Susquehanna University Department of Economics

Congratulations to Dr. Finley! Her article, "The Effects of Land Redistribution: Evidence from the French Revolution" with Raphael Franck and Noel Johnson, was published in the May 2021 edition of the Journal of Law and Economics. The article can be accessed at the following link: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713688

Congratulations to economics & finance senior Sean Bragen '22 for accepting a full time job offer from Sompo International! He will be working as Surety Bond Underwriting Trainee in Conshohocken, PA. In this role, he will be underwriting companies using credit analysis, financial analysis, job history, and supporting documents to determine whether the company can be given bid support. Congrats Sean!

Congratulations to economics major Virginia Macomber '21 for receiving an international summer internship from Scribe! She is working as a Finance and Data Intern in London this summer. She is a recipient of the Eric Stein Scholarship and is excited for this opportunity to have another international internship!

The newest rankings are out, and SU’s Economics Department is ranked 29th best nationally among Liberal Arts Colleges based on research productivity! https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.uslacecon.html

Thomas Tang finally participated in his graduation ceremony after finishing in December with Economics and Political Science double majors and an Environmental Studies minor. He graduated with Economics Departmental Honors based on his project The Effects of Natural Disasters on a Nation’s Unemployment Rate. He is now working in political finance compliance in Washington D.C. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Mark Harrel '17 for being admitted into Seton Hall University where he will be pursuing an MBA in Finance! Mark was an Economics major while at Susquehanna, and he believes that his education prepared him well for his masters program by exposing him to more areas of finance through his elective classes. Congrats Mark!

Dean Rousu, Courtney Conrad '17, and Bailey Hackenberry '21 present "Economics and Business Lessons from Broadway Show Tunes" on Tuesday at 4:15. Zoom link is below for those who want to attend! https://susqu.zoom.us/s/94559024264

Meet a professor feature! Dr. Katarina Keller is our SWSB Executive Director of International Programs & Associate Professor of Economics. She has received her Ph.D. and M.A from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to that, she studied in France, Germany, Russia, Sweden and the U.S. She has been teaching at Susquehanna for 18 years. She is also the co-author of research that helped end required military service in Germany, and she was invited to the U.S. A.I.D. to present ...her research on the Effects of Higher Education in Africa to the World Bank and faculty nationwide! She recently won the SWSB Outstanding Research and Service Award! Dr. Keller likes Susquehanna’s small campus that makes it easy to form relationships, and some of her favorite memories are directing the SWSB London Program on site and traveling abroad with her students. In addition to being the advisor for Alpha Phi Omega, the student service organization on campus, she helps her church fundraise to bring water filters to families in Jamaica and Belize and hopes to travel there soon. She loves traveling, spending time with family, painting, photography, and learning languages- she speaks eight! Her best advice for a student would be to study each subject for an hour per day, and to get enough sleep. A fun fact about Dr. Keller is that she grew up in Duved, a ski resort about 10 minutes from Åre, the most famous ski resort in Sweden.

Read about the work of the economics departments implementing inclusive teaching methods here! https://www.susqu.edu//susqu/features/never-standing-still

#TBT Courtney Conrad ’17 discusses her research on finding economic lessons from the musical Hamilton. After graduating from SU, Courtney earned her Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of New Hampshire and she currently works at Princeton University as a Data and Statistics Consultant!... https://www.susqu.edu//economics-major-a-rockstar-with-ham