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Graduate Student Awards


The Economics Department, with the support of Laney Graduate School, awards graduate students annually:

  1. Economics Graduate Student Research Award of Excellence 

    This award was established to honor a graduate student who exemplifies superb research abilities and an eagerness to engage in scholarly activities.

  2. Economics Graduate Student Teaching Award of Excellence 

    This award was established to honor a graduate student who exemplifies superb teaching abilities and demonstrates extraordinary dedication to teaching economics.

Economics Graduate Student Research Award of Excellence

2023 Award Recipient is Jung Jae Kim

Jung Jae KimJung Jae Kim is a third-year graduate student who works in Applied Econometrics and is yet to complete his dissertation proposal. However, this has not stopped him from publishing two peer-reviewed articles in the Journal of Industrial and  Business Economics (Springer) and the Asian Economic Journal (Wiley) in the past year. This award showcases our graduate program's commitment to academic excellence and rigor. 

     Year    
Past Award Winners
2022Juan Estrada
2021Aliaksandr Zaretski
2020Santiago Montoya-Blandón
2017Tong Xu
2016Alexander Lundberg
2015Otto Lenhart
2013Animesh Giri

Economics Graduate Student Teaching Award of Excellence

2023 Award Recipient is Justin Eloriaga

Justin Raymond EloriagaJustin Eloriaga is a second-year Fulbright scholar who is the teaching assistant for around 100 students this year. One of the course instructors with over 10 years at Emory University stated: From his accessibility, careful grading, and feedback to our students to his initiative to prepare detailed study notes for every lecture, Justin is simply the best TA I’ve worked with at Emory University.” This award showcases our department’s commitment to those who not only have the skills to become excellent researchers, but also care about students and their learning experience. 

     Year    
Past Award Winners
2022Hanna Glenn
2021Sam Wunderly
2020Yiqing Xiao
2017Tong Xu 
2016Jue Ren 
2015Anne Hannusch 
2013 Muzi Ginindza