Alumni Highlights

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Find information on Economics alumni below, including detailed job placement information by graduating year. Additionally, any upcoming alumni events will be posted to this page.  

For full dissertations, please visit CUNY's Academic Works for dissertations from 2014-present or the Mina Rees Library for dissertations prior to 2014.   

The Graduate Center's Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness makes data available on alumni through Tableau. For Economics, data shows:

  • In recent years (since 2014-15), 10-16 doctoral degrees have been awarded annually. 
  • The current (as of Fall 2020) median time-to-degree is 6.7 years (by graduation year) and 5.2 years (by entering cohort).
  • Graduates (2003-2016) work in following job sectors: education (55%), private (27.4%), government (9.5%).

Job Placements

Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Mikheil Dvalishvili 2022 Associate, Model Risk Auditor JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Dr. Somayeh Ahmadi 2022 Adjunct Instructor Ottawa University
Dr. Miguel Orozco Vazquez 2022 Economist Bank of Mexico (Mexico's Central Bank)
Dr. Gabriel Movsesyan 2022 Senior Economist Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
Dr. Ernesto Garcia 2022 Quantitative Equity Analyst Humankind Investments
Dr. Meng Ting Chen 2022 Assistant Professor, Economics Soochow University, Taiwan
Dr. Shuo Gao 2022 Investment Associate, Asset Management Swiss Re
Dr. Ercio Andres Munoz Saavedra 2022 Economist The Inter-American Development Bank
Dr. Philipp Erfurth 2022 Research Assistant Professor University of Connecticut
Dr. Zhuo Xi 2022 Assistant Professor Bryant University
Dr. Jonathan Lopez Camara 2022 Portfolio Sales Trading Associate Bank of America
Dr. Jiakai Zhang 2022 Assistant Professor New Mexico Tech, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dr. Mani Bayani 2022 Economist Keystone Strategy
Dr. Sagnik Das 2022 Data Scientist Senior Associate JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Dr. Pablo Lara Hinojos 2022 Senior Consultant PWC France
Dr. Luis Angel Monroy Gómez Franco 2022 Assistant Professor (tenure track) Department of Economics of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Andreas Kakolyris 2021 Assistant Professor Kean University
Dr. Aparna Anand 2021 Full-time Lecturer for Economics and Education, Department fo Education Policy and Social Analysis Teachers College, Columbia University
Dr. Richmond Kyei-Fordjour 2021 Senior Principal Quantitative Analyst Intercontinental Exchange
Dr. Ye Yang 2021 Assistant Professor Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing
Dr. Nicholas Bauer 2021 Budget Fellow, Macroeconomist The New York State Division of Budget
Dr. Nana Mukbaniani 2021 AVP Citibank
Dr. Nishant Yonzan 2021 Economist World Bank
Dr. Azza Mansour 2021 Economist Department of Transportation (FHWA/USDOT)
Dr. Shankar Narayanan 2021 Head of Trading Research, Algorithmic Execution Quantitative Brokers
Dr. Laxman Timilsina 2021 Assistant Professor Connecticut College
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Miguel Acosta-Henao 2020 Senior Economist Central Bank of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Dr. Andi Çupallari 2020 Data Scientist Novartis, East Hanover, NJ
Dr. Daniel Dench 2020 Assistant Professor Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Marius M. Mihai 2020 Assistant Professor of Economics Widener University, Chester, PA
Dr. Shaoying Ma 2020 Postdoctoral scholar Ohio State University Cancer Center
Dr.Huseyin Utku Demir 2020 Assistant Professor Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey
Dr. Uchenna Oparah 2020 Mathematics Teacher NYC Department of Education, New York, NY
Dr. Eric Osborne-Christenson 2020 Assistant Professor of Economics Pace University, New York, NY
Dr. Luis Silva Yanez 2020 Assistant Director, Economist II Moody's Analytics, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr. Muhammed Tumay 2020 Assistant Professor Gumushane University, Gumushane, Turkey
Dr. Olga Guska 2020 Model Validation Senior Analyst, AVP Citibank
Dr. Gunnar Poppe Yanez 2020 Economist Department of Labor Washington D.C.
Dr. Xiao Cheng 2020 Risk Manager and Economist China Zheshang Bank, China
Dr. Irena Palamani Xhurxhi 2020 Economist I Amazon, Seattle, WA
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Agustin Indaco 2019 Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Doha, Qatar
Dr. Pablo Crespo 2019 Senior Data Scientist Etsy
New York, NY
Dr. Richard Nugent 2019 Economist US Army Corps of Engineers 
Dr.Beila Leboeuf 2019 Senior Economist The Joint Economic Committee in Washington DC 
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Anna Arakelyan 2018 Assistant Vice President of Data Science MassMutual Financial Group
New York, NY
Dr. Aboozar Hadavand 2018 Postdoctoral Scholar Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Thomas W. Hauner 2018 Quantitative Fellow Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Dr. Samuel Moon Jung 2018 Assistant Professor SUNY Cortland, NY
Dr. Georgios Koimisis 2018 Assistant Professor Manhattan College, NY
Dr. Efstathia Korkou 2018 Assistant Professor York College, Queens, NY
Dr. Flora Leventi 2018 Associate Professor Deree College of The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece
Dr. Jun Lou 2018 Visiting Assistant Professor Siena College, Albany, NY
Dr. Hiroshi Morita 2018 Senior Data Scientist Accenture, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Timothy A. Roeper 2018 Clinical Assistant Professor NYU Economics Department
Dr. Junnan Zhao 2018 Assistant Professor Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College
Dr. Morgan C. Williams Jr. 2018 Assitant Professor Barnard College of Columbia University Economics Department
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Ramazan Onur Altindag 2017 Assistant Professor Bentley College, MA
Dr. Gowun Park 2017 Assistant Professor Simpson College, Indianola, IA
Dr. Lindsey Michelle Piegza 2017 Chief Economist& Managing Director Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Chicago, IL
Dr. Sinem Buber Singh 2017 Economist ADP, Roseland, NJ
Dr. Igor Sorkin 2017 Executive Director of Educational Services Executive MBA program at the University of Miami, FL
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Markus Gehrsitz 2016 Lecturer in Economics University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Dr. Yoko Katagiri 2016 Assistant Professor of Economics Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
 
