AEASP 2022 Fellow Aisha Udochi
Aisha Udochi is a doctoral student in Economics at Howard University and an Africa-China researcher concentrating in growth and development theory. As an Orrick Fellow, she studied Chinese involvement in Nigeria's shoe manufacturing industry and examined the role of foreign direct investment and knowledge transfer in facilitating local development. Presently, she is working with the US Federal Reserve on a big data investigation of financial transactions in Nigeria. Her research interests include wealth generation, inequality, financial inclusion and industrialization.
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Beza Afework is an economics Ph.D. student at Howard University in Washington, DC. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Addis Ababa University and her master's degree in Economics, Summa cum laude, from Howard University. She specializes in Growth and development and has worked at the International Food Policy research institute (IFPRI) as a summer data analyst, where she gained valuable experience in her field of specialization.
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Whitney Brown is pursuing a PhD in Economics at Howard University in Washington DC. She is proud to be a 2x HBCU graduate. She received her M.A. in Economics from Howard in 2020 and her B.S. in Finance and Economics from Winston-Salem State University in 2016. Whitney was born and raised in the small town of Henderson, North Carolina. She credits this to her humble upbringing and motivation to tell cultural stories through economic research.
AEASP 2022 Fellow Vincent Cobb
I am a native New Yorker, that currently resides in Maryland. I have previously worked, as a Math teacher for 10 years, and a government accountant for 15 years. I enjoy: reading, running, singing, and watching movies. Finding economics as my eventual study was a semesters-long process, as I transitioned from engineering to math, and then finally to economics. Economics allowed me to marry my passion for demographics with my affinity for math, into a study that spoke to most of my interest
Read More about AEASP 2022 Fellow Vincent CobbAEASP 2022 Scholar Karla Zendejas
Karla Zendejas is a fourth-year student at the University of Rochester majoring in Economics with a minor in the Environmental Humanities. She is originally from Brownsville, TX but spent a lot of her time growing up on the other side of the border in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Karla has experience being a head teaching assistant for an environmental economics course and a teaching assistant for an introduction to economics course at her university. Additionally, she is a research assistant in Dr.
Read More about AEASP 2022 Scholar Karla ZendejasAEASP 2022 Scholar Malik Woullard
I am Malik Woullard, a 21-year-old senior economics major mathematics minor at Howard University. I am originally from Mississippi and I currently reside here in Washington, DC.
Read More about AEASP 2022 Scholar Malik WoullardAEASP 2022 Scholar Diego Villatoro
Diego grew up in Honduras and, in 2002, came to the US with family. Moving to the US opened his eyes to the enormous wealth disparity among nations. Most striking was the massive infrastructure of cities. Though unremarkable to most, he had only seen colonial-style towns, which paled compared to Los Angeles, CA, the first stop. After graduating HS, he joined the US Army. He felt it was his duty to serve the nation that had adopted him.
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I was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I moved to California for college, where I studied chemistry. I went to graduate school in Boston, where I studied history of science and applied physics. I am currently teaching math at a private high school in Middletown, DE.
Read More about AEASP 2022 Scholar Deriba OlanaAEASP 2022 Scholar Helen Vasquez Ramos
Helen Vasquez Ramos is a sophomore Economics and Mathematics double major at Fairfield University. Originally from Guatemala, Helen has a particular interest in development economics, economic policy, and behavioral economics. She would like to create economically sound and effective policies that truly help people develop their communities using their own resources in a sustainable way, while addressing issues like extreme poverty, food insecurity, and lack of infrastructure and quality education.
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Quynh Nguyen graduated from Haverford College in 2021 where she studied economics. During her time in college, she did macroeconomic research at Haverford as well as social policy research at the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania. She is originally from Poland but moved to Philadelphia with her sister at the age of 16. Quynh is currently working as a research assistant to Dr. Burdekin, she is passionate about socioeconomic mobility research and hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in the near future.
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