AEASP 2023 Scholar Jesus Torres
Jesus Adrian Torres is an incoming Master's student at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a recent graduate of Texas A&M University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Economics. His broad research experience ranges from economic statecraft, crime economics, and financial economics. Jesus currently is working as a research assistant in Dr. Jennifer Doleac's Justice Tech Lab and is also a Policy Analysis Associate Intern with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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Jordan Garcia is an undergraduate student at Ithaca College majoring in Economics with a minor in Data Science. Born and raised in White Plains, New York to a mixed-status immigrant family. He developed an interest in economics and the ability to use economics to explain complex systematic inequalities that he had witnessed. He is predominantly interested in macroeconomics as it relates to international trade and migration. He hopes the AEASP will help him have a smoother transition from his undergraduate studies to his graduate studies.
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Judene Josephs is a junior undergraduate student at Howard University studying Economics with a double minor in Mathematics and Political Science. Originally from Jamaica, Judene is interested in the areas of development economics, poverty, economic inequality, and areas within environmental economics.
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Nayomi Her is a Hmong American rising senior pursuing dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Public Policy, with a minor in Critical Studies of Race and Ethnicity at St. Catherine University. She has conducted research in education policy and labor economics, with a focus on education disparities and the economic outcomes of Asian Americans.
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Regine Adrien is a recent graduate from the Master of Arts in Economics program at the City University of New York at John Jay College. Ms. Adrien's professional and educational pursuit of economic justice and sustainable international economic practice and policy has informed her research in this field.
Read More about AEASP 2023 Scholar Regine AdrienAEASP 2023 Scholar Sullivan Anderson
Sullivan Anderson is a rising fourth-year Honors Economics student at North Carolina A&T State University. During her time at the #1 public HBCU, Sullivan has been involved in the economics department as President of the Aggie Economics Association, and remains involved in her University Honors College. Last summer, she interned with the Expanding Diversity in Economics Summer Institute and was a research assistant under Professor Alex Imas, a behavioral economist at the University of Chicago.
AEASP 2023 Scholar Van Le
Van Le is a graduating senior from Hollins University with a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Applied Economics with minors in Data Science. While at Hollins, Van was active in various clubs and organizations, including Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. She was also a Global Ambassador, Quantitative Reasoning Tutor, and Resident Assistant.
Read More about AEASP 2023 Scholar Van LeAEASP 2023 Scholar Ryan Meister
I grew up in Detroit, Michigan, for the majority of my life and lived in a low-income household. After Highschool, I moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to pursue a Bachelor's degree in economics from Northern Michigan University. Upon graduating from NMU in 2021, I attended West Virginia University as a fully funded Ph.D. student in economics. After deciding that WVU wasn't the right academic setting for me, I departed for home, where I stayed for a short amount of time.
Read More about AEASP 2023 Scholar Ryan MeisterAEASP 2023 Scholar Israel Fulton
Israel Fulton is a sophomore John B. Ervin Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis, where he studies Economics. A current resident of Norfolk, Virginia, and previously living across the United States, Israel wants to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics to explore demographic settlement patterns for Black Americans. Outside of the classroom, he enjoys traveling, playing tennis, and developing his skiing skills.
Read More about AEASP 2023 Scholar Israel FultonAEASP 2023 Scholar Angel Baikakedi
My name is Angel Baikakedi. I am from Gaborone, Botswana, and I am a Junior Economics major at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. My interest in economics is fueled by the desire to contribute to sustainable and equitable economic development in my country. In the long run, I plan to go to graduate school, focusing on development economics and public policy.