Dr. Sibel Korkmas 2016 Economist AIG Insurance, New York, NY
Dr. Michael Malenbaum 2016 Assistant Professor of Economics Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
Dr. Luc Marest 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor Queens College, Queens, NY
Dr. Jesse Margolis 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NY
Dr. Stephen O'Connell 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow SEII and Department of Economics, MIT
Dr. Oluwasheyi Oladipo 2016 Assistant Professor SUNY Old Westbury, NY
Dr. Hyungsuk Shim 2016 Assistant Professor School of Business, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Dr. Yan Song 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
 
William Paterson University
Wayne, New Jersey
 
Dr. Ruirui Sun 2016 Staff Fellow Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Aigbokhai Unuigbe 2016 Research Economist Haas Center, University of West Florida
Dr. Chang, Xia 2016 Assistant Professor of Management St. Francis College,
Brooklyn,  New York, NY
Dr. Zhendong Zhao 2016 Senior Consultant in Quantitative Advisory Service Ernst & Young, LLP, New York, NY
Dr. Alice Zulkarnain 2016 Research Economist & Postdoctoral Fellow The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College & NBER (Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Economics of an Aging Workforce)
 
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Damir Cosic 2015 Research Associate Urban Institute
Dr. Hyungju Cha 2015 Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance Wiley College, Marshall, TX
Dr. Osman Dogan 2015 Economist Istanbul Ulasim A.S.
Dr. Joanne Guo 2015 Assistant Professor of Economics/Finance University of Bridgeport, Ernest c. Trefz School of Business
Dr. Hsingrong Wei 2015 Instructor of Business and Information System Department Bronx Cummunity College
Dr. Benjamin Zweig 2015 Senior Strategy Consultant Business Performance Service at IBM
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Kyle R. Bauser 2014 Equity Research Associate Piper Jaffray & Co
New York, NY
Dr. Andrew Bossie 2014 Assistant Professor of Economics New Jersey City University
Dr. Pallavi J. Govil 2014 Director, Prime Minister's Office Government Administration
New Delhi, India
Dr. Jang Wook Lee 2014 Research Associate National Health Insurance Policy Research Institute
National Health Insurance Corporation, South Korea
Dr. Emily Johnston 2014 Economist Center for Financial Research, FDIC
Washington, D.C.
Dr. David Lempert 2014 Senior Economist Internal Revenue Service
New York, NY
Dr. Luz M. Salas 2014 Assistant Professor Javeriana University
Dr. Suleyman Taspinar 2014 Assistant Professor of Economics Queens College, CUNY
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Yan Feng 2013 Credit Guarantee Analytics Sr. Freddie Mac
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Takuya Hasebe 2013 Assistant Professor Sophia University
Japan
Dr. Su Huang 2013 Economist II Amazon
Seattle, WA
Dr. Suleyman Hilmi Kal 2013 Economist Central Bank of Turkey
Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Ilir Hysa 2013 Economist Moody's Analytics
West Chester, PA
Dr. Ruoding Tan 2013 Economist The Analysis Group
Dr. Jin Wang 2013 Data Scientist K-12, Inc.
Herndon, Virginia
Dr, Helen (Yao) Yao 2013 VP, Digital Analytics Manager Citi,
New York, NY
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Kohei Fukawa 2012 Deputy Director
Planning Division
Bureau of Economic and Fiscal Policy Analysis
Cabinet Office
Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Jun Jiang 2012 Economist and Product Analyst Hangzhou Industrial and Commercial Trust Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
Dr. Yan Jiang 2012 Economist AIG
New York, NY
Dr. Min-Chul Kim 2012 Research Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Peoria, College of Medicine, Center for Outcome Research
Dr. Catherine Lau   Associate Professor of Economics Carthage College
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Dr. Leigh Ann Leung 2012 Health Economist Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City
Dr. Zhen Ma 2012 Assistant Professor of Economics Misericordia University
Dallas, Pennsylvania
Dr. Priya Nagaraj 2012 Assistant Professor of Economics William Paterson University
Wayne, NJ
Dr. Nazli Toraganli 2012 Economist Turkish Economy Bank
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Xu Wang 2012 Pevention Effectiveness Fellow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Bilesha Weeraratne 2012 Research Fellow &
