Welcome to the Department of Economics at Tufts University!

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Thank you for your interest in our Department.

Enrico Spolaore
Chair, Department of Economics

New Faculty:

We are delighted to welcome two new faculty members in 2008-2009: Stelios Michalopoulos, who will join our department as Assistant Professor of Economics, and Jenny Aker, who will join the Fletcher School as Assistant Professor of Development Economics, and our department as Assistant Professor of Economics, by courtesy.

Stelios is getting his Ph.D. from Brown. His fields are macroeconomics, economic growth and development. In particular, he has been working on the origins and implications of ethnic diversity. Click here to learn more about Stelios' research.

Jenny is completing her Ph.D. at Berkeley. Her areas of specialization are development economics, applied econometrics, agricultural marketing and policy analysis, and program evaluation, with a special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.  Click here to learn more about Jenny's research.

Welcome, Stelios and Jenny!

Department Highlights:

For our Summer 2008 News, click here.

Henken Family Support Graduate Students' Research with Endowed Fund
Thanks to a generous gift from Rick Henken, a double Jumbo in Economics and currently President of Schochet Associates, this year the Department has had the great pleasure to select the very first Henken Family Scholars. The Henken Family Endowed Graduate Research Fund will provide the Department of Economics with the resources to support one or more Henken Family Scholars each year. Alexander Oliver and Yulya Truskinovsky will be our first Henken Family Scholars, and will use such support to pursue their master's thesis research in 2008-2009.

Thank you, Rick, and congratulations, Alex and Yulya! For more information on the Henken Family Endowed Graduate Research Fund, click here.

In The Media:

Professor Maggie McMillan featured in Tufts Profile about the global food crisis. Read the article.

Professor Ed Kutsoati interviewed by Peace Reporter (Italian version) about Africa's current economic situation. Read the article (in Italian).

Professor Gilbert Metcalf quoted in CNBC article "Climate Consensus Obscures Obama, McCain Differences". Read the article.

Professor Andreea Balan Cohen is featured on Tufts website under The Economy and You.

Professor Gilbert Metcalf quoted in CNN article "Is there a short-term fix for high gas prices?"
Read the article.

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