Political Economy Research Institute

Nicholas Reinarts (r) successfully defended his dissertation. His committee included Dan Smith (chair), Claudia Williamson Kramer, and Aaron Gamino. Reinarts joined Hood College as an assistant professor of Economics in fall 2024.

Sean-Patrick Alvarez attended the inaugural Price Theory Boot Camp at Texas Tech University.

PERI was well-represented at the 2023 Southern Economics Association meeting in New Orleans. Presenting Ph.D. students and faculty included Daniel J. Smith, Ennio Piano, Steven Sprick Schuster, Antón Chamberlin, Macy Scheck, Nicholas Reinarts, Nicholas Jensen, and Sean-Patrick Alvarez.

2023–24 PH.D. STUDENT JOB PLACEMENTS

Sean-Patrick Alvarez, Assistant Professor of Economics, Jacksonville State University

Christopher Barker, Assistant Professor of Economics, Harding University

Corey Pendleton, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lincoln Memorial University

Shamsuddeen Attahiru Nassarawa, Central Bank of Nigeria

Ankith Reddy, Economic Research Analyst, Buckeye Institute

Nicholas Reinarts, Assistant Professor of Economics, Hood College

Macy Scheck, Assistant Professor of Finance, Lander University