Head of Migration and Urbanization
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
Dr. Duygu Zirek   Assistant Professor of Finance University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Tom Piskula 2011 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics Baruch College, CUNY
New York, NY
Dr. Ka Wei (Terence) Fung 2011 Research Analyst CEIC Data
New York, NY
Dr. Jing Sun 2011 Data Scientist Market Share
New York, NY
Dr. Ce Shang 2011 Visiting Senior Research Specialist Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Yuxiu Zhang 2011 Postdoctoral Associate School of Public Health
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Dr. Jorge Medina 2011 Assistant Professor of Economics College of New Rochelle
New Rochelle, NY
Dr. Fangxia Lin 2011 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics New York City College of Technology, CUNY
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Emiko Fukase 2011 Economist World Bank
Washington, DC
Dr. Heather Roberts 2011 Analyst 11:11 Capital Management
New York, NY
Dr. Uluhan Basaga 2011 Quantitative Analyst/Strategist IS Investment Bank
Istanbul, Turkey
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Eric Doviak 2010 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics Queens College, CUNY
Queens, NY
Dr. Michael Kalson 2010 Adjunct Assistant Professor CUNY, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Dr. Zeynep Topaloglu 2010 Adjunct Professor of Economist Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Ti-Jen Tsao 2010 Senior Economist Central Bank of Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Milos Vulanovic 2010 Assistant Professor of Finance Western New England College
Springfield, MA
Dr. Yikai Wang 2010 Director, Head of Business Cycle Research  AIG
New York, NY
Dr. Haitao Liang 2010 Manager
Risk Management Department
American Express
New York, NY
Dr. Iliana Dimitrova 2010 Senior International Tax Services-Transfer Pricing Ernst and Young
New York, NY
Dr. Nengzhi Jiang 2010 Data Quality Analyst Twibay
Reno, Nevada
Dr. Ryan Conrad 2010 Economist, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Federal Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD
Dr. Natalia Bershova 2010 Research Analyst Pipeline Financial Group
New York, NY
Dr. Takvor Mutafoglu 2010 Assistant Professor of Economics Bergen Community College
Paramus, NJ
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Yan Qin 2009 Director China-India Economics Research Center
U.S.A.
Dr. Francois DePaul Silatchom Foyou 2009 Assistant Professor of Finance Empire State College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Dr. Hakki Tokat 2009 Assistant Professor of International Business TOBB-Economics and Technology University
Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Kyung-Rae Hyun 2009 Associate Research Fellow National Health Insurance Policy Research Institute National Health Insurance Corporation
Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Andre Neveu 2009 Associate Professor of Economics James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
Dr. Chin-Wen Huang 2009 Assistant Professor of Finance Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT
Dr. Molly Sherlock 2009 Economist Congressional Research Service
Washington, DC
Dr. Alex Chung 2009 Assistant Professor of Economics Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Dr. Chun-Pin Hsu 2009 Assistant Professor of Finance York College, CUNY
Jamaica, NY
Dr. Juan Cabrera 2009 Assistant Professor of Finance Ramapo College
Mahwah, NJ
Dr. Marwa Hassan 2009 Economics Assessment Specialist Educational Testing Services
Princeton, NJ
Dr. Christie Agioutanti 2009 Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Affairs Baruch College, School of Public Affairs, CUNY
New York, NY
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Nafiseh Behrad Mehr 2008 Assistant Professor of Economics Tehran University
Tehran, Iran
Dr. Cristina Yunzal-Butler 2008 Research Scientist Bureau of Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York , NY
Dr. Silvie Colman 2008 Health Economist Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital For Albert Einstein College
Bronx, NY
Dr. Sanjukta Chaudhuri 2008 Associate Professor of Economics University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Dr. Li Ma 2008 Senior Research Associate Quorum Consulting
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Dhiman Das 2008 Research Fellow Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Dr. Brent Kramer 2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
