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Job Placement Archive

Information about PhD job candidates in the UHM Department of Economics can be obtained by contacting the Placement Director, Asst. Prof. Katerina Sherstyuk, at (808) 956-7851 or katyas@hawaii.edu. Below we list students who have found employment in a variety of fields. Unless otherwise noted, these students have completed their PhD programs at UH. We've broken their placement history down into broad categories.

Academic Institutions Research
Government Business
Further Education


Academic Placements
Graduation Year
Alum Name
(Advisor Name)
Placement

2007

Kimberly Burnett
(James Roumasset)

University of Puget Sound
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

2007

Makena Coffman
(Denise Konan)

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

2007

Sittidaj Pongijvorasin
(James Roumasset)

University of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Assistant Professor

2007

Amonthep Chawla
(Andrew Mason)

Nihon University
East-West Center

2006

Nicole Mun Sim Lai
(Andrew Mason)

California State University at Bakersfield
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics

2006

Tam Vu
(Byron Gangnes)

University of Hawaii at Hilo
Assistant Professor, College of Business and Economics

2005

Vilasinee Bunyasrie
(Chung Lee)

University of Bangkok

2005

Matthew Pennaz (MA)
(Sumner La Croix)
East-West Center
Economics Research

2005

Basharat Ahmad Khan Pitafi
(James Roumasset)
Southern Illinois University
Economics Department

2004
Ari Van Assche
(Denise Konan)
HEC Montreal
Assistant Professor, International Business Department

2004
Junning Cai
(Byron Gangnes)
Central University of Finance & Economics (Beijing)

2004

Tomoko Kinugasa
(Andrew Mason)
Kobe University
Assistant Professor, Economics Department

2004

Tomomi Tanaka
(Katerina Sherstyuk)
California Institute of Technology
Post-Doc

2004
Takashi Yamamoto
(Theresa Greaney)
Akita International University

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Research Placements
Graduation Year
Alum Name
(Advisor Name)
Placement

2007

Hee-Ryang Ra
(Byron Gangnes)
POSCO Research Institute, Seoul

2007

Somchai Amornthum
(Carl Bonham)
University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization

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Government Placements
Graduation Year
Alum Name
(Advisor Name)
Placement

2005

Dolores Anne Sanchez
(Carl Bonham)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Financial Risk Measurement Section


Business Placements
Graduation Year
Alum Name
(Advisor Name)
Placement

2007

Rui Wang
(Gerard Russo)
Liberty Mutual Insurance, New York

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Further Education Placements
Graduation Year
Alum Name
(Advisor Name)
Placement

2004

Xiaopeng Cheng
(Theresa Greaney)
Harvard University
MA in Public Administration

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