Alumni

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Please fill out the alumni update form, and browse our Alumni Association site for more information about the benefits available to you as one of our valued alumni.

Below is information on where our graduate students are working. For undergraduates, “What can I do with my degree in Economics?” is one of the most frequent questions. To find out more, visit Career Resources and Job Outcomes.

PhD Alumni

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Rahi Abouk (PhD, 2013), Professor of Economics, William Paterson University, New Jersey
Azrina Abdullah Al-Had (PhD, 2014), Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Management, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Benjamin C. Adams (PhD 2024), Lecturer in Economics, University of Tennessee at Martin
Sumit Agarwal (PhD, 1998), Distinguished Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore
Jacqueline Agesa (PhD, 1996), Professor of Finance, Marshall University, West Virginia
Richard Agesa (PhD, 1996), Professor of Economics, Marshall University, West Virginia
Saif Alhakimi (PhD, 2002), Associate Professor of Economics, Hodeidah University, Yemen
Janardhanan Alse (PhD, 1993), Professor of Economics and Finance, Indiana University Southeast
Salim Araji (PhD, 2014), Team Lead, Future of Work Initiative, United Nations
Amid Ardakani (PhD 2018), Associate Teaching Professor of Economics, Florida State University
Omid Ardakani (Ph.D 2015), Associate Professor of Economics, Georgia Southern University
Luis Arreaga (PhD, 1981), United States Ambassador to Guatemala, Retired
Benjamin Artz (PhD, 2008), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Chandramouli Banerjee (PhD, 2018), Manager, Quantitative Analysis, Capital One, McLean Virginia
Mehdi Barati (PhD, 2017), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Southern Mississippi
Michael P. Barry (PhD, 1998), Associate Professor of Economics, Mount Saint Mary University, Maryland
David Bashaw (PhD, 1998), Director of Economic Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Sourav Batabyal (PhD, 2012), Asst. Professor of Economics, Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina
Najiba Benabess (PhD, 2007), Dean of the Business School, Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania
David J. Bernstein (PhD, 1996), Managing Economist, BLDS LLC, Philadelphia
John Bitzan (PhD, 1997), Professor of Management, North Dakota State University
Romkaew (Punruckwong) Broehm (PhD 1992), Founder and Principal, RPB Energy Economics, Cambridge, Mass.
Taggart J. Brooks (PhD, 1999), Dean of the College of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Ford J. Brown (PhD, 1998), Manager of Quantitative Risk Analysis, XCEL Energy, Denver, CO
Kristen Carioti (PhD, 2011), Professor and Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee
Sarah Carroll (PhD 2017), Clinical Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
Jayati Chakraborty (PhD 2023), Senior Analyst, Data Science, and Analytics, TransUnion, Chicago
U. Sarat Chandran (PhD, 1992), Advisor, Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.
Yvonne Chen (PhD, 1998), Professor of Economics, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia
Miao Chi (PhD, 2011), Associate Professor, Drew University, New Jersey
I-Ming Chiu (PhD, 2000), Associate Professor of Economics, Rutgers University – Camden, New Jersey
Souphala Chomsisengphet (PhD, 2000), Director, Credit Risk Analysis, Office of the Controller of the Currency, Treasury Department, Washington DC
Darnell Cloud (PhD, 2000) Forecasts Program Manager, Illinois Department of Employment Security, Chicago
Safoora Collins (PhD 2019), Lecturer, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Michael Coon (PhD, 2012), Associate Professor of Economics, University of Tampa, Florida
Sarah Cosgrove (PhD, 2003), Associate Provost for Student Success, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
Chad Cotti (PhD, 2006), Professor, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Tristan Coughlin (PhD, 2009), Lecturer in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Gabriel Courey (PhD, 2018), Associate Professor of Economics and Business, Wittenberg University, Ohio
Ali Dadpay (PhD, 2007), Health Economist, Dallas County Health and Human Services
Anusua Datta (PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania
Susan Davies (PhD, 1997), Assistant Director, Graduate Program in Human Relations and Labor Relations, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ilker Domac (PhD, 1994), Regional Head of Economics, Citigroup, Istanbul Turkey
Esmaeil Ebadi (PhD 2015), Assistant Professor, Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait
Bjoern Eberhardt (PhD, 2006), Head of Global Macroeconomic Research, Credit Suisse Private Banking , Switzerland (email)
Claire Economidou (PhD, 2004), Professor of Macroeconomics, Piraeus University, Greece.