New York, NY
Dr. Wenchao Liao 2008 Project Associate Department of Management Sciences
Tamkang University
Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Esin Cakan 2008 Assistant Professor of Economics University of New Haven
New Haven, CT
Dr. Kyoko Mona 2008 Assistant Professor of Economics Manhattanville College,
Purchase, NY
Dr. Raed Alkhasawneh 2008 Assistant Professor of Economics Yarmouk University Irbid, Jordan
Dr. Aram Balagyozyan 2008 Assistant Professor of Economics University of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Dr. Ebru Hisamoglu 2008 Assistant Professor of Economics Fatih University Istanbul, Turkey
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Hengyong Mo 2007 Managing Director and Chief Economist AIG
New York, NY
Dr. Liliana Halim 2007 Adjunct  Professor of Economics DigiPen Institute of Technology
Redmond, WA
Dr. Andrea Lange 2007 Assistant Professor of Economics Touro College
Berlin, Germany
Dr. Atilim Murat 2007 Assistant Professor of Economics TOBB-Economics and Technology University
Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Raymond Quinlan 2007 Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sallie Mae
Newark, DE
Dr. Julio Huato 2007 Associate Professor of Economics St. Francis College
Brooklyn , NY
Dr. Nadia Doytch 2007 Assistant Professor of Economics Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Ge Zhao 2007 Vice President Silvercrest Asset Management Group
New York, NY
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Alex Yi Hou Huang 2006 Associate Professor of Finance National Chiao Tung University
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Dr. Annie Yen Lee Woo 2006 Head, Consulting Division CB Richard Ellis
Singapore
Dr. Yasuyuki Kusuda 2006 Associate Professor of Economics Nihon Fukushi University
Nagoya, Japan
Dr. Foued Ayari 2006 Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance American University of Paris
Paris, France
Dr. Jinghong Li 2006 Vice President, Senior Quantitative Analyst Bank of America
New York, New York
Dr. David Hamilton 2006 Managing Director Moody's Analytics
New York, NY
Dr. Kazuhisa Matsuda 2006 Assistant Professor of Economics Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH
Dr. Jennifer Tennant 2006 Assistant Professor of Economics Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Dr. Freddy Siahaan 2006 Associate Professor of Economics Shippensburg University
Shippensburg, PA
Dr. Danielle Ferry 2006 Associate Director Moody's Analytics
New York, NY
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Feng Guo 2005 Managing Partner & Chief Economist Zhejiang Silicon Paradise Asset Management Group, Hangzhou, China
Dr. Yinqiu Lu 2005 Senior Economist International Monetary Fund Washington, DC
Dr. Isamu Kato 2005 Senior Fund Analyst Nomura Fund Research and Technologies
New York, NY
Dr. Sangseok Kim 2005 CEO Accipiter System Trading
Koyang-City, South Korea
Dr. Ying Qiu 2005 Director,
Global Market Outcomes
Merck & Co.
Whitehouse Station, NJ
Dr. Mehmet Senicek 2005 Assistant Professor of Economics Yeshiva University
New York, NY
Dr. Fangjhy Li 2005 Assistant Professor of Financial and Economic Law Hsing Kuo University of Management, School of Business
Tainan City, Taiwan
Dr. Nan Li 2005 Associate Professor of Finance California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
Dr. Ekin Tokat 2005 Associate Professor of Economics TOBB-Economics and Technology University
Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Shen-Pen Peng 2005 Assistant Professor of Asset Management Science  Hsing Kuo University of Management, School of Business
Tainan City, Taiwan
Dr. Ruchira Banerjee 2005 Self-employed Consultant Washington, DC
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Emre Balta 2004 Senior Financial Economist Office of the Controller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury
Washington, DC
Dr. Sungwook Kang 2004 Assistant Professor of Public Health Daegu Hanny University Daegu, South Korea
Dr. Ying Huang 2004 Professor of Finance Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Dr. Iwao Tanaka 2004 Associate Professor of Economics Toyo-Gakuen University
Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Inas Rashad Kelly 2004 Associate Professor of Economics Queens College, CUNY
Flushing, NY 
Dr. Libo Sui 2004 Quantitative Analyst,
Risk Management Department
CITIC Industrial Bank
Beijing, China
 
