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LGBT Policy Lab launches new website
Jul. 26, 2021—Vanderbilt’s LGBT Policy Lab, led by Professor Kitt Carpenter of Economics, has launched its new website. The LGBT Policy lab, supported by funds from a grant from Vanderbilt’s TIPs (Trans-Institutional Programs), connects researchers, students, and community members who are interested in the causes and consequences of LGBT policies. Drawing on expertise from economics, sociology, political...
Ph.D. candidate Brandyn Churchill’s paper accepted for publication at the Southern Economic Journal
Jul. 19, 2021—Brandyn Churchill, whose Ph.D. will become final in August 2021, has had his paper, “E-Verify Mandates and Unauthorized Immigrants’ Health Insurance Coverage,” accepted at Southern Economic Journal. A version of this paper previously won the Economics Department’s Household International Best Research Paper Award. Brandyn will join Carleton University in August as a tenure-track assistant professor.
William Collins’ paper accepted at AEJ: Applied
Jul. 13, 2021—William Collins’ paper, “African American Intergenerational Economic Mobility since 1880,” joint with Marianne Wanamaker of UT-Knoxville, has been accepted for publication by AEJ: Applied.
Assistant Professor Michelle Marcus named to 2021-22 cohort of Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows
Jun. 28, 2021—Assistant Professor Michelle Marcus is one of only 18 Vanderbilt faculty named to the 2021-22 cohort of Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. The participants are selected based on identification of clear and achievable goals for program participation and for use of research funds, their potential impact at Vanderbilt, support from their chair, and readiness to learn. ...
Yelidá Blanco García, MA ’21: Examining Trade Across Borders with the World Bank
Jun. 4, 2021—Prior to her graduation from the GPED, Fulbright scholar Yelidá María Blanco García (’21, Dominican Republic) participated in the World Bank’s noted Doing Business project as a spring intern within the Trading Across Borders team. As an intern, she had the opportunity to contribute to the 2021 and 2022 Doing Business reports by assisting with the preparation of the...
Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Grant Bears Fruit for Brandyn Churchill
Jun. 4, 2021—Brandyn Churchill, Ph.D. candidate in Economics, recently had an article accepted for publication. “The Effect of E-Verify Laws on Crime” was accepted at Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and is joint with Andrew Dickinson (University of Oregon), Taylor Mackay (U.C. Irvine), and Joseph J. Sabia (San Diego State University). The work on this paper was...
Brandyn Churchill, PhD ’21, featured on national health policy podcast
May. 20, 2021—Ph.D. candidate in Economics (and incoming assistant professor at Carleton University) Brandyn Churchill was recently featured in the national health policy podcast Tradeoffs, hosted by Dan Gorenstein. In the episode, Brandyn discusses his forthcoming research on the impact of annual opt-outs on HPV vaccine take-up in Washington DC. The podcast can be accessed on the...
T. Aldrich Finegan prize awarded to graduating Honors students
May. 14, 2021—The T. Aldrich Finegan Award for Best Thesis by an Honors Student was awarded during a Zoom reception on May 11, 2021. This year, there were three winners! The main Finegan Award (monetary prize and plaque) went to two students. August Graue won for his thesis, “Conditioned Responsibility and the Economic Vote in US House...
Ph.D. students win departmental awards
May. 14, 2021—The graduate awards for 2021 were announced in a Zoom reception on May 12. The Rendigs Fels Award for Best Teaching Assistant (monetary prize and plaque) was won by Cameron Friday and Lillian Gaeto. The Household International Best Research Paper Award (monetary award and plaque) went to Luis Carvajal-Osorio. The Walter Noel Dissertation Fellowship Award...
Ph.D. candidate Matthew Knowles wins fellowship from Boston College
May. 14, 2021—Ph.D. candidate Matthew Knowles is one of three winners of a $28,000 dissertation fellowship from Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research. In his project, entitled “Social Security Eligibility and Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Administrative Data,” Knowles uses hospital visit data study to study how becoming eligible for social security at the early eligibility age...