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Ehsan Dowlatabadi

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Economics, Binghamton University, 2020

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

Advisor:

Jeffrey D. Kubik

John Cawley

Sarah Hamersma

emmohagh@syr.edu

Dissertation Title

The Smartphone Effect: Mobile Broadband and Health at Birth

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Neiva Fortes

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

NIA T32 Doctoral Trainee, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

B.A., Hartwick College, 2022

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

njfortes@syr.edu

Dissertation Title

School Recess Policy and Discriminatory Bullying: Evidence from Rhode Island 

Advisors: Monica Deza (chair), John Cawley, Maria Zhu and Ying Shi

Areas of Expertise

Economics of education, health, labor and crime. 

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Lucas Kaplan

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Affiliate, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

M.Ed, Boston University, 2018

M.S., Boston College, 2022

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

lukaplan@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, environmental economics, urban and regional economics, natural disaster impacts

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Alishan Khan

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

M.Sc. Economics, FGV - Sao Paulo School of Economics

346A Eggers Hall

akhan60@syr.edu

Dissertation Title

Essays in International Trade, Geopolitics and Demographics

Areas of Expertise

International trade, political economy

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Maryam Mazrooie

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A. in Economics, Syracuse University, 2023

M.S. in Socio-Economic System Engineering, 2018

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, 2013

426 Eggers Hall

Advisor:

Jan Ondrich

Gary V. Engelhardt

Maria Zhu

Chihwa Kao

mmazrooi@syr.edu

Dissertation Title

“Catastrophic Rounding in the Mixed Multiple-Spell Proportional Hazard Model: The Case of Employment for Younger Women”

Areas of Expertise

Applied Econometrics; Computational Econometrics; Generalized Linear Modeling
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Mingzhang Qiao

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

043 Eggers Hall

miqiao@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Econometrics, health economics
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Brenda Teruya

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S. Economics, Universidad del Pacifico, 2017

E.M.P.A., Syracuse University, 2022

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

Advisor:

Monica Deza

Thomas Pearson

Maria Zhu

bateruya@syr.edu

Dissertation Title

Transit Migration through Mexico: Evidence from La Bestia

Areas of Expertise

Applied microeconomics with a focus on labor and public economics. 

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