STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS FIRST ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE & PREGRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE
Organised by faculty and doctoral students of Stony Brook University Economics Department this is a unique opportunity for undergraduate and pre-graduate students to present your research, receive feedback on your work, and to network with scholars in your field. This year we are proud to announce that our inaugural keynote speech will be given by our Department Chair, Dr. Hugo Benitez-Silva
This event will take place on Friday April 14, 2023 at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Location: 1 Circle Road, Stony Brook , NY, 11794
Itinerary:
8:00 - 9:00: BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:30: OPENING REMARKS
Dr. Hugo Benitez-Silva, Stony Brook University Department of Economics Chair
9:30 -10:45: STUDENT PANEL I
Moderator: Dana Golden
Presenter: Chenye Yuan, New York University A Study on Chinese Buy-Side Ratings and the Influence
on Corporate Defaults on Bonds Markets with Chinese Characteristics
Discussant: Rong Wang
Presenter: David Tovmasyan, Stony Brook University What is the Connection Between Failure Causes
of US Oil and Gas Pipelines with Changes in Environmental Conditions?
Discussant: Brett Indelicato
Presenter: Audrey Selley, UNC Chapel Hill The Effect of Paycheck Protection Program on County
Level Employment in North Carolina
Discussant: Dana Golden
10:50-12:00:PROFESSIONAL PANEL - Preparing for Graduate School
Moderator: Lynette Sieger-Kamimura, Graduate Recruitment and Retention Stony Brook University
Department of Economics
Karian Wright, Stony Brook University Assistant Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate
School Director, Center for Inclusive Education
Dr. Erwin Cabrera, Executive Director of Stony Brook Simons STEM Scholars Program
Dr. Eva Carceles-Poveda, Professor and MA Director Stony Brook University Department
of Economics
Dr. Hugo Benitez-Silva, Stony Brook University Department of Economics Chair
12:00-1:00: CONFERENCE HOSTED LUNCH
1:00-2:15: STUDENT PANEL II
Moderator: Zhuotong Xie
Presenter: Weston Watts, University of South Carolina Uncertainty in Common Pool Resource Games
Discussant: Marc Claveria Mayol
Presenter: Dominic Stanz, Stony Brook University How Corporations are Analyzing Trends in Technological
Industry to Predict Fluctuations in Economic Sectors
Discussant: Anjali Sinha
2:20-3:35: STUDENT PANEL III
Moderator: Sarah Betz
Presenter: Anthony Grasso, Villanova University Impartiality in Humanitarian Assistance: An Investigation
of Refugee Outflows Informing Levels of Food Aid Inflows
Discussant: Sarah Betz
Presenter: Alanna Davis, Stony Brook University Exploring the Correlation Between Low Social
Capital Levels, Economics Distress and Increased Risk of Suicide Among White, Non-
Hispanic American Males in Modern Society Between 1990-2022
Discussant: Jay Kang
Presenter: Yen Nguyen, Villanova University Humanitarian Assistance and the Child Recruitment
Crisis in Yemen
Discussant: Mansi Sharma
3:45-4:45: KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Hugo Benitez-Silva On the Importance of Undergraduate/Pregraduate Research