Economics
 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ph.D. Job Market Placements: 1992-Present

Our graduates take jobs in academic, government and international organizations, and private businesses.  Recent placements are listed below.

 

 

Graduate Program

 

 


Academic Year Name of Graduate Initial Employer Advisor Current position
(if different)

Fall
2003
-
Summer
2004

Ai-Ru Cheng University of California, Santa Cruz Gallant

 

Susan Chen Triangle Census Research Data Center, Duke University van der Klaauw

 

Michelle Danis Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Tauchen

Securities and Exchange Commission

Andrew Dyke Portland State University (visiting) Tauchen

Department of Health Services
Oregon State Government

Daniela Nicoara Ielceanu PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Biglaiser

 

Peter Lance MEASURE Evaluation Project, UNC Akin

 

Alex Li American Express van der Klaauw/ Mroz  
Albert Loh University of North Florida Akin

 

Fall
2002
-
Summer
2003

Lara Bryant Florida Atlantic University Gilleskie

 

John Csellak Campbell University Mroz

 

Timothy Goodger Lehman Brothers Black

 

Kenneth Hightower Federated Investors Parke

 

Jae-Young Lim Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea Akin

 

Haiyong Liu East Carolina University Mroz

 

Jonathan Pingle Board of Governors, Federal Reserve van der Klaauw

 

Fall
2001
-
Summer
2002

Sarah Broome University of Connecticut Tauchen North Carolina Hospital Association
Seung-Nyeon Kim Samsung Economic Research Black

 

Michael Quinn

Bentley College Field

 

Hisashi Sawaki Tezukayama University, Japan Conway

 

Melissa Sims ERS Blau

 

George Waters Washington and Lee (visiting) Parke Illinois State University

Fall
2000
-
Summer
2001

Scott Baker 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 
Jackson, MI
Mezzetti University of North Carolina 
School of Law
Benjamin Balak Washington and Lee (visiting) Tarascio Rollins College 
Jeremy Bray Research Triangle Institute Mroz

 

Joseph Crespo National Economic Research Associates Tauchen

North American Gas Research
Wood Mackenzie

Sumana Dhar World Bank Darity

 

Garland Durham University of Iowa Gallant

University of Colorado- Boulder

Paul Hutchinson Carolina Population Center Akin Tulane University
Neal McCall  Department of Treasury Tauchen

 

Christopher Dylan McGee Assumption College Black

 

Dominic Mancini Food and Drug Administration Stewart

 

Rupi Kaur Saggi Southern Methodist University (Lecturer) Black

 

Amitabh Singh Abbott Laboratories Tauchen

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Erdal Tekin Georgia State University Blau

 

Ozkan Zengin SAS Institute Black

National Resources Inventory,
Iowa State University

Fall
1999
-
Summer
2000

Myung-Chul Chung Seoul City University, Korea (visiting) Black

 

Alicia Robb US Small Business Administration Darity Foundation for
Sustainable Development
Taner Yigit St. Louis University Froyen Bilkent University

Fall
1998
-
Summer
1999

Clark Alyea Barra, Inc. Blau ValueScience
Charles Baum Middle Tennessee State University Blau

 

Teresa Beckham Rhodes College Conway

 

John Burger Loyola College, Baltimore Froyen

 

Alexander Cowell Research Triangle Institute Mroz

 

Jason Dietrich Comptroller of the Currency Akin

 

John Eiler Department of the Treasury Tauchen

 

Darrick Hamilton University of Michigan (postdoc) 
Yale University (Robert Johnson)
Darity New School University - NYC
George M. Holmes East Carolina University Mroz

SHEPS Center, UNC

Amber Jessup Food and Drug Administration Akin

 

Jonathan Lave Georgetown Law School Conway

Shearman & Sterling, Antitrust Division

Jee Hyung Lee Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Korean

Froyen

 

 

Roberto Mosheim University of Puerto Rico Darity/Lovell

 

John M. Nail Microeconomics, Inc. Stewart

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce

Tim Savage Charles River Associates Mroz Welch Consulting
Luis Sosa Colorado School of Mines Froyen Baldwin-Wallace
Frank Warnock Federal Reserve Board of Governors Black

 

Umaporn Wongwatanasin Asian Development Bank Field

 

Tom Xu Texas Tech University Akin

 

