Maria Zhu
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Courses
Summer 2023
Not teaching
Highest degree earned
Ph.D., Duke University, 2019
Bio
Maria Zhu is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and a senior research associate in the Center for Policy Research. Her research interests include labor economics and the economics of education. She has worked on projects looking at affirmative action, social networks in the labor market, and instructor quality in higher education. Prior to completing a Ph.D., she studied mathematics and economics at Pomona College. Maria received a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University in 2019.
Specialties
Labor economics, economics of education