Paul Emrath (PhD, 1989), Vice President of Survey and Housing Policy Research, National Association of Home Builders, Washington, DC.
Seyhan Erden (PhD, 1993), Lecturer in Economics, Columbia University, New York
Siyu Feng (PhD 2023) Research Associate, Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, Oxford University, UK.
Kenneth Fjell (PhD, 1998), Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Christopher Fletcher (PhD, 2013), Senior Examiner, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Washington DC
Daniel Fuhrmann (PhD, 2010), Director of Client Analytics, Thrivent, Minneapolis
Abera Gelan (PhD, 1993), Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Alejandro Gelves (PhD, 2009), Associate Clinical Professor of Business Analytics, William and Mary University, Virginia
Salome Giorgadze (PhD 2023), Transfer Pricing Consultant, Ernst and Young, Atlanta
Gour Goswami (PhD 2003), Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Uttara University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Steffen Habermalz (PhD, 2002), Lecturer in Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany
Massomeh Hajilee (PhD, 2010), Professor of Economics, University of Houston-Victoria
Hanafiah Harvey (PhD, 2005), Associate Professor, Penn State University-Mont Alto
Mehrnoosh Hasanzade (PhD, 2022), Data Analyst, Mozilla, Chicago
Scott W. Hegerty (PhD, 2007), Professor of Economics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.
A. Michael Heimert (PhD, 1988), Managing Director, Transfer Pricing, Duff and Phelps, Retired
Amr Hosny (PhD, 2013), Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
Anni Huang (PhD 2017), Quant Modeling Lead, Vice President and Quantative Modeling Lead, VP JP Morgan Chase & Co, New York
Brian Jacobsen (PhD, 2002), Chief Economist, Annex Wealth Management, Milwaukee
Uchechukwu Jarrett (PhD 2016), Associate Professor of Economics (practice), University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Orhan Kara (PhD, 2002), Professor of Economics, West Chester University, Pennsylvania
Muge Karacal (PhD, 2005), Associate Professor of Economics, Izmir Bakircay University, Turkey
Russ Kashian (PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Kamilla Kasymova (PhD 2019), Director, Quantitative Research and Analytics, Northwestern Mutual Life, Milwaukee
Alice Kones (PhD 2014), VP – Risk Analytics, Citigroup, Irving Texas
Vicki Knoblauch (PhD, 1991), Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut
Heather Kohls (PhD, 2003), Director of Global Business Learning, Associate Professor of Practice, Economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee
Akbar Komijani (PhD, 1983), Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Iran and Associate Profeshsor of Economics, University of Tehran
Jerome Kueh (PhD 2015), Senior Lecturer in Economics and Deputy Dean (Industry, Community Engagement & Commercialization), University of Malaysia Sarawak
Swati Kumari (PhD 2013), Senior Vice President of Unsecured Modeling, Citigroup, Chicago Illinois.
Zoe Laulederkind (PhD 2022), Visiting Asst. Professor, Rhodes College, Memphis
Emily Lechtenberg (PhD 2010), Economics Instructor, Marquette University, Milwaukee
Tianfang Li (PhD 2021), Teaching Asst. Professor, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
Nabil Ben Ltaifa (PhD, 1993), Senior Economist, International Money Fund, Washington DC
Majid Maki-Nayeri (PhD, 2019), Lecturer in Data Science, School of Information, University of California – Berkeley
Kasim Mansur (PhD 2000), Professor of Economics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Hardik Marfatia (PhD, 2013), Associate Professor of Economics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
Richard McGregory (PhD, 2004), Full time Instructor, Business Management, Madison Area Technical College
Martin Meder (PhD, 2018), Associate Professor Economics, Nicholls State University, Louisiana
