Fellowship To Promote Diversity In Economics Flyer
2023 Graduate Fellowship RecipientS
Mengxiao Fang was born in China and went to Rutgers University in New Jersey for her undergrad. At Rutgers, she double majored in Economics and Statistics/Mathematics. During the four years of studying, she was interested in Economics and hoped to do more profound research, which led her to pursue a PhD at SBU. As of now, her research interest is Applied Microeconomics.
Amina Sidki was raised in Morocco. She earned a master's degree in finance from ENCG Kenitra and an MBA from ESCP Europe in Paris. She has over 10 years of experience in corporate finance and management consulting. During this time, she conducted studies on organizational performance management. Amina's research interests lie in industrial organizations, game theory, and spatial econometrics. Outside of her professional life, she is a mother of two and enjoys cycling.
2022 Graduate Fellowship RecipientS
Sarah Betz joined SBU’s Economics PhD program as a fellowship student in Fall 2022. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to starting her PhD, Sarah worked at an economic consulting firm and earned a master’s degree in Economics from Rutgers University. She is currently focusing her research on migration and networks. Outside of academics, Sarah enjoys exploring bookstores and hiking.
2021 Graduate Fellowship RecipientS
Dana Golden is a fourth-year economics PhD student whose research interests focus mainly on energy markets and applied industrial organization. Her dissertation focuses on the impacts of expanding transmission infrastructure on capacity investments of generators. She also has works in progress on the impacts of input subsidies on the evolution of the Chinese solar panel industry, a techno-economic analysis of HVDC, shareholder disagreement, and commodity markets forecasting using natural language processing.
Shafira Widjaja was born in Columbia, South Carolina but grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia. Although
she holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, she has always been interested in studying Economics. Shafira took her
MA in Economics at UT Austin where she decided to study further and pursue a PhD at
SBU. She is interested in deepening her knowledge and doing research in Game Theory
and Industrial Organization.