

Lin ShiWebsite | CV & Job Market Paper
ls6953a@american.edu

Research Fields: International Trade (with a focus on Global Value Chain analyses), Macroeconomic Development, Political Economy of Trade Policy

Advisors: Kara Reynolds; Robert Blecker; Robert M. Feinberg

Aina Puig

Aina PuigWebsite | CV & Job Market Paper
ak3851a@american.edu

Research Fields: Macroeconomics, Inequality

Advisors: Xuguang Sheng; Juan Montecino; Mieke Meurs; Dirk Krueger

Catherine Falvey

Catherine FalveyWebsite | CV & Job Market Paper
cf4227a@american.edu

Research Fields: Health, Gender, Labor

Advisors: Kelly Jones; Mary Hansen; Sung Ah Bahk

Tinatin Mumladze

Tinatin MumladzeWebsite | CV & Job Market Paper
 tm3538a@american.edu

Research Fields: Economic Growth, Development, Culture, Institutions

Advisors: Boris Gershman; Walter Park; Quamrul Ashraf; Erik Kimbrough

Amy Cross

Amy CrossWebsite | CV & Job Market Paper
ac2763a@american.edu 

Research Fields: Labor, Gender, National Security

Advisors: Mary Hansen; Susan Richardson; Boris GershmanKelly Jones 

Taiye Chen

Taiye ChenWebsite | CV
tc0741a@american.edu

Research Fields: International economics, development economics, macroeconomics

Advisors: Kara Reynolds; Robert A.Blecker; Juan Montecino

Yan Wang

Yan WangWebsite | CV & Job Market Paper
yw3864a@american.edu

Research Fields: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, International Finance, Climate Economics, Financial Stability

Advisors: Gabriel Mathy; Xuguang Sheng; Kraft Evan; Nepomuk Dunz

Vasudeva Ramaswamy

Vasudeva RamaswamyWebsite | CV & Job Market Paper
ramaswamy@american.edu

Primary Research Fields: Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, Inequality
Secondary Research Fields: Computational Economics, Economic History, Financial Market Behavior

Advisors: Alan G.Isaac; Garbiel Mathy; Ignacio Gonzalez; Juan Montecino

Recent Placements by Year of Graduation

2023

Jiemin Ren: International Monetary Fund
Regina Seo: Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy
Han (Maylin) Sun: International Monetary Fund
Farah Tasneem: Office of Research, Planning, and Program Evaluation, at Maryland State Department of Education

2022

Angie Ahmadi: Analysis Group
Eric Carlson: The Economic Innovation Group (EIG)
Glen Kwende: International Monetary Fund
Dingqian Liu: American Century Investments
Hoossam Malek: Federal Reserve Board
Amanda Mayoral: Coalition for a Prosperous America
Michael Palmedo: U.S. Copyright Office
Hannah Randolph: Fraser of Allander Institute, University of Strathclyde
Aarti Reddy: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Gustavo Rojas Matute: Moody's Analytics
Ameesh Upadhyay: Knox College

2021

Chang He: World Bank
Emine Elçin Köten: Turkish Ministry of Trade
Jeffrey Levy: University of Chicago
Jayne Yoo: US Census Bureau

2020

Tanima Ahmed: World Bank, South Asia Gender Innovation Lab (SAR GIL)
James Boohaker: US Government Accountability Office
Romina Kazandjian: International Monetary Fund
Stephan Lefebvre: Bucknell University
Fareena Malhi: University of the Punjab
Alberto Ramon: Federal Aviation Administration
Ariane Volk: World Bank

2019

Yahia Abuhashem: CVS Health
Zidong An: Renmin University of China
Sydney Gourlay: World Bank
Woubet Kassa: World Bank
Natalia Leszczyszyn: Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Yang Liu: Fannie Mae 
Katsuki Morihara: Japan International Cooperation Agency, Ethiopia Office
Jorje Huerta Munoz McNabb: Wilmington Trust Corporation
Tejesh Pradhan: McKinsey & Co.
Mai Raheh: King Abdullah University
Adrian Scutaru: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
James Smith III: Fannie Mae

2018

Adam Ackerman: Department of Economics and Geosciences, U.S. Air Force Academy
Ebtesam Alansari: School of Business studies in the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait
Mike Cauvel: University of Southern Maine
Huancheng Du: School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
Demet Cimen Gulsen: Fannie Mae
Ganbaatar Jambal: World Bank
Valerie LaCarte: Migration Policy Institute
Moon Oulatta: Gustavus Adolphus College
Maria Reyes Peguero: Gettysburg College
Michael Smith: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Rubena Sukaj: World Bank
Matthew van den Berg: University of Nebraska at Kearney (tenure track)
Phanwin Yokying: East-West Center at University of Hawaii

 

2017

Zeynep (Elif) Aksoy: US Department of Justice
Genevre Covindassamy: Department of Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Kentaro Murayama: California University of Pennsylvania
Ricci Reber: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Walter Scott: Fannie Mae
Tiberiu Scutaru: Department of Finance Canada, International Trade and Finance branch
Abhilasha Srivastava: California State University, San Bernadino
Ke Wang: International Monetary Fund

 

2016

Mahsa Agha Gholizadeh: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Analysis Division
Jess (Yuning) Chen: The MITRE Corporation
Paul Corral: World Bank
Matthew Davis: Siena College (tenure track)
Ervin Dervisevic: World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab
Justin Grana: Microsoft
Daniel Kuehn: Urban Institute
Wesley (Blake) Marsh: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Laurent Risler: African Development Bank (initial); IMF (permanent)
Maja Schling: Inter-American Development Bank
Tihomir Stucka: World Bank
Emcet Tas: World Bank
Tual Tuang: Fannie Mae
Dongping Xie: Private Industry in China

 

2015

Nayef Al-Musehel: King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
Megan Fasules: Center for Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University
Ganbaatar Gambal: Central Bank of Mongolia
Esgi Osturk: International Monetary Fund
Nicholas Reksten: Sarah Lawrence College (term); University of Redlands (tenure track)
Greg Seymour: International Food Policy Research Institute
Darren Sheets: International Trade Commission
Smriti Tiwari: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (initial), Skidmore College (tenure track)