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Recent Publications by Professor Baggio and Professor Coşgel

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Professor Michele Baggio has a paper published in Economics Letters:

Baggio M., Suryanarayana R., and S. Uchida. 2026. Heat and Hate: How Temperature Triggers Discriminatory Violence. Economics Letters. Vol. 261: article 112861.

And Professor Baggio and Professor Metin Coşgel have a paper forthcoming in Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization:

Baggio M. and M. Coşgel. 2026. Racial Diversity and Team Performance: Evidence from the American Offshore Whaling Industry. Forthcoming in Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 

New York Fed Official and UConn Aluma Visits Stamford

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Ms. Heather Daly, Head of Economic Education at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and UConn alumna, visited the Stamford campus on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, to meet Economics students.

Heather’s career includes 30 years of experience in for-profit, nonprofit, and public service organizations. Prior to joining the New York Fed in 2015, Heather was the Senior Director of Executive MBA Admissions at New York University Stern School of Business. Before transitioning into education, she led Network Solutions Group Strategy & Planning at Lucent Technologies (now Nokia Bell Labs). She has also taught micro- and macroeconomics as an adjunct professor for the Bard Prison Initiative, working with students at NYS Eastern Correctional Facility.

Heather Daly, Head of Economic Education, Community Development & Education, Communications and Outreach Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Heather Daly, Head of Economic Education, Community Development & Education,
Communications and Outreach Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Heather earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Connecticut, as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University.

At Stamford on February 17, 2026, Ms. Daly presented a talk “Introduction to the Federal Reserve System”, where she took an in-depth look into the history of U.S. Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System. The discussion with students focused on the structure and functions of the Federal Reserve System, and current intricacies of Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

The second focus of Ms. Daly’s presentation was on students’ career preparation. Heather outlined skills and competencies that are needed at the Fed and explained the timeline for opportunities for internships and programs open for various levels of academic preparation.

This unique event, where several Economics classes came together, was conceived and organized by the Economics Research and Policy Council (a.k.a. The Economics Club) in Stamford with support from the Economics Department, its faculty Dr. Couch, and faculty Club Adviser, Dr. Smirnova.

We are grateful to Ms. Daly for coming to campus, sharing her knowledge and expertise, her career “learning journey”, and UConn alumna’s wisdom with Economics students at Stamford.

Professor Oskar Harmon Recognized Among Top Citation Leaders in Economics Education

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Professor Oskar Harmon has been recognized as among the top five most active and cited researchers publishing in the field of economics education. The ranking appears in the article “Identifying the Rising Stars of Economics Education,” published in The American Economist (2026) by Wayne Geerling, G. Dirk Mateer, and Jadrian Wooten.

The citation-based analysis examined papers published in academic journals endorsed by the American Economic Association’s Committee on Economic Education, with at least ten citations, focusing on topics related to teaching, pedagogy, and instructional practice. To measure recent scholarly impact, the study used citation counts from the five-year period 2020–2024.

Professor Harmon ranked 5th by total economics pedagogy citation count (724 citations) and 1st by citations per article (103).

The article may be accessed at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399996795_Identifying_the_Rising_Stars_of_Economics_Education

Professor Delia Furtado Awarded Russell Sage Foundation Grant

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Russell Sage Foundation logoAlong with collaborators at Syracuse University, Johns Hopkins University, UC Merced, and Georgetown University, Professor Delia Furtado has been awarded a research grant from the Russell Sage Foundation.

The project, “Immigrant Labor, Staffing Shortages, and Job Quality in the Long-Term Care Sector,” examines how the availability of immigrant labor influences staffing shortages and working conditions in nursing homes—an issue of growing importance as the U.S. population ages.

Founded in 1907, the Russell Sage Foundation is a leading social science research foundation dedicated to strengthening research methods, data, and theory to better diagnose social problems and inform public policy.

PhD Candidate Matthew Brown Presents at the ASSA 2026 Conference

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Matthew Brown, PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Connecticut, presented “Teaching Economics Majors Principles of Writing and Data Visualization” at the 2026 Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) Annual Meeting, coauthored with Oskar Harmon.