Dr. Changik Jo 2004 Associate Professor of Economics Hallym University ChunCheon,South Korea
Dr. Onisiforos Iordanou 2004 Vice-Chairperson, Assistant Professor of Economics European University
Nicosia, Cyprus
Dr. Kazutaka Kurasawa 2004 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics Yamanashi Gakuin University
Yamanashi, Japan
Dr. Inkyu Kim 2004 Associate Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HE&OR) Early Products 
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
One Health Plaza
East Hanover, NJ
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Heikki Laiho 2003 Adjunct Assistant Professor Dublin Business School
Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Mary Lo Re 2003 (Acting) Associate Provost Wagner College
Staten Island,NY
Dr. Jasmina Spasojevic 2003 Special Projects Analyst Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York, NY
Dr. Dhaval Dave 2003 Associate Professor of Economics

Research Associate
Bentley College
Waltham, MA

National Bureau of Economic Research
New York, NY
Dr. Eugene Floyd 2003 Financial Economist Policy Analysis Division Economic and Policy Analysis Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Neeraj Kaushal 2002 Professor of Social Work Columbia University
New York, New York
Dr. John Bridges 2002 Associate Professor of Health Economics


Faculty Research Fellow
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

National Bureau of Economic Research
New York, NY
Dr. Tana Tanarugsachock 2002 Senior Vice President for Credit Risk Management Krung Thai Bank
Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Aydogan Durmus 2002 Assistant Professor of Economics

