AEASP 2023 Faculty Omari Swinton

Dr. Omari H. Swinton is a professor in the Economics department at Howard University, where he teaches introductory, intermediate, and urban economics.  He is currently the Director of Graduate Studies and Chair.  His research interests include labor economics and education.  He has papers examining the teenage labor market, the benefits from attending HBCU's, and the returns to a college education.

AEASP 2023 Faculty Alexander Henke

Alex Henke is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Howard University.  He obtained his doctorate in economics at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2016. He has two main fields of research. First, he uses game theory and contract theory to analyze the economics of corruption and pro-social preferences in organizations. Second, he is an applied microeconomist studying the economic and policy determinants of domestic violence and crime, with a recent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.

AEASP 2023 Faculty Neil Ericsson

Neil R. Ericsson is a Principal Economist, Division of International Finance, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; an Adjunct Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University; and a Research Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and a member of the H. O. Stekler Research Program on Forecasting, The George Washington University.

AEASP 2023 Faculty Deniz Baglan

Deniz Baglan is an Associate Professor of Economics and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics at Howard University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Riverside. His research focuses topics on nonparametric econometrics and panel data. In particular, he is interested in the applications of semiparametric/nonparametric panel data models in macroeconomics and empirical finance.

AEASP 2023 Faculty

AEASP 2023 Scholar Michael Wilson

I am a graduate of Texas State University McCoy College of Business with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Economics. I have experience performing research studies and analysis on multiple topics including teacher retention, bicycle ride share trip duration, and bicycle commute. I advocate for multimodal transportation models and study the economic and environmental benefits of having diverse modes of transportation. I also have studied energy and sustainability. I am pursuing my Ph.D.

AEASP 2023 Scholar Angela Garcia

Angela (she/her) is a junior at Yale University and is from Detroit, Michigan. She is a first-gen, a low-income student majoring in Economics. Angela plans to pursue a PhD in economics in order to contribute to the diversity of perspectives, research, and impact of the field. She is especially interested in the influence of economics on policy and issues surrounding racial inequality and economic mobility.

AEASP 2023 Scholar Andres Davila

Andres Davila is a fourth-year student at Florida International University (FIU), majoring in Economics with a minor in Mathematics and Computer Science. He is originally from Miami but comes from a Colombian-Venezuelan background. At FIU, he is involved in the student newspaper as an assistant news editor for international news and is a member of FIU’s international honor society for computing disciplines, Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE).

AEASP 2023 Scholar Christina Klas

Christina Klas is a rising junior at the University of New Mexico pursuing a double major in Economics and German. She is an enthusiastic participant in the Honors College, World Affairs Delegation, and Economics Club as well as an officer for the German Club. Christina spent the past semester working on a water sustainability fellowship focused on policy interventions associated with efficient water consumption.

AEASP 2023 Scholar Kaylee Nielson

Kaylee Nielson is an economics scholar interested in using quantitative analysis to help inform public policy, with a focus on whether a policy is equitable as well as efficient. Her experience thus far has largely been in the public sector, including internships at the Council of Economic Advisers and the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration. Kaylee is a graduate of Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in English.