After Macalester
Macalester Economics graduates have chosen to pursue a broad range of post graduate study and career paths. Here are just a few recent examples of first placements:
Graduate School: Wendy Han ’23 (Duke University Fuqua School of Business, MS in Quantitative Management), Zefan Qian ’23 (Georgetown University, Economics PhD), Yike Zhou ’23 (Harvard Kennedy School, Master in Public Policy), Lucas Leiter ’22 (Harvard Law School), Nicholas Di ’22 (Rice University, PhD in Statistics), Rita Liu ’22 (New York University, MS in Mathematics in Finance), Geven Liu ’22 (University of Oxford, MS in Economic and Social History), Grady Munro ’22 (University of Calgary, Master of Public Policy), Federico Chung ’21 (University of Washington, MS in Statistics), Daniel Fang ’21 (Georgetown University, MA in Public Policy), Xilin Niu ’21 (Columbia University, MA in Economics), Jacky Xiao ’21 (University of Virginia, MS in Business Analytics), Ke Cai ’20 (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MS in Statistics), Yuanchen Li ’20 (University of Washington, MS in Data Science), Dogukan Pasha ’20 (Imperial College London, MS in Management), Xinwei Huang ’19 (Johns Hopkins University, MS in Business Analytics and Risk Management), Erle Lei ’19 (Fordham University, MS in Information Technology), Alexander Abramson ’18 (University of Pennsylvania, Master of Urban Spacial Analytics), Ilter Cakmak ’18 (University of Delaware, PhD in Economics), Weifang Liu ’18, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD in Statistics), Nadia Mezic ’18 (University of Minnesota Law School) Esha Datta ’17 (University of California-Davis, PhD in Applied Mathematics), Chunyu Yi ’17 (University of California-Irvine, MA in Accounting), Ming Liu ’17 (University of Toronto, MS in Financial Risk Management), Qisheng Li ’17 (University of Washington, PhD in Computer Science), Lauren Beatty ’16 (University of Maryland, PhD in Economics), Tyler Skluzacek ’16 (University of Chicago, PhD in Computer Science), Huiting Fan ’15 (Columbia University, Master of Financial Engineering), Bryan Martin ’15 (University of Washington, PhD in Statistics), Yingtong Xie ’15 (University of Wisconsin–Madison, PhD in Economics), Yiwen Hu ’14 (University of Minnesota, PhD in Mathematics), Disa Hynsjo ’14 (Yale University, PhD in Economics). A recent list is available here.
Consulting/Business: Aalyan Mahmood ’24 (Microsoft), Michael Poker ’24 (Piper Sandler), Madelyn Bradley ’23 (Capital One), Joey Clark ’23 (Piper Sandler), Taylor Dye ’23 (Analysis Group), Omar Anwar ’22 (Piper Sandler), Eric Sathy ’22 (Piper Sandler), Jongwan Han ’22 (Bain), Vaja Kldiashvili ’22 (Nomura), Tshering Wangchuk ’22 (McKinsey), Precious Dlamini ’21 (Analysis Group), Jake Greenberg ’21 (Detroit Tigers), Theo Nsereko ’21 (Goldman Sachs), Aaron Salot ’21 (UBS), Michael Babb ’20 (3M), Jacob Lepak ’20 (US Bank), Nikhil Smith ’20 (Abry Partners), Jennifer Tan ’20 (EY), Jackson White ’20 (EcoLab), Levon Keller-Chavez ’20 (5th Century Partners), Kadek Ayu Vergianti Agustini ’19 (The Concord Group), Carl Salvino ’19 (PSG), Jed Patrick Buchholz ’19 (Minnesota Wild), Esteban Lemus Wirtz ’19 (Analysis Group), Matthew Yang ’19 (The Brattle Group), Clara Baumann ’18 (Piper Jaffray), William Lutz ’18 (Keynote Consulting), Mugdha Shidhaye ’18 (Goldman Sachs), Thejas Vummidi ’18 (RBC), Yifan Gong ’17 (Adobe); Tianyi Liu ’17 (Amazon), Joshua Conlan ’17 (Amazon), Karlyn Russell `’17 (Analysis Group), Ibrahima Dieye ’17 (Analysis Group), Austin Pauly ’17 (Buddy’s Kitchen), Natalie Kronebusch ’17 (Dexis Consulting Group), Dylan Kilgour ’17 (Epic), Rachel Siegel `17 (Epic), Almutaz Alnaas ’17 (Ernst & Young), Muath Ibaid ’17 (Ernst & Young), Jacob Simons (JMP Securities), Sunakshi Wadhwa ’17 (McKinsey Consulting), Henry Zuo ’17 (McKinsey Consulting), Laura Abril ’17 (Optum Consulting), Nikita Yatchenko ’17 (Piper Jaffray), Margaret Abeles ’17 (Piper Jaffray), James Hargens `17 (Securian Financial Group), Zach Gullerud ’17 (United Health Care), Elizabeth Bacarella ’16 (Amazon), Lauren Holm ’16 (Amazon), Cory Stern ’16 (Analysis Group), Rachel Fehr ’16 (Analysis Group), Wilson Merrell ’16 (Brattle Group), Kim Ky ’16 (Brattle Group), Hanyue Xu ’16 (Brattle Group), Nadine Penkovsky ’16 (Goldman Sachs), Brian Utz ’16 (Optum Consulting), Nichil Kantelal ’16 (Optum Consulting), James Meyerson ’16 (Optum Consulting), Haroon Bokhari ’16 (Wells Fargo), Alex Klopp ’16 (Deloitte Consulting), Khan Long Tran ’16 (JP Morgan), Kaspar Mueller ’15 (Amazon), Iris Vrioni ’15 (Analysis Group), Leia Cozier ’15 (Dexis Consulting Group), Ioannis Sophocleous ’15 (Dexis Consulting Group), Anandi Somasundaram ’15 (Optum Consulting), Alexzandra Boyer ’15 (Optum Consulting), Pukitta Chunsuttiwat ’15 (Cornerstone Research), Joseph Dykema ’14 (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Audrey Kohout ’14 (Target), Jie Shan ’14 (Microsoft), Justin Sims ’14 (New York Yankees)
Research/Government/Non-profit: Bryson Berry ’24 (RA, Urban Institute), Ella Thomsen ’24 (CivicSpark Americorps), Chloe Vasquez ’24 (Thomas J. Watson Fellowship), Chiara Affatigato ’23 (University Michigan Junior Professional Research Program), Annika White ’23 (Minnesota Department of Health), Zain Ijaz ’21 (Stanford University, RA in Securities and Litigation Analytics), Hannah Whipple ’21 (Yale University), Henry Smith ’20 (Division of Indian Work), Joseph Fish ’19 (Princeton University, RA with the Eviction Project), Peter Willenborg ’19 (Urban Institute), Brett Graham ’18 (U.S. Navy), Brain McNamara ’18 (Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance), Stefan Faridani ’17 (London School of Economics), Noah Nieting ’17 (Peace Corps), Megan Davitt ’17 (Teach for America), Ian Calaway ’16 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Thomas J. Watson Fellowship), Benny Goldman ’16 (Stanford University), So Nakayama ’15 (Bank of Japan), Charmaine Runes ’15 (Urban Institute), Benjamin Lavin ’14 (Peace Corps)