Harvard Kennedy School Job Placement
PHD IN PUBLIC POLICY 1997–2017
Doctoral Programs Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy Street Littauer Building, Room 133 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 www.hks.harvard.edu/phd [email protected] 617-496-4485
Updated 10/17 2016–2017 Martin Abel Laura Quinby Assistant Professor, Middlebury College, Research Economist, Center for Retirement Research, Department of Economics Boston College Jonathan Baker Yeling Tan Economist, Analysis Group Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Tomoko Harigaya Department of Political Science Research Associate, Precision Agriculture for Development
2015–2016 Samura Atallah Yusuf Neggers Associate, McKinsey & Company Watson Post-doctoral Fellow, Brown University Tara Grillos Oyebola Okunogbe Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Economist, World Bank Development Research Group Department of Political Science Trisha Shrum Nils Hagerdal Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Earth Lab Junior Research Fellow, Brandeis University Samuel Stolper Elizabeth Linos Fall 2017: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Assistant Professor, University of California School of Natural Resources and Environment Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy Fall 2016: Post-doctoral Fellow, MIT, MIT Energy Sara Nadel Initiative and the Center for Energy and Environmental Founder/CEO, StellarEmploy Policy Research and the Department of Economics
2014–2015 Maria Cecilia Acevedo A. Nilesh Fernando Consultant, World Bank, Poverty Global Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, Practice Division Economics Department (Post-doc at Harvard University) Natalie Bau Dan Honig Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS Department of Economics Mahnaz Islam Syon Bhanot Economist, Amazon Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College, Richard Sweeney Economics Department Assistant Professor, Boston College, Gabriel Chan Economics Department Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Elizabeth Walker School of Public Affairs, Department of Science, Consultant, NERA, Energy, Environment, and Network Technology and Policy Industries Practice Sarah Cohodes Assistant Professor, Columbia University Teachers College, Education Policy Department
PHD IN PUBLIC POLICY 1 2013–2014 Dany Bahar Alexandra van Geen Senior Associate Economist, Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics, Inter-American Development Bank Department of Finance Ariel Dora Stern Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, Technology and Operations Management Unit
2012–2013 Will Dobbie Marie Newhouse Assistant Professor of Economics, Assistant Residential Lab Fellow, Edmon J. Safra Center for Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Ethics, Harvard Law School Princeton University, Economics Department Olga Rostapshova and Woodrow Wilson School Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Science Genetics Jeffrey Friedman Association Consortium/NBER and Senior Postdoctoral Fellow in International Security and Evaluations Specialist, Social Impact US Foreign Policy, John Sloan Dickey Center for Laurence Tai International Understanding, Dartmouth College Residential Lab Fellow, Edmon J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard Law School
2011–2012 Christopher Carrigan Matthew Ranson Assistant Professor, George Washington Abt Associates Trachtenberg School of Public Policy Christopher Robert Souman Hong President & CEO of Dobility Assistant Professor, Yonsei University Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School Avinash Kishore William Skimmyhorn Post Doctoral Fellow, IFPRI, New Delhi Assistant Professor, West Point Robyn Meeks Maoliang Ye Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Assistant Professor, Remin University Philip Osafo-Kwaako Tristan Zajonc Post doctoral Fellow, Harvard’s Institute for Visiting Fellow, Harvard’s Institutes for Quantitative Quantitative Social Sciences Social Science; Co-founder and CEO of Sense, Inc.
2010–2011 Ina Ganguli Gary Reinbold 2011–2012 Post Doctoral Fellow, Harvard Business Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Springfield, School & Harvard Medical School; 2012 Assistant Department of Public Administration Professor, Stockholm School of Economics Abigail Fisher Williamson John Horton Preceptor, Harvard College Writing Program Economist, Odesk Andres Zahler Victoria Levin Assistant Professor, Diego Portales University, Economist, World Bank Economics Department and Public Policy Institute Suerie Moon Non-academic offers – undecided
2 Harvard Kennedy School 2009–2010 Mohamad Al-Ississ Brooke Kelsey Jack Assistant Professor, University of Cairo, 2010–2011 Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of joint appointment with Business School and Economics, MIT; 2011 Assistant Professor, Department School of Global Affairs of Economics, Tufts University Sharon Barnhardt David J Lynch Institute of Financial Management and Research, RWS Advisory, Consultant Chennai, India Santitarn Sathirathai David Deming Credit Suisse based in Singapore Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon Heinz School of Public Health Thomas Wei U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (National Center for Education Evaluation)
2008–2009 Hunt Allcott Kira Matus 2009–11 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Green Chemistry and Economics, MIT; 2011 Assistant Professor of Green Engineering, Yale University Economics, NYU Holly Ho Ming Jeffrey Bielicki Breakthrough, Ltd, Hong Kong, and Youth Foundation, Weinberg Fellow, Research Scientist, Oak Ridge Beijing and Shanghai National Laboratory Tatsuya Nishida Jonathan Borck Post-doc at a Japanese University Economist, Analysis Group, Boston Jason Richwine Warigia Bowman Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy Juan Saavedra Leadership, University of Mississippi Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Los Andes Jennifer Bulkeley University, School of Government Special Assistant for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Judith Scott-Clayton Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC Assistant Professor of Economics of Education, Oeindrila Dube Teacher’s College, Columbia University 2009–10 Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Global Sandra Sequeira Development; Assistant Professor of Political Science, 6/2009–12/2009 Post-doctoral Fellow, NY Law School New York University 1/2010 Lecturer in Development Economics, London Allan Friedman School of Economics and Political Science 2009–10 Post-doctoral Fellowship, SEAS (School of Yuhki Tajima Engineering & Applied Sciences), Center for Assistant Professor of Political Science, Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), University of California, Riverside Harvard University; 2010 Brookings Institute Ngoc Anh Tran Felipe Kast Assistant Professor of Public Policy, JPAL, Universidad Catolica, Santiago University of Indiana Carolyn Kousky Researcher, Resources for the Future
