Alumni Spotlight

Wall Street Journal op-ed editor, Matthew Hennessey, shines brightly as an exemplary alumnus of our esteemed Hunter College economics department. In his latest book, “Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market,” Hennessey eloquently brings economic principles to life, emphasizing their vital importance in everyday decision-making. Read more…

Faculty Spotlight

Hunter College Economics Professor Partha Deb and University of Michigan PhD candidate, former Hunter Economics BA/MA student, Anjelica Gangaram’s groundbreaking study reveals the enduring impact of school shootings on students’ lives. Published in the Journal of Population Economics, the study underscores the widespread and lasting repercussions of school gun violence, Read more…

Student Spotlight

Hunter Moran is a Macaulay student majoring in Economics. He is on the pre-health track and wants to be a physician-scientist one day with a practice in gastroenterology. With his Fulbright Research Scholarship, Hunter will serve as an epidemiology research assistant under the guidance of Dr. Tine Jess at the Read more…

Professors Temisan Agbeyegbe, Matthew Baker, and Jonathan Conning received a Google Award for Undergraduate Computer Science Research Focused Workshops for Minority Students

We are pleased to announce a remarkable opportunity to explore machine learning research. Professors Temisan Agbeyegbe, Matthew Baker, and Jonathan Conning have just received a Google Award for Undergraduate Computer Science Research Focused Workshops for Minority Students. If you are an undergraduate at Hunter and would like to participate in Read more…

Class of 2023 Valedictorian

Amireh Rezaei-Kamalabad is a recent graduate of Hunter College and a Class of 2023 valedictorian. As a Bluhm Scholar and Muse Scholar, she earned her B.A. with a double major in economics and classical archaeology. Amireh previously held roles in art museums and non-profits but had a strong interest in Read more…

Economics Faculty Member Job Opening

The Department of Economics at Hunter College, seeks to hire a tenure-track or tenured faculty member in Economics with research, teaching and service responsibilities. The faculty member will be expected to conduct research in broadly defined areas of macroeconomics or financial economics, publish that research in top journals, be an Read more…