Doctoral Advisees – Edward Miguel

Suraj Nair

Completion DateMay 2025

DepartmentSchool of Information

Committee RoleMember

DissertationData Driven Development: Essays on Migration and Digital Finance

Initial PlacementStanford University, Postdoctoral Fellow, Doerr School of Environment

Websitehttps://surajrn.github.io/

James Landin Smith

Completion DateMay 2025

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Economic History

Initial PlacementUniversity of Mississippi, Instructional Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Websitehttps://www.jlandinsmith.com/

Runjiu Liu

Completion DateMay 2025

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on the Economics of Education

Initial PlacementUber, Economist

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/runjiuliu

Carlos Paramo

Completion DateMay 2025

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on policy impact evaluation and design: evidence from structural experiments in health and development

Initial PlacementBoston University, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics; first Stanford University, King Center on Global Development Post-doctoral Fellow (one year)

Websitehttps://www.carlosparamo.org/

Maren Young

Completion DateMay 2025

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Behavioral and Development Economics

Initial PlacementMacalester College, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Websitehttps://www.maren-young.com/

Gwyneth Miner

Completion DateMay 2025

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementBrigham Young University, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Websitehttps://www.gwynethminer.com/

Sayantan Mitra

Completion DateMay 2025

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/sunnymitra

Yuen Ho

Completion DateMay 2025

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Development and Behavioral Economics

Initial PlacementTrinity College Dublin, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Websitehttps://www.yuen-ho.com/

Soazic Elise Wang Sonne

Completion DateApril 2025

DepartmentInnovation, Economics, Governance and Sustainable Development (UNU-Merit and Maastricht University)

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on the Economics of Conflict and Human Capital in Central Africa

Initial PlacementWorld Bank, Young Professionals Program (YPP)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/wangsonnesoazicelise/

Zicheng Sam Wang

Completion DateJanuary 2025

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationApplying Causal Inference to Topics in Labor and Development Economics

Initial PlacementAmazon, Economist (Amazon Web Services)

Benjamin Krause

Completion DateSeptember 2024

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Political Economy and Development Economics in Haiti

Initial PlacementUniversity of Chicago, Development Innovation Lab, Executive Director

Oliver Kim

Completion DateAugust 2024

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementOpen Philanthropy (Research Fellow, Global Health and Wellbeing Group)

Websitehttps://oliverwkim.com/