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
2006
-
Summer
2007

Hamilton Fout Kansas State University Salemi  
Mohammad
Jahan-Parvar
East Carolina University Gallant  
Heather Krull RAND Gilleskie  
Bidisha Lahiri Oklahoma State University Conway  
Emil Rusev Acumen, LLC van der Klaauw  
Yan Shi Central Michigan University (visiting) Parreiras/Biglaiser  
Betty Tao CNA Corporation Gilleskie  
Mark Witte College of Charleston Black  
Myung-Soo Yie Bank of Korea Froyen  
Yun (Sean) Zhang Capital One Gilleskie

Fall
2005
-
Summer
2006

Omur Celmanbet Cornerstone Research Mezzetti/Biglaiser

 

Danny M. Davis CNA Corporation Tauchen/Biglaiser  
Timothy Diette Washington and Lee University Darity

 

Liang (Leon) Ding Macalester College Black  
Gregory Givens Middle Tennessee State University Salemi

 

Daver Kahvecioglu IMPAQ International Blau  
Yuriy Kitsul Georgia State University Gallant/Ahn

 

Shingo Takahashi International University of Japan Mroz  
Valerie Rawlston Wilson North Carolina State University van der Klaauw National Urban League
Yaraslau Zayats Bates White Mroz  

Fall
2004
-
Summer
2005

Rouben Atoian International Monetary Fund Salemi

 

Melissa Banzhaf Bureau of Labor Statistics Blau  
William C. Grant James Madison University Stewart

 

Joon-Suk Lee Bowdoin College Biglaiser  
Tamah Morant North Carolina State University Darity

 

Sahminan Bank of Indonesia Conway

 

Matthew Woolley Moody's Investors Service Ghysels/Zhang

 

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

Purdue University, Agricultural Economics

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

Southeastern Louisiana University

John Csellak Campbell University Mroz

 

Timothy Goodger Lehman Brothers Black

 

Kenneth Hightower Federated Investors Parke

 

Jae-Young Lim Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea Akin

Korea University

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

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Seoul, Korea

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

 

 

Michael Lokshin World Bank Blau

 

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

University of Virginia, Darden School of Business

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
Geoff Schneider Bucknell Darity  

Fall
1996
-
Summer
1997

Gustavo Angeles Carolina Population Center Mroz Department of Maternal and Child Health,
UNC-Chapel Hill
Bob Boggs   Lovell

 

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
Tania Dmytraczenko Futures Group Field

ABT Associates 

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

 

Daniel Kress Futures Group Field ABT Associates 
Kazuo Machino Hokkaido University Friedman/Mezzetti

 

Chris Mackie Tulane University (lecturer) Tarascio Committee on National Statistics
Stephen O’Brien Sonnenschein Attorneys Stewart

 

Regina Riphahn University of Munich, Germany Blau University of Erlangen
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

 

Alex Vamosi Wooster Waud  
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
Steffany Ellis University of Michigan, Dearborn Black

Federal Express

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

Gerald Granderson Miami University of Ohio Tauchen

 

Alfred Guender Canterbury University, New Zealand Froyen

 

Carl Linvill University of Arkansas Friedman/Lovell Nevada State Office of Energy
Tsai-Ching Liu Technical University of Taiwan Akin

 

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