Justin Callais 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2018-2022
Dissertation Title — Three Essays in Political Economy
Dissertation Advisor — Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Current Position — Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Israt Jahan 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2018-2022
Dissertation Title — Three Essays on Constitutions, Institutions, and Development
Dissertation Advisor — Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Current Position — Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin La Crosse

Daniel Sánchez-Piñol 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2017-2022
Dissertation Title — Three Essays on Development Economics
Dissertation Advisor — Kevin Grier (co-chair) and Jamie Bologna Pavlik (co-chair)
Current Position — Economist, Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF)

Jorge Romero-Habeych 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2016-2020
Dissertation Title — Quasi-Experimental Estimation of Cotton Yields Under, and Crop Insurance Impacts on, the Adoption of Alternative Irrigation Systems
Dissertation Advisor — Darren Hudson
Current Position — Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Business, Western New Mexico University

Michael Makovi 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2016-2020
Dissertation Title — Three Essays in Applied Economics
Dissertation Advisor — Jamie Bologna Pavlik (co-chair) and Alexander Salter (co-chair)
Current Position — Assistant Professor of Economics, Northwood University

Edwar Escalante 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2015-2019
Dissertation Title — The Political Economy of Violence and Development in Latin America
Dissertation Advisor — Adam Martin
Initial Placement — Instructor of Economics, Norris-Vincent College of Business, Angelo State University
Research Associate, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University
Current Position — Assistant Professor of Economics, Norris-Vincent College of Business, Angelo State University
Research Associate, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University

Glenn Furton 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2015-2019
Dissertation Title — The Political Economy of Reform
Dissertation Advisor — Adam Martin
Initial Placement — Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Foundations of the Market Economy Program, New York University
Current Position — Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Metropolitan State University Denver

Gonzalo Macera
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2015-2020
Dissertation Title — Essays on the Impact of Economic Freedom on Investment, Entrepreneurship, and Development
Dissertation Advisor — Benjamin Powell (co-chair) and Eduardo Segarra (co-chair)

Raymond March 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2014-2017
Dissertation Title — Self-Regulation in the Pharmaceutical Market
Dissertation Advisor — Adam Martin
Initial Placement — Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, San Jose State University
Current Position — Assistant Professor, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

Audrey Redford 
Position — Research Assistant
Academic Years — 2013-2016
Dissertation Title — 'High Hopes' and 'Bad Bundles': The Political Economy of U.S. Drug Control Policy
Dissertation Advisor — Adam Martin (co-chair) and Benjamin Powell (co-chair)
Initial Placement — Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Management, & Project Management, Western Carolina University
Current Position — Assistant Professor of Economics, Hampden-Sydney College

Linan Peng 
Position — Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Academic Years — 2019-2021
Initial Placement — Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics and Management Department, DePauw University
Current Position — Assistant Professor, College of Business, Southeastern Louisiana University

Samuel Absher 
Position — Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Academic Years — 2018-2019
Current Position — Associate Economist, RAND Corporation

Vincent Geloso 
Position — Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Academic Years — 2016-2018
Initial Placement — Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Bates College
Current Position — Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University

Kathleen Sheehan 
Position — Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Academic Years — 2014-2015
Current Position — Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Heider College of Business, Creighton University

Rick Weber 
Position — Research Associate and Visiting Dissertation Fellow
Academic Years — 2013-2014
Dissertation Title — Empirical Studies of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Dissertation Advisor — Benjamin Powell
Current Position — Assistant Professor of Economics, Farmingdale State College