Murat Mercan (PhD, 2009), Professor of Economics, Yildiz Technical University (Turkey)
Sahar Milani (PhD, 2015), Associate Professor of Economics, St. Lawrence University, New York
Laurie A. Miller (PhD, 2012), Associate Professor of Economics (practice), University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Jessica Milli (PhD, 2013), Founder and Principal, Research 2 Impact, Washington DC
Ida A. Mirzaie (PhD, 1999), Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Ohio State University
Ilir Miteza (PhD, 2001), Professor of Economics, University of Michigan – Dearborn
Rajarshi Mitra (PhD, 2009), Associate Professor, Tokyo International University, institute for International Strategy, Japan
Ali Moghtaderi (PhD 2014) Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University, DC
Amirhossein Mohammadian (PhD 2019) Associate Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Madhu S. Mohanty (PhD, 1990), Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics, California State University – Los Angeles
Kristen Monaco (PhD, 1998), Director of the Office of Economics, U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Washington DC
Hosne Mridha (PhD, 2002), Associate Professor, North Carolina Central University
Abm E. Nasir (PhD 2001) Professor of Economics, North Carolina Central University
Kyriakos Neanidis (PhD, 2005), Reader in Macroeconomics, Manchester University, England
Pascal T. Ngoboka (PhD, 1987), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin – River Falls
Scott M. Niederjohn (PhD, 2003), Professor and Director, The Center Free Enterprise Center, Concordia University, Wisconsin
Phillip Oberg (PhD, 2015), Senior Consultant, 3 Cloud, Chicago
Patrick O’Halloran (PhD, 2003), Associate Professor of Economics, Monmouth University, New Jersey
Caglar Onal (PhD 2023), Senior Data Analyst, Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research Center, Northwestern University, Chicago
Prince Osei-Sarfo (PhD, 2020), Vice President of Risk Analytics, Citi, Irving TX
Maharouf Oyolola (PhD, 2007), Economist, United Nations Sustainable Development Group, Niger
Sezen Ozan Onal (PhD 2023), Economic Researcher, University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Systems
Nisit Panthamit (PhD, 2002), Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (email)
Anton Parlow (PhD, 2013), Project Manager, Socio-Political Education Institute, Bibow, Germany,
Sayeed Payesteh (PhD, 1993), Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin – Fond du Lac, Retired
Linh Pham (PhD 2017), Assistant Professor of Economics, Lake Forest College, Illinois
Gregory N. Price (PhD, 1993) JP Morgan Chase Professor of Economics, University of New Orleans, Louisiana
Chitralekha Rath (PhD, 2014) Data Science Manager, Yelp, Oregon
Artatrana Ratha (PhD, 2002), Professor of Economics, Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota
Hyun-Jae Rhee (PhD 1994), Professor of Economics, Cheongju University, Korea
Lynn Riggs (PhD, 1998), Research Associate, Moto Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand
Majid Haghani Rizi (PhD, 2017), Quantitative Analyst, Asset Allocation and Modeling, Citi, New York City
Rosemary Rossiter (PhD, 1980), Professor Emerita of Economics, Ohio University
Steffan Ruediger (PhD, 2008) Associate Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Sujata Saha (PhD, 2017), Associate Professor of Economics, Wabash College, Indiana
Esmaeil Salem (PhD 2016), Advanced Analytics Consultant, Elevance Health, Richmond, Virginia
Mona Sameni (PhD, 2016), Senior Lecturer in Economics, Johns Hopkins University
John Schwendel (PhD, 2020), Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Avigyan Sengupta (PhD 2024), Visiting Assistant Professor, Millsaps College, MS
Abdihafit Shaeye (PhD, 2017), Associate Professor, Kent State University at Turmbull, Ohio
Joshua Shindell (Ph.D., 2010), Lead Analyst, Evalueserv, New York, NY
Mehdi Shoja (Ph.D., 2014), Director of Credit Pricing, Ripple, San Francisco, CA.