Fall
1997
-
Summer
1998

Alison Aughinbaugh Bureau of Labor Statistics Mroz

 

Lewis Davis State University of New York at Oswego Darity Smith College
Elena Glinskaya World Bank Mroz

 

Chris Henderson General Accounting Office Froyen

 

Debin Ma Hitosubashi University (visiting) Rhode/Gallman University of Missouri at St. Louis
Kellie Maske University of the West Indies Black Appalachian State University
George Korenko Meredith College Salemi National Economic Research Associates
Saif Rahman Agnes Scott College Darity/Friedman Ohio Wesleyan University

Fall
1996
-
Summer
1997

Gustavo Angeles Carolina Population Center Mroz Department of Maternal and Child Health,
UNC-Chapel Hill
Tim Day Deloitte and Touche Froyen

 

Doohoi Heo Posco Research Institute, Korea Stewart

 

Vaishali Mamgain University of Southern Maine Darity

 

Robert Pakpahan Ministry of Finance, Indonesia Conway

 

Chuck Slusher Social Security Administration Blau Battelle Corporation
Matt Thompson ERS
Mroz

 

Chris Trenholm Mathematica Mroz

 

Fall
1995
-
Summer
1996

Jennie Chase University of North Texas Mroz Center for Naval Analysis
Myriam Quispe Tulane University Black Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Jeff Rous University of North Texas Akin

 

Curtis Florence Tulane University (Public Health) Blau Emory University (Public Health)
Kirsten Madden Millersville University Tarascio

 

Steve Yamarik Oberlin College (visiting) Benavie Long Beach State

Fall
1994
-
Summer
1995

Hsiao-Chi Chen National Chung Hsing, University, Taiwan Friedman/Mezzetti

 

Ngina Chiteji Congressional Budget Office Darity Skidmore College
Martin Gross Consulting firm D.C. Tarascio

 

Inseong Hwang Samsung Economics Research Institute, Korea Black

 

Inbae Kim Korea Institute of International Economic Policy  Salemi Soongsil University, Korea
Soonhyun Kwon World Bank Darity

 

Kazuo Machino Hokkaido University Friedman/Mezzetti

 

Stephen O’Brien Sonnenschein Attorneys Stewart

 

Regina Riphahn University of Munich, Germany Blau University of Basel, Switzerland
Pankaj Sahay Christensen Associates Lovell

 

Mike Slotkin William and Mary (visiting) Appleyard Florida International University
Brian Surette Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Mroz Freddie Mac
Atsushi Tanaka Kwansai Gakuin University Froyen

 

Daxin Wang Health Source Conway Providian Financial
Lillian Woo Carolina Friends School Coates

Corporation for Enterprise Development,
Durham, NC

Fall
1993
-
Summer
1994

Jehan Arulpragasam Cornell Univ. Food & Nutrition Policy Program Field World Bank
Hakan Berument Wake Forest (visiting) Froyen Bilkent University, Turkey
David Hotchkiss Public Health, Tulane University Blau

 

Chanjin Kim Injae University Akin

 

Jeff Konz Washington & Lee University (visiting) Darity UNC-Asheville
Cynthia McCarty Jacksonville State University Rosefielde

 

Mike McIntosh
Christensen Associates Akin

 

Matthias Moersch Institute for Contemporary German Studies Froyen

 

Judi Turner Christensen Associates Lovell

Department of Anesthesiology, UCLA

Alan White ABT Associates Mroz

 

Fall
1991
-
Summer
1993

Chin-Shyan Chen Taiwan National University Akin

National Taipei University

Tania Dmytraczenko Futures Group Field ABT Associates 
Steffany Ellis University of Michigan, Dearborn Black Federal Express
Gerald Granderson Miami University of Ohio Tauchen

 

Alfred Guender Canterbury University, New Zealand Froyen

 

Daniel Kress Futures Group Field ABT Associates 
Carl Linvill University of Arkansas Friedman/Lovell Nevada State Office of Energy
Tsai-Ching Liu Technical University of Taiwan Akin

 

Chris Mackie Tulane University (lecturer) Tarascio Committee on National Statistics
Joe Nowakowski Muskingum College Rosefielde

 

Ann Sternlicht Virginia Commonwealth University Darity

 

Bill Winfrey Futures Group Field

 

Takashi Yanagawa Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan Friedman Kobe University, Japan