Chairman
Sakarya University
Sakarya, Turkey

Turkish Credit Rating Agency
Sakarya, Turkey
Dr. Chong-Hwan Son 2002 Assistant Professor of Economics Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY
Dr. Gil Maduro 2002 Senior Research Analyst Office of Vital Statistics
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York, NY
Dr. Mita Goldar 2002 Director, Market Insights ADP Research Institute
Roseland, NJ
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Mustafa Caglayan 2001 Assistant Professor of Finance Ozyegin University
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Noland Bradshaw 2001 Senior Associate, Financial Resk Management, Credit Risk KPMG LLP
New York, NY
Dr. Kenneth Knapp 2001 Assistant Professor New York Medical College, School of Health Sciences and Practice 
Valhalla, NY
Dr. Gregory Colman 2001 Associate Professor of Economics Pace University
New York ,NY
Dr. Frank Braconi 2001 Chief Economist Office of New York City Comptroller
New York, NY
Dr. Won Chan Lee 2001 Principal IMS Health
Falls Church, VA
Dr. Michael Fusillo 2001 Adjunct Professor of Economics Tufts University
Medford, MA
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Mohammed Al Khasawneh 2000 Advisory Partner and Public Financial Management and Transformation Government Ernst and Young Partnership
Dr. Michel Hantar 2000 VP, Credit Risk Manager JP Morgan Chase
Garden City, NY
Dr. Jintao Zhu 2000 Auditing Manager JP Morgan Chase
New York, NY
Dr. Florence Kwan 2000 Manager of Consumer Marketing Research Wyndham Hotel Group
Parsippany, NJ
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Debangshu Paria 1999 Experienced Transfer Pricing Manager KPMG's Economic & Evaluation Services Group
Seattle, WA
Dr. Kyumin Shim 1999 Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Prisadarng Skolpadunket 1999 Investment Banker Thai Military Bank
Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Shin-Ta Tung 1999 Associate Professor of Business Administration Shin Chien University
Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Gulay Tokcan McDonald 1999 Team Leader and Agent McDonald Realty, Inc.
Miami, FL
Dr. Yongjia Ye 1999 Finance Manager and System Engineer AT&T
Bedminster, NJ
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Turan Bali 1998 Robert S. Parker Chair Professor of Finance  Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
Dr. Christodoulos Christodoulo 1998 Assistant Professor of Economics Cyprus College
Nicosia, Cyprus
Dr. Eyal Dubovy 1998 Executive Credit One Bank
Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Suleyman Gokcan 1998 Manager of Investment Analytics Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Dr. Recai Gunesdogdu 1998 Managing Director IS Investment Bank
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Li Li 1998 Credit Risk Manager Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein LLC
New York, NY
Dr. Jianjing Ling 1998 Vice-President Citizens Financial Group
New York, NY
Dr. Valerie Louisy-Louis  1998 Retired
Assistant Professor of Business 
Lehman College, CUNY
Bronx, NY
Dr. Viviane Luporini 1998 Adjunct Professor of Economics Universidade Federal Fluminense
Niteroi, Brazil
Dr. Sara Markowitz 1998 Associate Professor of Economics

Research Associate
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

National Bureau of Economic Research
New York, NY
Dr. Douglas Ofiara 1998 Principal Ofiara Research Associates
Scarborough, Maine
Dr. Deborah Viola 1998 Director, Doctoral Program Department of Health Policy
and Management
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
Dr. Elisabeth Simantov 1998 Manager of Statistics and Consumer Research Experian Decision Sciences
Deerfield Beach, FL
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Levent Aksoy 1997 President Turknet Information Services
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr.Faik Bilgili 1997 Professor of Economics Ericiyest University
Kayseri, Turkey
Dr. Mofakhar Hussain 1997 Senior Economist Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Dr. Chang Gun Kim 1997 Assistant Vice President Korea Telecommunication
Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Jungmann Lee 1997 Team Leader
Information Technology Resource Planning Team
Institute of Information Technology Assessment
Daejon, South Korea
Dr. Kenneth Narine 1997 Deceased
Former Economist
Equitable Life Assurance Company
New York, NY
Dr. Kazume Nishiyama 1997 Contract Manager ADP
Roseland, NJ
Dr. Haruko Noguchi 1997 Senior Researcher National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Ahu Ozturkmen 1997 Vice President, Market Insights and Analytics ADP 
Roseland, NJ
Dr. Andrew Paizis 1997 Clinical Assistant Professor of Economics New York University
New York, NY
Dr. Chonggak Shin 1997 Director General Employment Service Evaluation Center
Korea Employment Information Service
Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Dimitrios Tsapiounis 1997 Senior Director, Outcomes Research Greater New York Hospital Association
New York, NY
Dr. Nurhan Toguc 1997 Chief Economist

Managing Partner
Gedik Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş.

