News & Announcements Archive

Congratulations to more of our recent PhDs for defending their dissertations

Congratulations to more of our recent PhDs for defending their dissertations

Congratulations to Andrew Gray, Jianhui Li and Shujaat Khan, who all successfully defended their dissertations!

Congratulations to our recent PhDs for defending their dissertations

Congratulations to our recent PhDs for defending their dissertations

Congratulations to Ding Xuan Ng, Edmund Crawley, Kevin Yuan and Kyung Min Kang, who all successfully defended their dissertations!

Professor Yingyao Hu Appointed as the New Chair of the Department of Economics

Professor Yingyao Hu Appointed as the New Chair of the Department of Economics

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Yingyao Hu will be serving as the next chair of the department beginning July 1st 2019, with a term extending […]

Professor Papageorge, Somasree Dasgupta and Muhammad Husain Promoted

Professor Papageorge, Somasree Dasgupta and Muhammad Husain Promoted

Congratulations to Nick Papageorge, who was promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure after rigorous reviews by the Homewood Academic Council. Congratulations to Somasree Dasgupta and Muhammad Husain, […]

2019 JHU Department of Economics Newsletter

It was another busy year for the Economics Department, with faculty and graduate student research activities, research conferences, seminars, and graduate student awards.

Incoming Assistant Professor Yujung Hwang’s Dissertation Selected as a Winner of the 2019 HCEO Dissertation Prize

Incoming Assistant Professor Yujung Hwang’s Dissertation Selected as a Winner of the 2019 HCEO Dissertation Prize

Incoming Assistant Professor Yujung Hwang’s Dissertation on “General Equilibrium Theory and Empirical Analysis of Immigrants’ Neighborhood Sorting and Social Integration” has been selected as a winner of the 2019 Human […]

2018-2019 Professor Joel Dean Undergraduate Teaching Awards Announced

Congratulations to Emma Kalish, Shiqi Wang and Xinyu Zhao, the winners of the 2018-2019 Professor Joel Dean Undergraduate Teaching Awards! These awards are given annually to those graduate students who […]

Professor Robert Moffitt Elected as a Member of The National Academy of Sciences

Professor Robert Moffitt Elected as a Member of The National Academy of Sciences

Robert Moffitt, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics, was elected as a member of The National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 100 new members and […]

Four Graduate Students Receive 2018-2019 Awards

The Economics Department is pleased to announce that four graduate students have received awards for the 2018-2019 academic year. Xinyu Zhao received the Eugenio and Patricia Castillo Award for the […]

Finalists for Excellence in Teaching Awards for KSAS Announced

Prerna Rakheja is a finalist for this year’s Excellence in Teaching Awards for the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences in the Undergraduate Teaching – Teaching Assistant category.