The Department of Economics recently completed an Economic Intelligence and Policy Training Program for a distinguished delegation from the Presidency of the Republic of Burundi’s Bureau of Strategic Studies and Development (BESD) initiated by Professor Pierre Nguimkeu.

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It has been great reconnecting with colleagues, meeting new faces, and talking economics each Friday afternoon.
We look forward to continued discussion and collaboration! 😀🎉

We are proud to congratulate AYSPS Economics PhD candidate Young-Yun Choi (@yychoi.bsky.social) on being awarded the Mercatus Center and 2025 EHA Dissertation Fellowships for outstanding research on mobile access in North Korea and the historical roots of racial inequality in the U.S.

From English major to health economist, Reginald transformed a personal healthcare experience into a research career focused on tobacco regulation and health disparities.

Read more about his journey: t.gsu.edu/4ku9NLu

🌍 Meet Zayne Dabbas, a standout intern in Georgia State’s Global Languages & Intercultural Perspectives (GLIP) program! Through her work with the Study Abroad office, Zayne is bridging cultures and building connections across campus and the world.

We have had some great seminars in the past few weeks by Kurt Lavetti and Bocar Ba - thanks to both for visiting our department!

It is always nice to celebrate the hooding of our PhD graduates! Congratulations to Dr. Durronjae Boothe, Dr. Wen Lu, Dr. Jiaojing Ding, and Dr. John Alexander Gomez Mahecha! Special thanks to Tom Mroz and Garth Heutel for doing the honors!

Another great year end event was a retirement party for our own Usery Endowed Chair Tim Sass! This fun event was cohosted with the AYSPS Georgia Policy Labs. It was so nice to the original Usery Chair, Barry Hirsch, as well as
AYSPS Dean Tom Vicino there to wish Tim well!

Great work by our own Christian Saenz presenting at the recent Atlanta / Athens Health Economists Research Conference! Thanks to Emory University for hosting!

We had a great end of the semester with many exciting activities we will be posting about, including a seminar by
@chrisseveren.bsky.social earlier this month. Thanks for visiting Chris!!

We are expanding at @gsueconomics.bsky.social !

Join our innovative department in the Andrew Young School at GSU as we hire for another endowed chair position. This full professor will provide leadership to our Experimental Economics Center

Apply now via JOE! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Great to see so many of our faculty, colleagues, graduate students, and alumni at the @appam.bsky.social Fall Research Conference!

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📢 We're hiring at @gsueconomics.bsky.social ! Come join our Economics department at Georgia State University! 📢

We're hiring an endowed chair position. This is an open field full professor position, with the option for promotion upon hire! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

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