On Thursday, May 5, 2016, the Department held an all-day Economics Graduate Reunion and Forum. Our Graduate Alumni gathered to reconnect with classmates and professors, and to establish new connections with current graduate students and newer members of the faculty.
Our alumni shared their current research, their thoughts about the graduate experience, and their experiences since leaving the University of Connecticut. We look forward to continuing to make this a regular event, scheduled every three or four years. The program for this year’s event is included below.
Special thanks to Andreas Karapatakis (PhD, 1992) for his generous support of the 2016 Economics Graduate Reunion and Forum.
| 2016 Economics Graduate Reunion and Forum | |||||||||
| 8:30 AM | Coffee & Greet | ||||||||
| 9:00 AM | Welcome | ||||||||
| Stephen Ross, Department Head Subhash Ray, Director of Graduate Studies |
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| 9:30 AM | Alumni Research Papers | ||||||||
| Moderator: Chuck Martie, Education Consultant, CT Dept. of Education | |||||||||
| Gulgun Bayaz, New York City College of Technology “Intertemporal Poverty Among Older Americans” |
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| Juan-Pedro Garces-Voisenat, Siena College “The Role of Virtue in Economic Development” |
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| Monika Lopez-Anuarbe, Connecticut College “Intergenerational Transfers and Caring for Families in the United States and Abroad” |
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| 10:30 AM | Coffee & Chat | ||||||||
| 11:00 AM | Alumni Academic Experience | ||||||||
| Moderator: William Pace, Anthem, University of Connecticut | |||||||||
| Paramita Dhar, Central Connecticut State University | |||||||||
| Monika Lopez-Anuarbe, Connecticut College | |||||||||
| Juan-Pedro Garces-Voisenat, Siena College | |||||||||
| Paul Kozlowski, University of Toledo | |||||||||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch & Emeritus Panel (Immanuel Wexler, Steve Sacks, Arthur Wright, Dennis Heffley) | ||||||||
| 1:30 PM | Alumni Research Papers | ||||||||
| Moderator: Nandika Prakash, CT Dept. of Economic & Community Development | |||||||||
| Leshui He, Bates College “Adverse Classroom Peer Effects in Students’ Achievements: Evidence from a Quasi-Random Assignment” |
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| Parag Waknis, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth “Competitive Money Supply in a New Monetarist Model” |
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| Stanley McMillen, CT Dept. of Economic & Community Development (retired) “Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Connecticut’s 2015 Bill to Recoup a Portion of Its Public Assistance Costs” |
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| 2:30 PM | Coffee & More Chat |
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| 1:30 PM | Alumni Professional Experience | ||||||||
| Moderator: Natalia Smirnova, American Institute of Economic Research | |||||||||
| Jieling Chen, Merck Research Laboratories | |||||||||
| Ravinder Dhawan, Merck & Co. | |||||||||
| Nandika Prakash, Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) | |||||||||
| 4:15 PM | Closing Remarks |
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