Albert A.
Albert holds an MPhil in Economics from Oxford, an MFA in Fiction from NYU, and a PhD, focused on the theory of comedy, from the University of New South Wales. He is a published novelist and a playwright.
Valentine
Valentine graduated from the University of Rochester with a BA in Economics. After a 2-year stint as a Peace Corps Volunteer, he is currently pursuing his PhD in Public Policy at Harvard University.
Ben VR
Ben graduated magna cum laude from Boston University, receiving the Robert E. Bruce prize in Mathematics. He next earned his PhD in Applied Math at UNC and received a fellowship from the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education to conduct research on the fluid mechanics of flooding.
Tim Z.
Tim is a PhD Candidate in Physics at MIT. He studied Mathematics, Physics, and Economics at Vanderbilt University, where he received the Underwood Award for the most promising senior in physics, earned highest honors for his thesis, and graduated cum laude.
Sara F.
Sara is a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at Harvard University, where she researches theoretical questions at the intersection of computer science and economics. She previously earned her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Caltech.
Matt M.
Matt worked as a Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for two years before going on to earn an MA, MPhil, and PhD in Economics at Columbia University.
William O.
Will is now attending Stanford’s Graduate School of Business for his PhD, studying applications of machine learning, algorithms, and network science to problems in business. He previously double majored in computer science and mathematics at Caltech.
Stefan
Stefan majored in Public Policy and Urban Studies at Stanford University. He earned his Master's in Public Policy at Harvard University, and is a PhD student in Urban Planning at Columbia University.
Harry
Harry graduated from WashU with an Economics and Mathematics double major. After working at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harry began his PhD in Economics at NYU Stern School of Business.
Pragya
Pragya holds a BA in Neurobiology and Health Policy from Harvard. She worked in healthcare management at LEK Consulting before returning to Harvard for her PhD in Health Policy and Economics.
Tess
Tess is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Literature and Computer Science at Dartmouth. She completed a PhD at Harvard in English Literature. Before that, she earned a Master’s degree at Oxford in post-1900 English Literature with high distinction, and a BA at Yale in English and Philosophy, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a perfect 4.0 GPA in the English major.
Kaylee
Kaylee is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at MIT. Previously, she earned a BSE in Chemical Engineering at the University of Iowa, and spent a summer in Huntsville, Alabama working at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
Madeleine
Madeleine holds a BA in Social Studies (Harvard) and a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (U Chicago). She is currently writing a book about Ottomanism in nineteenth-century political thought.
Ash
Ash earned a BA in Social Studies (Harvard), an MPhil in Intellectual History and Political Thought (University of Cambridge), and a JD (Yale). He is currently a PhD candidate in Political Science at Columbia University.
John
John earned his BA in Literature from Harvard (magna cum laude), and his PhD in Philosophy from Princeton. After teaching at several major universities in the US and abroad, John is now pursuing his MSW at Simmons University.
Michael
Michael earned his BS in in Physics and in Mathematics from Brandeis (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). Recently, he completed his PhD in Physics at Harvard, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
Jodi
Jodi holds a BS and MS in Engineering (MIT), and a PhD in Business Economics (Harvard). Currently, Jodi is as a lecturer at Northeastern University, where she teaches macroeconomic theory and behavioral economics to grad students.
Emily Ei.
Emily graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Mathematics and a minor in Economics from Dartmouth. After working at the Federal Reserve Bank for two years, she is now a PhD student in Economics at UC Berkeley.
Sanjay
Sanjay is a PhD student in Economics at Harvard. Prior to graduate school, he earned his BA in Applied Mathematics and Economics at Harvard (high honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and worked with Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt.
Rachel
Rachel is an Economics PhD student at Princeton. She earned her BSc in Economics & Computer Science at Duke (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude), and her MSc in Economics & Finance at Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
Zack
Zack holds a BA in Computer Science (Concordia, summa cum laude), and an MS and PhD in Applied Mathematics (North Carolina State). He is currently working to build and utilize a mathematical model for drug-induced liver injury.
Ben
Ben is a PhD student in Economics at UC Berkeley. Prior to grad school, he earned a BA in Applied Mathematics from Harvard and worked for two years as a predoctoral fellow in the Harvard Economics department.
Andrew
Andrew holds a BBA in Finance (GW), a Diploma in Economics (London School of Economics), and an MA in Economics (BU). He is an Economist for the USDOT and a Research Analyst for the Nat'l Bureau of Economic Research.
Yehonatan
Yehonatan earned his PhD in Math at UCLA, and his BA in Math with a minor in Creative Writing at UC Berkeley. He is now a postdoc researcher in Systems and Computational Biology in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Diego
Diego holds a BS in Economics from ITAM and an MA in Economics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics. He is currently at the University College in London as a PhD candidate in Economics.
Ava
Ava is a PhD candidate in Organismic Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. She graduated magna cum laude from Cornell with a BA in Biological Science with a Neurobiology Concentration.
Joseph
Joe is a PhD candidate in the Biological Sciences in Public Health at Harvard. He earned his BA in Sociology from UC Berkeley and his MS in Cell and Molecular Biology from San Francisco State.
Jimmy
Jimmy is a PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy at Harvard. He holds a JD (Harvard) and BA in English and Social Studies (Harvard). Currently, he is a Lecturer on Law at UCLA Law and a pro bono attorney.
Ian
Ian graduated with High Honors from Dartmouth with a BA in Government, and earned an MA and PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. He has taught at University of Chicago, Northwestern, Bard, and Harvard.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth holds a BS in Chemistry with a specialization in Biochemistry (UVA) and a PhD in Chemistry (Emory University). Currently, she is a postdoc research fellow at Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Emily Mo.
Emily received a BA in French and Economics from Princeton. After college, she worked in consulting and economic research, and earned her PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, where she taught Economics and Machine Learning.