AEASP | Howard University Department of Economics

Felipe Juan is an incoming postdoctoral scholar at the Center for an Equitable Economy and Sustainable Society (E2S2) at Howard University. His research focuses are in labor and urban economics. Specifically, his research focuses on equitable access to unemployment insurance and how eligibility requirements impact unemployment benefit recipiency rates.

Darien Kearney is a Ph.D. student in economics at Howard University focusing on Behavioral Economics. Darien started his academic journey at Sam Houston State University, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Banking Services (double major) and a Master of Business Administration in Finance.

Subodh Raj Pandey is a doctoral student at the Department of Economics at Howard University in Washington, DC, specializing in Labor and Urban economics. His prior research experience lies within the realm of food safety, food wastage, climate change, and consumer behavior. He aims to contribute meaningfully to the development of an economically viable and equitable society by narrowing the economic disparity between the privileged and marginalized through productivity growth. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, playing games, and watching movies.

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

Dr. Jevay Grooms is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Howard University. She is an applied microeconomist with research that lies at the intersection of public economics, health economics, and studies of poverty and inequality.

Dr. Tingting Xiong is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Howard University's Department of Economics, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in International Economics. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Her research projects focus on international capital flows, multinational corporation activities, international trade, and economic growth.

Sergio Urzua is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland. He is a Research Associate at the NBER, Research Fellow at IZA, and International Research Fellow at Clapes-UC. His research focuses on labor, development and applied econometrics. His research agenda includes the evaluation of social/policy interventions in developing economies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2007.

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.

Sinem Hacioglu-Hoke is a senior economist in the Industrial Output Section, Research and Statistics Division, at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C, since 2023. She served as a Research and Policy Advisor at the Bank of England, London, UK, where she held other roles as a senior economist since 2015. Her research focuses on (non-linear) time series econometrics with applications to macroeconomics and financial stability.

Christine Dobridge is a Principal Economist in the Flow of Funds section at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where she has also advised Howard University students in a data analysis course taught by Board staff since 2017. During the U.S. financial crisis, Dr. Dobridge served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis and a Senior Advisor in the Office of Economic Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department.

Department of Economics

AEASP 2024 Faculty Felipe Juan

AEASP 2024 Fellow Darien Kearney

AEASP 2024 Fellow Subodh Pandey

AEASP 2024 Fellow Vincent Cobb

AEASP 2024 Faculty Jevay Grooms

AEASP 2024 Faculty Tingting Xiong

AEASP 2024 Faculty Sergio Urzua

AEASP 2024 Faculty Omari Swinton

AEASP 2024 Faculty Sinem Hacioglu-Hoke

AEASP 2024 Faculty Christine Dobridge