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Economics

In the 2007-2008 academic year the Economics Department began awarding one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the highlighted titles has been deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

• Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
  Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2024-2025

•  Peter Sam Awabdeh, (Honors) 
  Andrew Dustan + Abhiprerna Smit, Yonca Ozdemir
• Juliana Rose Gomien,  (Honors) 
  Rui Pereira + Rob Hicks, Dan Maliniak
• Adam Dawson Jutt,  (Honors) 
  John Parman + David Feldman, Dan Cristol
• Rachel Abiodun Oduntan,  (Honors) 
  Admasu Shiferaw + Rob Hicks, Brad Weiss

2023-2024

• Thomas G Cronin,  (Honors) 
  John Parman + Peter McHenry, Alexandra Joosse 
• Noah Benjamin Lansing,  (Honors) 
  Berhanu Abegaz + Nathaniel Throckmorton, Mark Deming
• Daniel Karsten Posthumus, (Honors) 
  Ranjan Shrestha + John Parman, Daniel Cristol
• Sydney Marie Smith,  (Honors) 
  Robert Hicks + Lisa Anderson, Daniel Vasiliu 

2022-2023

• Kevin Lamar Bloodworth II, "" (Honors) 
  Luis Baldomero-Quintana + Ariel Ben Yishay, Rachel Sayer
• Yining Li, "" (Honors) 
  Peter McHenry + Rui Pereira, Daniela Hurtado-Lange
• Stanley Junwen Wang, "" (Honors) 
  Alfredo Pereira + Rob Hicks, Shahrokh Fardoust
• Emma Abigail Williams, "" (Honors) 
  Ariel BenYishay + Ranjan Shrestha, Ammar Malik

2021-2022

• Cody Taylor, "" (Honors)
  Tate Twinam + Nathaniel Throckmorton, Elyas Bakhtiari
• Georgiana Reece, "" (Honors)
  Luis Baldomero-Quintana + John Lopresti, Ammar Malik
• Jiayong Lu, "" (Honors)
  Alfredo Pereira + Jennifer Mellor, Reya Farber
• Leah Damelin, "" (Honors)
  Luis Baldomero-Quintana + John Lopresti, Tanu Kumar
• Madeline Helfer, "" (Honors)
  Ranjan Shrestha + Jennifer Mellor, Iyabo Obasanjo
• Stephen Rosene, "" (Honors)
  Carl Moody + Berhanu Abegaz, Saskia Mordijck
• William Anderson, "" (Honors)
  Peter McHenry + John Lopresti, Emily Wilcox
• William Merone, "" (Honors)
  Peter McHenry + Rui Pereira, Elyas Bakhtiari
• Xufeng Liu, "" (Honors) Admasu Shiferaw + Berhanu Abegaz, Phil Roessler

2020-2021

• Jutta Appiah, "" (Honors)
  Admasu Shiferaw + Berhanu Abegaz, Philip Roessler
• Elizabeth Crotty, "" (Honors)
  Peter McHenry + Jennifer Mellor, Elyas Bakhtiari
• Matthew Levinson, "" (Honors)
  Admasu Shiferaw + Nathaniel Throckmorton, Shahrokh Fardoust
• Christian Moore, "" (Honors)
  Rui Pereira + Admasu Shiferaw, Daniel Maliniak, Rui Pereira
• Dongyang Wang, "" (Honors)
  John Lopresti + Admasu Shiferaw, Philip Roessler

2019-2020

• Cheng Chen, "" (Honors)
  Thomas LaSalvia + Donald Campbell, Jungping Shi
• Renee Garrow, "" (Honors)
  Jennifer Mellor + Peter McHenry, Katie Lopresti
• Owen Giordano, "" (Honors)
  John Lopresti + Nate Throckmorton, Rani Mullen
• Ethan Harrison, "" (Honors)
  Ariel BenYishay + Dan Runfola, Philip Roessler
• Lincoln Hartnett, "" (Honors)
  Thomas LaSalvia + Rui Pereira, Ron Smith
• Madeleine Yi, "" (Honors)
  Peter McHenry + David Feldman, Katie Lopresti
• Henry Young, "" (Honors)
  Admasu Shiferaw + Phillip Roessler, Berhanu Abegaz

2018-19

• Adam Abate, "" (Honors)
  Matthew Klepacz + John Lopresti, Martin White
• James Bolard, ""
  Peter Savelyev + Peter McHenry, Elyas Bakhtiari
• Emily Martell, "" (Honors)
  Nathaniel Throckmorton + Martin Rolek, Zhao Han, Donald Campbell
• Xiangwen Sun, ""
  Carl Moody + Zhao Han, Guannan Wang

2017-18

• Robert O'Gara, "" (Honors)
  John Parman + John McGlennon, Peter McHenry

2016-17

• Brandon Posner, "" (Honors) 
  Tatyana Kuzmenko + Jennifer Mellor, Joel Schwartz

