PhD Alumni

The University of Wyoming’s Economics Ph.D. alumni have pursued careers in academia, research, government, and the private sector. This page provides a year-by-year list of our graduates, along with their placement or current affiliation when available. If you're an alumnus and you'd like to update your information on this page, please fill out the Alumni Survey.

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List of Graduates

(2023) Rohini Ghosh  - PacifiCorp
(2021) Victoria Bugni  - EcoHealth Alliance
(2021) Byeong-Hak Choe  - State University of New York 
(2021) Jennifer Rushlow  - Illinois Wesleyan University
(2021) Aaron Enriquez  - University of Alaska Anchorage, Post doc
(2020) Mahdi Chahkandi  - Wyoming State Treasurer's Office
(2020) Tabaré Capitán  - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Post doc
(2020) Joao Manuel Lameiras Vaz  - University of Gothenburg
(2019) Alfredo Cisneros Pineda  - Purdue University, post doc
(2019) Brittany Tarufelli  - Louisiana State University
(2019) Stephanie Brockmann  - University of New Hampshire
(2018) Shen Gao  - Hunan University
(2018) Matthew Maloney  - University of Utah Health Sciences
(2017) Rik Chakraborti  - Christopher Newport University
(2017) Sichao Wei  - Hunan University
(2017) Gavin Roberts  - Weber State University
(2016) Cristian Rojas  - James Cook University Townsville
(2016) Yasha Feferholtz  - EcoHealth Alliance, New York
(2016) Katie Lee  - University of Idaho
(2016) Remi Morin Chasse  - University of Prince Edward Island
(2016) Greg Torell  - New Mexico State University
(2016) Chenyang Xu  - Drew University
(2015) Yuanhao Li  - Norwegian School of Economics
(2015) Jake Hochard  - East Carolina University
(2015) Shaikh Eskander  - Postdoc, Grantham at London School of Economics
(2015) Kevin Berry  - University of Alaska Anchorage
(2014) Aaron Wood  - University of Tampa
(2014) Botao Qin  - Central Michigan University
(2014) Anteneh Tesfaw  - Conservation International, Arlington
(2014) Onur Sapci  - Hamilton College 
(2014) Jamie Pike  - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
(2014) Anton Kim  - Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan
(2013) Matthew Oliver  - Georgia Institute of Technology
(2013) Shanshan Huang  - Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, China
(2013) Johnson Gwatipedza  - University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
(2012) Pallavi Choudhuri  - National Council of Applied Economic Research, India
(2012) Alexander James  - University of Alaska-Anchorage
(2011) Paul Kivi  - Bemidji State University
(2011) Sakib Mahmud  - University of Wisconsin-Superior
(2011) Christopher Kennedy  - George Mason University
(2011) Shana M. McDermott  - Trinity University, Texas
(2011) Benjamin R. Cook  - University of Wyoming
(2010) Chad Settle  - University of Tulsa
(2010) Neil Wilmot  - University of Minnesota Duluth
(2010) Abul Maala Hussain  - University of Freiburg, Germany
(2010) Prasenjit Banerjee  - University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
(2009) Kalyn Coatney  - Mississippi State University
(2009) Charles Sims  - University of Tennessee
(2009) Min Gong  - WalmartLabs
(2008) Laurel Ballard  - Wyoming Department of Enterprise Technology Services
(2008) Tesa Leonce  - Columbus State University
(2008) Travis Warziniack  - U.S. Forest Service
(2008) Anita Chaudhry  - California State UniversityChico
(2008) Kirk S. McGrimmon (Tucker) - University of Pretoria, South Africa
(2008) Erdal Kara  - ABB Group
(2008) Gerhard Hambusch, CFA  - University of Technology (UTS), Sydney, Australia
(2007) Zafar Dad Khan  - University of Virginia-Wise
(2006) Chris McIntosh  - University of Minnesota Duluth
(2006) Victoria Umanskaya  - University of California Riverside
(2005) Sung-Hoon Park  - Chosun University, Republic of Korea
(2005) Anik Bhaduri  - Global Water System Project, University of Bonn, Germany
(2003) Stefanos A. Nastis  - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
(2002) Victor Lawnicki  - Humana, Inc., Louisville
(2002) Greg Parkhurst  - Weber State University
(2001) David Finnoff  - University of Wyoming
(2001) Anne M. Alexander  - University of Wyoming
(2000) Michael Margolis  - Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas A.C., Mexico
(2000) Thomas A. Rhoads  - Towson University
(2000) Mitch Kunce  - Library Sports Grille & Brewery
(1999) James Schockett  - Tempur Sealy
(1999) Pete Tsournos  - Chico State University
(1999) Stephan Kroll  - Colorado State University
(1999) Todd L. Cherry  - Appalachian State University
(1996) Paul Turner  - Hecate Energy
(1996) John A. List  - University of Chicago
(1995) Shiow-Ying Wen  -  Chang Gung University, Taiwan
(1993) Clive Spash  - WU Vienna University of Economics & Business, Austria
(1988) Mark Agee  - Penn State University
(1988) Cliff Nowell  - Weber State University
(1988) Susan Kask  - Warren Wilson College
(1987) Dan S. Rickman  - Oklahoma State University
(1986) Mark T. Dickie  - University of Central Florida
(1986) Jason F. Shogren  - University of Wyoming
(1986) Joe R. Kerkvliet  - Oregon State University
(1985) Linda Stanley  - Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Colorado State University
(1985) Doug Gegax  - New Mexico State University
(1984) Cale Case  - Wyoming State Senator
(1984) John D. Merrifield  - University of Texas
(1982) Richard Cabe  - 
(1982) Morteza Rahmatian  - CalState-Fullerton
(1982) James C. Murdoch  - University of Texas
(1982) Dennis Olson  - Gulf University for Science & Technology
(1980) Curt Anderson  - University of Minnesota
(1976) Bruce R. Domazlicky  - Southeast Missouri State University