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New Faces & Promotions

A roundup of changes in the department in the last year

 

Gabriel Carroll Gabriel Carroll: Associate Professor. Joined us in January 2021 from Stanford University.
Field: Microeconomic theory.
Brian Merein (Photo by Patrick Campbell/University of Colorado) Brian Marein: Assistant Professor. Joins us from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Fields: Labour and development economics.
Ismael Mourifié Ismael Mourifié, granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2021.
Michael Stepner Michael Stepner: Assistant Professor. Joins us from MIT after a postdoc year at Harvard University.
Fields: Public finance, health, social insurance.
Karen Ugarte Bravo Karen Ugarte Bravo: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream. Joins us from McMaster University.
Fields: Econometrics, health economics, economic development.
Tianyi Wang (photo: Frederik Bjørn) Tianyi Wang: Assistant Professor. Will join us in July 2022 from the University of Copenhagen Centre for Economic Behaviour and Inequality after completing a year’s postdoc at Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Section and Department of Economics.
Fields: Political economy, economic history, health economics.
Aaron Weisbrod Aaron Weisbrod: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, UTM cross-appointed. Joins us from Brown University.
Fields: Development, urban economics.
Roman Zarate Roman Zarate: Assistant Professor, UTM cross-appointed. From MIT and offically joined us in person in January 2021, after a postdoc year at the Institute on Behavior and Inequality.
Fields: Economic development, labour economics.

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2021 Newsletter Contents

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

NEW FACES AND PROMOTIONS

TUTORING, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND MENTAL HEALTH

EXPERT TESTIMONY AT US-CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW HEARING

USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DECODE THE HOUSING MARKET

CEO RECRUITMENT: THINKING INSIDE THE BOX?

HONOURS, AWARDS AND POSITIONS

STUDENTS AND ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

In Memoriam
RICHARD M. BIRD (1938-2021)

In Memoriam
DONALD E. MOGGRIDGE (1943-2021)

In Memoriam
JAMES E. PESANDO (1946-2021)

FACULTY MEDIA: READ, WATCH, LISTEN

 

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