2022 UT Commencement

Commencement

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS SATURDAY, MAY 21,2022 9 A.M. GREGORY GYMNASIUM

Julia Coronado is founder of the economic research firm MacroPolicy Perspectives and a Clinical Associate Professor at the McCombs School of Business at University of Texas at Austin.

Prior to starting MPP, Julia was Chief Economist at the hedge fund Graham Capital Management and the global investment bank BNP Paribas, and a Senior Economist at Barclays Capital. Julia received her B.A. in Economics from University of Illinois Urbana then worked for several years in the Texas banking industry in the aftermath of the savings and loan crisis. She then enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin.

After receiving her Ph.D. in Economics from UT, Julia worked as a staff economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington D.C. for eight years. Julia has published a number of scholarly articles on issues related to pension finances and market valuations, social security, and retirement saving adequacy and behavior.

Julia has represented the US at OECD meetings on financial market issues and has testified before the US Congress on Social Security reform. She has been a member of the Economic Advisory Panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is currently on the Economic Studies Council at the Brookings Institution. Julia is also on the Board of Directors of Robert Half International and Dynex Capital and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School and the Cleveland Fed’s Center for Inflation Research.

She is currently the Vice President of the National Association of Business Economists and served previously as President of the New York Association of Business Economists. Julia is a regular commentator in financial media, including CNBC, Bloomberg, Marketplace, and the Wall Street Journal.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER PROCESSIONAL Marshals Eugenio Miravete | Professor Robert Town | Professor WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Thomas Wiseman | Department Chair, Professor KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr. Julia Coronado UT | Ph.D. Economics, 1997 President and Founder, MacroPolicy Perspectives Clinical Associate Professor-McCombs School of Business PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES TO DOCTORAL CANDIDATES Presented by Oli Coibion | Graduate Studies Committee Chair, Professor Emrehan Aktug Samuel Arenberg Shaofei Jang Gwangmin Kim Niklas Kroner Andrew Lee Molin Li

Akiva Yona Meiselman Seth Neller Eric Schulman Sam Stripling Anjali P. Verma Sangita Vyas Jin Jan

PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES TO MASTER’S CANDIDATES Presented by Stephanie Houghton | MA Program Director, Associate Professor of Instruction Jonathan Bowman Jacob Bulzak Arpan Chatterji Jipeng Cheng Xinhui Cheng Seunghoon Choi Liam Crawley Gaetano Dona-Jehan Lizhao Du Nathan Fraser Parker Gauthier Maria Gilbert Fjolle Gjonbalaj Weidi Hou Yu-Ting Huang Abigail Johnson Amal Kadri Hsuan-Chen Kao Alice Kemp Steven Seunghwan Kim Scott Kjorlien Shawn Leavor Yuri Lee Zonghao Li Hongjin Long

Swayam Mallick Patrick Massey Colin McNally Elliott Metzler Taylor Neal Pedro Nunes Bermudez Rodrigues Kevin O’Connor Kashaf Oneeb Robert Petit Victor Ramirez Hunter Carlos Saldaña Taylor Schmac David Scolari Ashesh Shrestha Harrison Snell Elliot Spears Xiaohan Sun Chengkan Tao John Walkington Brandon Williams David Woolley Xing Xin Shuyan Yue Liyuan Zhang

RECOGNITION OF ECONOMICS HONORS PROGRAM CANDIDATES Radhika Patel Christian Douglas Soo Jee Choi Han Nguyen Himani Verma Ximena Mercado García Woong An Mohit Rao Brooke Jones Sara Sinnathamby Samuel D’Avila Cain Thornlow-Camacho Grace Blumenfeld PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES TO BACHELOR CANDIDATES Presented by Daniel Slesnick | Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor & Gerald Oettinger | Associate Professor CLOSING REMARKS RECESSIONAL RECEPTION ECONOMICS COMMENCEMENT RECEPTION Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 11 a.m.

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