Solutions For You
Istanabul, Turkey
Dr. Wei Wang 1997 Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, New New York
Dr.  Esel Yazici 1997 Executive Director Harvard Business School Istanbul Research Center
Istanbul, Turkey
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Devaki Chandra 1996 Economist Law and Economics Consulting Group, Inc.
Emeryville, CA
Dr.Wenhui Li 1996 Director Statistical Analysis and Reporting Bureau of Vital Statistics
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York, NY
Dr. Hadassah Luwish 1996 Office Manager Instock
Long Beach, NY
Dr.Ricardo Rivera 1996 Economist Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York, NY
Dr. Mehahen Rosenberg 1996 Assistant Professor of Economics Touro College
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Ismail Sirtalan 1996 Director of Health Economics Greater New York Hospital Association
New York, NY
Dr. Christopher Vaz 1996 Senior Associate Director of Policy American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
Dr. Karl Widerquist 1996 Visiting Lecturer of Political Science University of Reading
Reading, England
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. David Gold 1995 Associate Professor of International Affairs New School University
New York, NY
Dr. Patricia De Vries 1995 Postdoctoral Fellow in Agricultural  Economics Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Dr. Kang Shen 1995 Economist AT&T Communications
Bedminister, NJ
Dr. Fotios Siokis 1995 Associate Professor of Economics University of Macedonia
Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. James Walker 1995 Director Market Share
New York, NY
Dr. Lauie Werner 1995 Director of Campaign and Major Gifts Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield, MA
Dr. In Huh 1995 Economist AT&T Communications
Bedminster, NJ
Dr. Geoffrey Joyce 1995 Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Economics University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Mustafa Sualp 1995 Associate Professor of
Economics
Mamara University
Istanbul, Turkey
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Run Rong Chen 1994 Risk Manager JP Morgan Chase
New York, NY
Dr. Leonid Golubchin 1994 Customer Analytics Manager Virgin Mobile
White Plains, NY
Dr. Cameron Gordon 1994 Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of Researsh/Higher Degree Research Programs for Faculty of Business and Government University of Canberra
Bruce, Canberra, Australia
Dr. Thomas Hodson 1994 Supervisory Economist U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New York, NY
Dr. Marc Jacobs 1994 Director, Telecom Division Fortelligent
Boston, MA
Dr. Naing Oo 1994 Associate Director, Global Oil PIRA Energy Group
New York, NY
Dr. Fang Qian 1994 Economist
Associate Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, IA
Dr. Donald Sangster 1994 Assistant Professor of Economics Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Geoffrey Warner 1994 Assistant Professor of Economics Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Dr. Yi-Jang Yu 1994 Associate Professor of Economics Ming Chun College
Taipei, Taiwan  
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Laura Bonanomi Badyal 1993 Vice President Economatrix Research Associates
Netwark, NJ
Dr. Susan Garavaglia 1993 Senior Director of Outcomes Research Clinical Analytics, Outcomes & Reporting
Medco Health Solutions
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Dr. Deogjin Jang 1993 Deputy CEO Shinhan BNP Paribas Investment Trust Management Company
Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Ahmet Kocagil 1993 Managing Director, Enterprise Risk Management Area Blackrock Solutions
New York, New York
Dr. Dimitrios Kontagiannis 1993 Economic Reporter New Press
Athens, Greece
Dr. Hengzhong Liu 1993 Managing Director Model Risk Management, Bank of America
New York, NY
Dr. Robert O’Haver 1993 Senior Academic Specialist Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business
Boston, MA
Dr. Nesrin Okay 1993 Professor of Finance Bogazici Universtiy
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Andreas Pericli 1993 Chair and CEO Euclid Financial Group
Washington, DC
Dr. Spyridon Pipinis 1993 Economist Intracon
Athens, Greece
Dr. Nancy Reichman 1993 Professor of Health Economics Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Dr. Osman Sari 1993 Associate Professor of Economics Bogazici University
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Peter Stebe 1993 Deceased
Former Associate Professor of Mathematics
City College, CUNY
New York, NY
Dr. Richard Torz 1993 Associate Professor of Economics St. Joseph’s College
Brooklyn, NY
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Usman Afridi 1992 Economist Pakistan Institute of  Development Economics
Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr. Osman Akcay 1992 Chief Economist Koch Financial Services, Yapi Kredit Bank, and Yapi Kredit Invest