John S. S. Ssozi (PhD, 2011), Clinical Professor, Baylor University
Eduard Storm (PhD, 2020), Postdoctoral Researcher, RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen Germany
Saleh Tabrizy (PhD, 2015), Associate Professor, Michael F. Price School of Business, University of Oklahoma
Altin Tanku (PhD, 2005), Research Director, Central Bank of Albania
Matthew Theobald (PhD 2024) Advanced Research Analyst, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Madison
Steven Trick (PhD, 2010), Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Missouri – Columbia
Geoffrey K. Turnbull (PhD, 1983), Professor of Finance, Central Florida University
Darin F. Ullman (PhD, 2016), Vice President of Evaluation, Economics, and Predictive Modeling, Lewin Group, Minnesota
Jeffrey Valentin-Mari (PhD, 1999), Professor of Economics, University of Puerto Rico
Benjamin Van Kammen (PhD, 2013), Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Purdue University
Shrathinth Venkatesh (PhD 2021), Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK
Alexey Yukhov (PhD 2019), Assistant Professor of Economics, California State University – Northridge
Evelyn Wamboye (PhD, 2008), Associate Professor of Economics, Penn State University DuBois
Yongqing Wang (PhD, 2005), Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Arizona
Zheng Wang (PhD, 2014), Associate Professor of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing China
Bryan Weber (PhD, 2015), Associate Professor of Economics, College of Staten Island, City Univeristy of New York
Mehrnoush Weems (PhD 2017), Professor of Social Science, Odessa College, Texas
Martin A. Wurm (PhD, 2009), Director of Economic Research, Moody’s Analytics, Seattle
Jia Xu (PhD, 2010), Professor of Finance, Shanghai International Studies University, China
Guangliang Ye (PhD, 2006), Professor and Vice President, Hainan University, China
Hussein Zeaiter (PhD 2008), Associate Professor, Lebanese American University

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MA Alumni

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Markus Adam (MA, 2018), Corporate Development M&A, Fiserv, Wisconsin
Yanal Almanasir (MA, 2008), Sr. Subcontract Administrator, Northrop Gruman, Minnesota
Evan Andrew (MA 2017), Senior Audit Manager, BMO Harris Bank, Milwaukee
Faniry Andriamialisoa (MA 2021) Business Analyst, Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee
Anushka Bansal (MA 2022) Data Analyst, UBS, Nashville
Hendrik Behnisch (MA 2024) Data Analyst, United Vein and Vascular Centers, Tampa FL
Farshad Bonyadih (MA, 2019), Senior Data Analyst, R.A. Malatest & Associates, British Columbia
Dominic Brewer (MA, 1989; PhD Cornell) Professor of Economics of Education, Steinhardt School, New York University
Kevin Crosswhite (MA 2020), Investment Banking Associate, J.P. Morgan, New York
Charles Decrucq (MA, 2010), Co-founder, Ladder Reinsurance Underwriting, Philadelphia
William Delwiche (MA, 2006), Founder, Hi-Mount Research, Milwaukee
Denis Drechsler (MA, 2004), Project Manager, FAO of the United Nations, Rome
Anna Fleer (MA 2019), Risk Management, DekaBank, Frankfurt
Jarred Glaser, (MA 2018), Software Engineer, Managed Investments Department, Northwestern Mutual Life, Milwaukee
Ian Glenn (MA, 2008), Director of Healthcare Economics, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Minnesota
Alexander Habboubi (MA, 2022), Pricing Manager, Maersk, New Jersey
Shakil Haider (MA 2011, PhD Texas Tech), BRAC University, Bangladesh
Benjamin Hajdarvic (MA 2019), Pricing and Strategy Analyst, Digital Room, Los Angeles, CA
David Herro (MA, 1985),Chief Investment Officer – International Equities, Harris Associated, Chicago
Jim Jin (MA, 1988; PhD Purdue), Reader, School of Economics and Finance, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Jessica Johnson (MA, 2014), Senior Segmentation and Targeting Analyst, Kohl’s Corporation, Wisconsin
Dalia Karic (MA, 2022), Associate Manager, Marketing Brand Management, S.C. Johnson, Milwaukee
Bastian Krieger (MA, 2015) Economics Researcher, Centre for European Economic Research, Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics Unit
Sebastian Linn (MA 2018) Software Team Leader, DB Netz AG, Frankfurt
Abbas T. Mousa (MA, 2015), Economist, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC
Konar Mutafoglu (MA, 2001; PhD TU Berlin), Professor of Sustainable Business, Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Dirk Neumann (MA 1999, PhD Karlsruhe), Professor of Information Science, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Jestoni Olivo (MA 2021), Officer in Charge, Economic Research Group, Philippine Competition Commission
Joe Rogers (MA 2021), Data Analyst, Johnson Controls, Milwaukee
Eshita Singh (MA 2022), “Associate Quantitative Risk Analyst,” MGIC, Milwaukee
Johanna Storck (MA 2008; PhD FU Berlin), Research Fellow, DIW, Berlin.
Gregory Whitten (MA, 2003 PhD Pittsburgh), Assistant Professor of Economics, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Angela Zabler (MA 2019), Economist, Coast Guard, Washington DC
Zach Zdanovec (MA 2019), Senior Risk Analyst, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Chicago