2015-16

• Alyssa Brown, "The Compensating Wage Differential for the Risk of Injury" (Honors) 
  Peter McHenry + Caroline Hanley, John Lopresti
• Collin Jones, "" (Honors) 
  Lance Kent + Robert Hicks, Ross Iaci, Nathaniel Throckmorton
  
• James Ryan, "" (Honors)
  William Hausman + John Lopresti, Ron Rappaport

2014-15

• Jake Schneider, (Honors)
  Lance Kent + Till Schreiber, John Lopresti and Fahad Bishara
• Carolyn Shira, (Honors)
  Donald E. Campbell + Bob Archibald and Rex Kincaid
• Andrew Turscak, III, (Honors)
  Lisa Anderson + Carl Moody and Lisa Szykman

2013-14

• Daniel Carlen, (Honors)
  Lisa Anderson + Rob Hicks, Christopher Freiman
• Christopher Pickett, (Honors)
  Lance Kent + Alfredo Pereira, Till Schreiber, John Merrick

2012-13

• James Harkrader Jr. (Honors) 
  Rui Pereira + Carl Moody, Tanujit Dey 

2011-12

• Amy Filipek, "" (Honors)
  Till Schreiber + Olivier Coibion, Claire Rosenfeld
• David Fisher, "?" (Honors) 
  Olivier Coibion + Till Schreiber, John Boschen 

2010-11

• Taylor Kaye Porter, (Honors)
  Lisa Anderson + Beth Freeborn, Katherine Guthrie
• Eric Robinson, (Honors)
  Eric Jensen + Clay Clemens, Peter McHenry
• Samanthe Tiver, (Honors)
  Robert Archibald + Monica Griffin, Melissa McInerney

2009-10

• Bradley Howard Akin, (Honors)
  Carlisle Moody + Olivier Coibion, Graham Ousey
• Saika Shaolin Belal, (Honors)
  Eric Jensen + Arnab Basu, Rani Mullen

2008-09

• Daniel Byler, (Honors)
  Carl Moody + Alfredo Pereira, David Dessler
  
• Bryan Callaway, (Honors)
  Arnab Basu
  
• Stephen Jensen, "Structural Change, Diffusion of Technology, and Heterogeneity of Economic Activities" (Honors)
  Berhanu Abegaz + Till Schreiber, Brett Rushforth
  
• Jonathan Eggleston, (Honors)
  Berhanu Abegaz + Melissa McInerney, Paula Pickering
  

2007-08

• Luke Godwin-Jones, "Augmented Pivotal Mechanism" (Honors)
  Donald Campbell + Sarah Stafford, Charles Johnson
• Matthew Hanson, "The Economics of Roadside Bombs" (Honors)
  Carlisle Moody + Martin Schmidt, Phillip De Camp
• You-Suk Kim, "Optimal Frequency of Introducing a New Edition of a Textbook and the Structure of the Secondhand Market" (Honors)
  Donald Campbell + Robert Archibald, Rex Kincaid (defended December 2007)
• Lauren Merrill, "Strategy-Proofness on the Condorcet Domain" (Honors)
  Donald Campbell + Carlisle Moody, Larry Evans

2006-07

• Lauren Childers, "Knowledge of Wealth Inequality in Two-Person One-Shot Bargaining Games" (High Honors)
  Lisa Anderson + Jennifer Mellor, David Philips
• Keith Klovers, "Estimating the Effects of Transit on Residential Property Values: The Case of the Portland MAX System" (Highest Honors)
  Alfredo Pereira + Will Hausman, Larry Evans
• Ryan Lema, "Are Class Size Reductions Effective? A Look at Returns to School Resources in Texas" (Honors)
  Robert Archibald + Scott Nelson, Eric Jensen

2005-06

• Paul Charpentier
  David Feldman + Eric Jensen, Berhanu Abegaz, Charles Johnson
• Francis DiTraglia, "Experimental Public Goods in Prague and Williamsburg: An International Comparison" (Highest Honors)
  Jeffrey Gerlach + Lisa Anderson, Michael Trosset
• Harrison Killefer, "The Tiger Effect: An Empirical Analysis of How One Athlete Changed the Face of Golf" (Honors)
  Martin Schmidt + Don Campbell, James Armstrong
• Daniel Kuehn, "Downstream Trade and the Vertical Structure of the Domestica Market: Evidence from the Steel Industry" (Honors)
  Clyde Haulman + Sarah Stafford, Eric Jensen, Dee Royster
• Kevin Park, "The Fourteenth Colony: An Economic History of Nova Scotia during the American Revolution and its Aftermath, 1760-1815" (High Honors)
  William Hausman + Sarah Stafford, Clay Clemens

2004-05

• Bonnie Queen
  Rob Hicks + Clyde Haulman, Rob Hicks
• Amanda Young
  Jeffrey Gerlach + Clyde Haulman, Richard Hynes