Welcome to Fall 2025

In Fall 2025, the department is pleased to welcome a new director of professionalism and placement for masters programs, eight new doctoral students, nineteen master of science students, and 500+ returning undergraduate students with an Economics major or minor. 

We are pleased to announce that our colleague Vivian Yue has accepted to serve as the Associate Chair of the Economics Department effective September 1, 2025. 

This is an opportunity to express our gratitude to David Jacho-Chavez who served in this role during the past year and did a remarkable job as a reliable member of the department's leadership team.

We are pleased to congratulate David Jacho-Chavez on his reappointed as Director of Graduate Studies, a role he held prior to serving as associate chair.  

This is an opportunity to express our gratitude to Ian McCarthy who served as Interim Director of Graduate Studies this past year and did a commendable job. 

We welcome Keith Robinson to our department as he joins our teaching faculty as Assistant Teaching Professor. Keith will also serve as Director of Professionalism and Placement for our growing Masters programs.

Congratulations and welcome to our third Economics 4+1 Program cohort! We have a total of 19 students taking on this wonderful opportunity. 

Emory celebrates the students admitted in 2025 [Class of 2029], drawn from the largest and most diverse applicant pool in the university's history! In total, Emory admitted 6,892 students to the Class of 2025 with 4,343 offered admission to Emory College of Arts and Sciences, and 4,278 offered admission to Oxford College [source]. The Economics Department looks forward to connecting with these new Emory students and invites them to consider Economics as part of their academic journey at Emory.