PHD IN PUBLIC POLICY 3 2007–2008 Elta C. Smith Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Environment and Fotini Christia Political Economy, University of California, Berkeley Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, MIT Nicole A. Szlezak Consultant, McKinsey and Company Kessely C. Hong On family leave Adam T. Thomas Research Director, Economic Studies, Sebastian S. James The Brookings Institution Senior Economist on Tax Policy, The World Bank Rui Wang Bailey W. Klinger Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Director, CID Research Lab, Harvard Kennedy School UCLA Carolyn M. Kousky Yu Fei Fellow, Resources for the Future Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Mt. Holyoke College
2006–2007 Naomi Calvo Beau Kilmer Principal Associate, Education Resource Strategies Associate Policy Researcher, RAND Jing Cao Indhira Santos Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, School Research Fellow, Bruegel of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University Blair S. Williams Andrew Feldman Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School United States Military Academy Fiona Greig Fan Zhang Consultant, McKinsey and Company Assistant Professor in Energy Economics and Wei Ha Policy, Energy and Geo-environmental Engineering Policy Specialist, Human Development Report Office, Department, Penn State University UN Development Programme
2005–2006 Pelin Berkmen Zhou Liu Research Economist, International Monetary Fund Private Sector Consultant Eduardo Cavallo Jenny Schuetz Research Economist, Inter-American Development Bank Post-Doctoral Fellow, Furman Center for Real Estate and Darby Jack Urban Policy, New York University Post-Doctoral Fellow, Earth Institute, Jong-Sung You Columbia University Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego
2004–2005 Khuong Minh Vu Visiting Professor, Sawyer School of Management, Suffolk University
4 Harvard Kennedy School 2003–2004 Gavin Samms Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Graduate Steven Anderson School of Education Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Electricity Policy Group (HEPG) Sheryl Winston Smith Research Associate in Economics and Management, Wenhua Di Gustavus Adolphus College Visiting Professor, University of Texas-Dallas Lori Snyder Andrew Leigh Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics and Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Policy, Nicholas School of Environmental and Earth Australia National University Sciences, Duke University Chad Steinberg Economist, International Monetary Fund
2002–2003 Carolyn Gideon Tuan Minh Le Assistant Professor of International Communications Public Finance Economist, The World Bank and Communications Technology, Tufts University Pierre LeBlanc Gabriel Kaplan Economist, Department of Finance, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, University of Government of Canada Colorado, Denver
2001–2002 Dorina Bekoe Karl Rethemeyer Associate, International Peace Academy, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs and Policy, Nelson New York, NY Rockefeller College of Public Policy at SUNY, Albany Sheila Cavanagh Lisa Sanbonmatsu Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Forestry Post-doctoral Fellow, National Bureau of and Environmental Studies, Yale University Economic Research Ajay Chaudry Andres Vinelli Faculty Member, The New School, New York, NY Special Assistant to the Chairman, National Mark Kim Association of Securities Dealers, Washington, DC Public Finance Associate, UBS Paine Webber, Alix Peterson Zwane New York, NY Cooperative Extension Specialist,Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Berkeley
2000–2001 David Cash Sasha Pivovarsky Research Associate, Sustainability Systems Project, Economist, International Monetary Fund Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs David Skilling Rick Doblin Economist, New Zealand Treasury President, Multi-Disciplinary Association for Marcus Stanley Psychedelic Studies Assistant Professor of Economics, Case Western Judith Kelley Reserve University Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Duke University Robert Taliercio Anthony Patt Fellow, Young Professionals Program, World Bank Assistant Professor, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University
PHD IN PUBLIC POLICY 5 1999–2000 Todd Olmstead Carlos Rufin Consultant, McKinsey & Company Assistant Professor of Business Strategy, Gustavo Merino-Juarez Babson College Assistant Professor of Economics, Instituto Howard Shatz Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California David Snelbecker Manager, The Services Group
1998–1999 David Autor Woo Chan Kim Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Republic of Korea Alison Earle Chang-Yang Lee Research Scientist, Department of Health and Social Director, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health Republic of Korea Karen Eggleston Todd Schatzki Assistant Professor of Economics, Tufts University Senior Analyst, National Economic Research Associates Karen Fisher-Vanden Stuart Shapiro Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Dartmouth College Affairs, Office of Management and Budget Tay Keong Tan Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
1997–1998 Kathryn Boudett Christopher Herbert Research Fellow, Harvard Project on Senior Analyst, Abt Associates Schooling and Children Jason Snipes Brian Hassel Research Associate, Manpower Demonstration Consultant, Private Company Research Corporation
1996–1997 John Chapman Vicki Norberg-Bohm Vice President, Health Care Information Systems Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Ingrid Ellen Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assistant Professor, The Wagner School, Richard Newell, Jr. New York University Fellow, Resources for the Future Tae Yun Kim Michael Santoro Government Official, Republic of Korea Assistant Professor, Rutgers University Graduate Dara Menashi School of Management Consultant, Private Company
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PHD IN PUBLIC POLICY 1997–2017
Doctoral Programs Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy Street Littauer Building, Room 133 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 www.hks.harvard.edu/phd [email protected] 617-496-4485
Updated 10/17