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Economics at Northeastern focuses on the application of economics to real-world problems of policy and business.

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Astrid M. Pedersen

  • One of Astrid's favorite experiences was a summer studying at London School of Economics and seeing a completely different system of higher education.
  • Astrid spent her first co-op working in risk management for State Street Bank, which helped her develop her public speaking, and analytical skills.
  • At State Street, she made connections with incredible co-workers who supported her in taking on challenging projects during her time there.
  • Astrid's second co-op was at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, where she was split between the research and policy teams.
  • While at J-PAL, Astrid met the founders, who were two of the three Nobel Prize winners in Economics in 2019.
  • Astrid co-founded the Women in Economics student organization, due to the gender disparity in the field.
  • Astrid's paper (w/ Anjali Nair ’20, Fenner Dreyfuss-Wells ’23 and Dr. Venkatesan) on coffee consumption convenience to be published in Sustainability...

Swati Joshi

  • Swati completed her first co-op at Wellington Management where she gained an understanding of what an asset management company does.
  • On her co-op at McKinsey Global Insititute, Swati created dashboards for analyzing the world economy for MGI's monthly Global Intelligence Report.
  • Swati had the opportunity to lead the NU Fed Challenge team in presenting a rate proposal to the Boston Fed.
  • Swati appreciated that the work at McKinsey tied in to the Fed Challenge and required a working knowledge of economics.
  • Professor Kimelman's involvement in the Fed Challenge has been instrumental in shaping Swati's passion for macroeconomic analysis.
  • As a member of Econ Society's executive board, Swati has seen firsthand how willing faculty are to engage with students outside work hours.
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Michael Tormey

  • In his Dialogue of Civilizations stay in India, Michael studied climate-change science and policy.
  • Michael's 2nd Dialogue took him to Indonesia with a focus on green space to promote resilience and sustainability in cities.
  • Michael's third Dialogue of Civilizations journey took him to Tokyo where he studied political science and urban development.
  • Michael's last two co-ops (Boston Planning & Development and City of Boston Transportation Department) immersed him in transit and city planning.
  • Tormey’s eventual goal is to develop an efficient and reliable public transit system working with city planners and a team of engineers.
  • Tormey was awarded a Marshall Scholarship and hopes to use it to study transport engineering at Leeds and Regional and Urban Planning at the London School of Economics
  • Michael believes he will broaden his perspective in the U.K., which has been a global leader in public transportation dating back to its development of the first steam locomotives...

Urbashee Paul

  • Motivated by the struggles of her upbringing, Urbashee pursued economics as her field of study as an undergraduate at Boston University.
  • Before coming to Northeastern, Urbashee worked at a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C., and obtained a master’s degree in economics at the George Washington University.
  • With the guidance of Prof. Alicia Modestino, Urbashee is analyzing the impact of private and public summer jobs programs on students’ academic and future employment outcomes.
  • Specifically, Urbashee is investigating whether students placed in private, as opposed to public, sector summer jobs are likely to have better employment outcomes.
  • Urbashee was recently awarded a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation, enabling her to participate in research training and purchase datasets for her dissertation.
  • Urbashee's goal is to become an economist who studies and finds viable solutions to the deepening issues of poverty and inequality plaguing the youth in America.
  • In July, Urbashee's first co-authored economics working paper "Politicians Avoid Tax Increases Around Elections", was posted on SSRN...

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Graduate Programs

Beginning Friday, March 19, 2021, the Department of Economics staff will be holding virtual administrative office hours for students via Zoom. These office hours will be as follows:

Wednesdays, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (EST)

Fridays, 8:30 AM -9:30 AM (EST)

Join with the ZOOM LINK here. Please join with your NU account. You will be directed to a Zoom waiting room. The host will admit guests as soon as possible and in the order of arrival. 

Our staff is available  from 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday.

Please do not hesitate to reach out.

Contacts

Robert Triest, Chair
Cheryl Fonville, Administrative Officer
Jacquaetta Hester:  Graduate Administration Coordinator
Kathleen Downey: Marketing Assistant
Katie Thorp: Administrative Assistant (general and undergraduate program)

Academic Program Directors: 

Gustavo Vicentini, Undergraduate Program Director
Jun Ma, MS Program Director
Jim Dana, PhD Program Director

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