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PhD students on the Job Market

Pengshan Pan

Email: pep27@pitt.edu 
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/pengshanpan/
Curriculum Vitae

Dissertation Title

Three essays on FDI, environment and political economy in Central and South Asia 

Research areas

  • International Development
  • International Political Economy
  • Agricultural and Environmental Economics

education

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, MS in Economics, 2016 
  • Sichuan University, BEc in Finance, 2013 

Rena Sung

Email: res176@pitt.edu
Personal website: https://renasung.github.io/

Curriculum Vitae

Dissertation Title

Unpacking High-skilled Immigration in the United States

Research areas

  • International political economy
  • High-skilled immigration
  • Economic sanctions

education

  • Texas A&M University, MA in Political Science, 2019
  • Columbia University, MA in International Affairs, 2017
  • Brown University, BA in International Relations and Economics, 2009

"xin han provile pic"Xin Han

Email: XIH76@pitt.edu
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/xinhan/about-me

Curriculum Vitae

Dissertation Title

Interactive Development: State Mobilization and Social Embeddedness in China

research areas

  • Political Economy of Development
  • Digital Politics
  • Collaborative Governance

education

  • Peking University, MA in Economics and Management, 2018
  • Shandong University, BA in English and International Politics, 2015

"Xiaohong Wang"Xiaohong Wang

Email: xiw131@pitt.edu
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/xiaohong-wang-com/home

Curriculum Vitae

Dissertation Title

Three Essays on Reducing Outcome Bias and Racial Disparities in Decision Makings

research areas

  • Racial Justice
  • Behavioral Science

Education

  • Shaanxi Normal University, MS in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 2017
  • Tianjin Normal University, BS in Applied Psychology and Journalism & Communication 2014