Yapi Kredi Economic Research
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Suneet Dashpuutre 1992 Global Chief Risk Officer Structure Labs
New York, NY
Dr. David Durbin 1992 Senior Vice President
Research
Partner Reinsurance
Greenwich, CT
Dr. Timothy Kearney 1992 Chair of Business Department  Misericordia University
Dallas, Pennsylvania
Dr. Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld 1992 Associate Professor of Health Care Administration Iona College
New Rochelle, NY
Dr. Kyungse Min 1992 Associate Professor of Economics Hanbat National University
Daejeon, South Korea
Dr. Joseph Murphy 1992 Economist National Council on Compensation Insurance Hoboken, NJ
Dr. Cengiz M Onuk 1992 Deceased
Former Financial Consultant
ANSWERCHASE
New York, NY
Dr. Jonathan Peters 1992 Professor of Accounting and Finance College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
Dr. Yiannakis Proxenos 1992 Economist Dean Witter
Newark, NJ
Dr. Faruk Selcuk 1992 Deceased
Former Associate Professor of Economics
Bilkent  Universtiy
Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Jenn-Yuie Shiue 1992 Assistant Professor of Economics National Yunlin Institute
Of Technology
Touliu City, Taiwan
Dr. Kudret Topyan 1992 Professor of Economics Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY  
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Haluk Akdogan 1991 Managing Director and Economist ING Group
London, England
Dr. Richard Anderson 1991 Assistant Professor of Economics

Adjunct Professor of Economics
New Jersey City University
Jersey City, NJ

Baruch College
New York, NY
 
Dr. Gerald Aranoff 1991 Assistant Professor of Economics Jerusalem College of Technology
Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Brenda Baskin Boultwood 1991 Senior Vice President, Industry Solutions MetricStream, Inc
Edgewater, Maryland
Dr. Fuchun (Frances) Cai 1991 Professor of Finance William Patterson University
Wayne, NJ
Dr. Philip Cooper 1991 Economist Agency for Health Care
& Policy Research, US Dept. of Health & Human Service
Rockville, PA
Dr. Andree-Ann Desmedt 1991 Principal



Senior Consultant
Financial & Economic Consulting

The Richardson Company
New York, NY
Dr. Yeong-Seok Ha 1991 Assistant Professor of Economics Kye-Myung University
Taeku, South Korea
Dr. Sangwan Ha 1991 Sr. Research Associate Hyundai Research Foundation
Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Humphery Husbands 1991 Assistant Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies Baruch College, CUNY
New York, NY
Dr. Yong Sung Lee 1991 Health Economics Research Specialist New Jersey Department of Health
Trenton, NJ
Dr. Yun Bong Lee 1991 President and CEO WIZnet
Geonggi-do, Korea
Dr. Gordon (Guoen) Liu 1991 Professor of Health Economics and Management Guanghua School of Management
Peking University
Beijing, China
Dr. Jonathan Sampson 1991 Professor of Finance Southeastern University
Washington, DC
Student Name Year Job Title Current Employer
Dr. Peter Gomori 1990 Professor of Management St. Francis College
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Nevin Jones 1990 Distinguished Engineer LSI Corporation
Allentown, PA
Dr. Gregory Koutmos 1990 Gerald M. Levin Chair in Finance Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
Dr. Robert Lucy 1990 Assistant Professor of Economics Berkeley College
New York ,NY
Dr. Zeer Meiseles 1990 Economist AT&T Communications
Basking Ridge, NJ
Dr. Pamela Mobilia 1990 Assistant Professsor of Economics Brooklyn College, CUNY
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Jae-Il Myoung 1990 Senior Researcher and Affiliated Professor of Economics In-Chun City University
In-Chun City, Korea
Dr. Chee-Ju On 1990 President Agricultural R&D Promotion Center
Korea Rural Economics Institute
Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Nikolaos Papavlasopoulous 1990 Associate Professor of Finance St. Thomas Aquinas College
Peekskill, NY
Dr. Mehmet Tutuncu 1990 Instructor Koc Univerity 
Istanbul, Turkey
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