Matthew Brown PhD candidate in Economics presenting his work at the 2026 Allied Social Science Associations Annual MeetingThe presentation examined the integration of Tableau-based data visualization into a required undergraduate economics writing course. Using pre- and post-course survey data, the study finds improvements in student course satisfaction and writing confidence after students learned to produce their own data visualizations. The results highlight the potential for combining data literacy and writing instruction to enhance student engagement and communication skills in economics coursework.

Braving the Cold, UConn Economists Run the Econ 5K

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Participants in the Econ 5K 2025Neither final exams nor frigid temperatures stopped faculty and PhD students from running the Econ5K together this past Saturday. Proof that economists don’t only run regressions! The winners will be announced online in early January during the ASSA meetings. We wish our athletes luck! Go Huskies!

The categories for winners:

– Top three finishers (by gender identity)
– Top three finishers age-adjusted (by gender identity)
– Top finisher by continent (by gender identity)
– Greatest elevation change (+/-)
– Highest starting elevation
– Highest/lowest temperature
– The Beauty contest winner for whoever is closest to the average time
– Top three empiricists (by gender identity)Economists Line Up to race the 5K
– Top three theorists (by gender identity)
– Top three microeconomists (by gender identity)
– Top three macroeconomists (by gender identity)
– Fastest run with a dog
– Fastest run with a stroller (and occupant!)
– Streak award for the longest streak of consecutive 5Ks in December
– Run that is most outstanding in terms of artistic merit (with route captured on Strava or similar app)
– Largest group of economists running together

Professor Naknoi Published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance

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Professor Kanda Naknoi has published an article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance is a dynamic encyclopedia continuously updated by the world’s leading scholars. In particular, Professor Naknoi reviewed both empirical and theoretical studies on “Trade and International Macroeconomics” during the first quarter of the twenty-first century.

https://oxfordre.com/economics/page/recently-published/

Professor Levin in UConn Today: Economics Students Gain Research Experience in Historic Risk Lab

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Professor Remy Levin is featured in the current issue of UConn Today:

Economics Students Gain Research Experience in Historic Risk Lab

A UConn economics professor has assembled one of the largest known collections of historical insurance policies from the whaling industry. Now, he’s opened that archive to undergraduates for a hands-on research opportunity preparing them for their futures.

In Connecticut, a state once known as a hub of the American whaling industry and home to the “Insurance Capital of the World,” UConn economics majors are learning how these two industries intersected in the 19th century through a unique undergraduate research experience.

Remy Levin, assistant professor of economics, leads a meeting of his Historic Risk Lab with undergraduate research students in Herbst Hall on Oct. 29, 2025.
Remy Levin, assistant professor of economics, leads a meeting of his Historic Risk Lab with undergraduate research students in Herbst Hall on Oct. 29, 2025. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Remy Levin, assistant professor of economics, leads the Historic Risk Lab, which studies risk-taking and insurance in the whaling industry. A behavioral economist who specializes in decision-making under uncertainty, Levin has spent the past two years assembling one of the largest known collections of historical insurance policies from any industry in the 1800s.

Now, he’s opened that archive to undergraduates for a hands-on research opportunity that connects economic theory with real-world application…

Read the full article at UConn Today:

Economics Students Gain Research Experience in Historic Risk Lab

Professor Langlois wins the Alfred and Fay Chandler Book Award

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The Corporation and the Twentieth Century book coverThe Harvard Business School Business History Review announces that Professor Richard Langlois has won the Alfred and Fay Chandler Book Award for his book The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: the History of American Business Enterprise (Princeton University Press, 2023).

2022-2024 Alfred and Fay Chandler Book Award

We are pleased to announce that Richard N. Langlois has won Business History Review’s 2022-2024 Alfred and Fay Chandler Book Award for his book, The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise.

This award is given once every three years to the best book in the field of business history, published in the United States, as determined by a vote of the Editorial Advisory Board of Business History Review.

https://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory

The Corporation and the Twentieth Century also received the Alice Hanson Jones Prize from the Economic History Association, and was a finalist for the George R. Terry Book Award of the Academy of Management.

Professors Coşgel and Miceli Receive JEMAR Best Paper Award

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Congratulations to Professor Metin Coşgel and Professor Tom Miceli, recipients of the Journal of Economics, Management and Religion 2025 Best Paper Award for their paper:

Law and Morality: The Decisive Oath as a Means of Resolving Legal Disputes
Metin M. Coşgel and Thomas J. Miceli