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2025 JHU Department of Economics Newsletter

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It was another busy year for the Economics Department, with faculty and graduate student research activities, research conferences, seminars, and graduate student awards. Click here to access the 2025 Newsletter.


Professor Robert Moffitt awarded Irene B. Taeuber Award

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Prof. Robert Moffitt, the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins, has just been awarded the prestigious Irene B. Taeuber Award at this year’s Population Association of America (PAA) annual meeting in […]


Drs. Morgan and Seshie present at AEA meetings

Prof Morgan and Seshie

Drs. Morgan and Seshie attended a C.S.W.E.P. (Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession) reception for Claudia Goldin, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics, at the […]


Long-time Professor Bruce Hamilton Caps 50-year Run

Bruce Hamilton

This semester Bruce Hamilton, a member of our department since 1973, taught his final course. Over his 51 years at JHU, he taught approximately 17,000 students and employed 500 TAs, […]


JHU Economists Weigh In on Federal Reserve Policy Ahead of Key Meeting

Jonathan Faust and Jonathan Wright

Economics Department Faculty colleagues Jonathan Wright and Jon Faust, and both members of JHU’s Center for Financial Economics, were quoted this past week, ahead of next Wednesday’s U.S. Federal Reserve […]


Join Us in Welcoming Professor Maria Betto to Our Faculty

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We are excited to welcome Professor Maria Betto to our department! Professor Betto recently received her PhD in Economics from Northwestern University. Her research focuses on economic theory, particularly in […]


The Department welcomes two new faculty

Dr. Sohani Fatehin (left) and Dr. Hellen Seshie-Nasser (right)

Dr. Sohani Fatehin (left) and Dr. Hellen Seshie-Nasser (right) join the Economics faculty as lecturers. Sohani Fatehin received her Ph.D. in economics from Georgia State University in 2017. She is […]