PhD Students
We feature a unique PhD program that allows students to be advised, mentored and funded by Brooks faculty whether the student is pursuing a PhD in Public Policy, Economics, or Sociology. Here is information about Brooks-funded PhD students in each of these areas:
PhD Students in the Field of Public Policy
Daphne BlakeyResearch interests: Labor econ, incarceration, policing, poverty
Kyle BuntenResearch interests: economics of education, economics of crime, public economics
Research interests: inequality, occupational choice, and labor policy
Michael DalyResearch interests: health economics, labor economics, development
Ari Decter-FrainResearch interests: economic insecurity, computational demography, social media and elections
Qingli FanResearch interests: health economics, health policy, aging, subjective well-being
Samantha Gold
Research interests: health economics, behavioral economics, and environmental economics
Megan HylandResearch interests: health economics, social insurance, long-term care
Research interests: education, consumer finance and public economics
Alicia MarquezResearch interests: applied microeconomics with applications to environmental and health policy
Research interests: applied microeconomics, labor, crime, and education
Research interests: education, immigration, family, labor economics
Tatiana PadillaResearch interests: intersectionality of migration experiences; socioeconomic outcomes resulting from changes in legal status; consequences of U.S. migration and immigration policy
Han PhamResearch interests: health, microeconomics, labor economics
Research interests: behavioral science, data science, and public policy
Shyam RamanResearch interests: health econ, econ of crime, environmental regulation
Nathan RobbinsResearch interests: family policy, cross-national comparison, gendered division of labor, mixed methods
Katharine SadowskiResearch interests: labor econ, information science, educational interventions
Research interests: inequality, gender, and behavioral economics
Yongxin ShangResearch interests: health inequality, family demography
Jenna SheltonResearch interests: Social inequity; family and youth policy; foster care and homelessness; mixed methods
Research Interests: applied econometrics with applications to labor, immigration, and criminal justice policy
Stephenson StrobelResearch interests: health economics, labour economics
Research interests: poverty, safety net programs
Research interests: public economics, health economics, development
Meredith WelchResearch interests: labor economics, economics of education (higher education), social policy
Public Policy-based Ph.D. Students in the Field of Economics
Jacquline BlairResearch interests: household finance, wealth inequality, financial literacy
Research interests: poverty, safety net programs, low-wage labor market
Matthew ComeyResearch interests: public economics, labor economics, urban economics
Zihan HuResearch interests: education, health, Labor economics, development economics
Martha JohnsonResearch interests: labor economics, public economics, family
Zongyang “Elmer” LiResearch interests: macroeconomics, labor economics, industry dynamics
Grace PhillipsResearch interests: public economics, labor economics, and the economics of crime
David WasserResearch interests: labor economics, public economics
Research interests: inequality, education, microeconomics, labor economics, behavioral economics
Sen ZengResearch interests: health economics and industrial organization
Public Policy-based Ph.D. Students in the Field of Sociology
Erika AbbottResearch interests: social stratification
Research interests: social determinants of health/health inequities
Mary Beth MorrisseyResearch interests: emotions and therapeutic culture, gender, intimate relationships, inequality