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Announcements & News

University Spotlight

Assistant Professor Jonathan Becker was recently featured in a university spotlight on his research exploring the relationship between inequality, market power, and consumer behavior. Read the article.

A Gift Honoring William and Heather Dawes

The Department of Economics thanks the immense generosity of Alice Dawes, who has contributed a wonderful donation to the William (Bill) Dawes Endowment in honor of William Dawes and Heather Dawes. The proceeds will be used to improve undergraduate education in Economics, as a tribute to Bill's lifelong dedication to making an impact in the lives and experiences of our undergraduate students.

Stay tuned for the new activities starting next academic year. In the meantime, if you want to contribute to the Department of Economics in honor of Bill's contributions, please go to here.

Investiture Ceremony 2025

An investiture ceremony was held on October 24, 2025 to recognize newly endowed faculty who represent academic and research excellence at Stony Brook University. The generosity of extraordinary donors support these eminent scholars and enable groundbreaking strides in research and scholarship. Juan Carlos Conesa and Mihai Manea were among the endowed faculty being honored at the event.

Investiture

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Professor Mihai Manea appointed as Economic Theory Fellow

Congratulations to Professor Mihai Manea, who was recently appointed as Economic Theory Fellow by the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, joining professors Dubey (2014) and Tauman (2023) in this honor.

In Memoriam: Dr. William Dawes

Bill Dawes

Our esteemed colleague and Emeritus Associate Professor of Economics, William S. Dawes (Bill) passed away on May 1st, 2023. Bill was a faculty member in our department from 1969 until 2016 when he retired. He then held a Toll Professorship for three years. To our community, he was a colleague, a mentor, a teacher, and a friend.

In November of 2010 an Excellence Fund was set up with his name by his alumni, The William Dawes Fund for Excellence. The proceeds of this fund are distributed to our departmental yearly awards for teaching and research excellence by our graduate students. His wife Alice asks that in-lieu of flowers, donations to the Fund that bears his name be made.

To read more about Professor Dawes' legacy, click HERE

A link to the fund can be found HERE

Our PhD and MA In Economics Has Received STEM Designation

PhD and MA students may now have the opportunity to receive more than one year of OPT. Graduate students should contact VIS for more information.

For More News & Events

Department Spotlight

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony 2025!

Featuring Dr. Anjali Sinha, Dr. Takahiro Moriya, Dr. Kamini Jain, Dr. Mansi Sharma, Dr. Hualong Diao, Dr. Juan Carlos Conesa (Advisor), Dr. Alexis Anagnostopoulos (Advisor), Dr. Ting Liu (Advisor), Dr. Kwanjai Yoo, and Dr. Lei Li.

Photo credit: Dr. Anjali Sinha

Economics Graduate Program at Top Golf!

Featuring Jiaxu Han, James Gluzman, Sarah Betz, Brett Indelicato, Bob Millard, Tim Chin, Zane Weinglass, Sehhoon Jeong and Kwanjai Yoo

Photo credit: Brett Indelicato

Check out a short article by Professor Benitez-Silva about environmental economics!

Professor Benitez-Silva discusses a wide range of issues in the frontier of enviormental economics. For a full link to "Sustainable and green economics as key to building sustainable communities" click HERE!

Two Economics majors awarded the State Chancellor's Award

Congratulations to Sarah Hassan and Christina Reed, Economics majors and winners of the State Chancellor's Award. We are very proud of them! To read more about the State Chancellor's Award, click HERE!

Nuzhat Nasim Named Recipient of THF's 2023 Scott Weiss Scholarship!

Congratulations to Nuzhat Nasim, a junior economics major and minor in AMS, who was recently named recipient of the 2023 Scott Weiss Scholarship from the T. Howard Foundation (THF).

The Scott Weiss Scholarship provides THF alumni with financial assistance for their academic and career pursuits as they prepare for careers in the media, entertainment, and tech industries.

Undergrad Het Joshi Wins SUNY Long Island Pitch Fest!

Congratulations to Het Joshi, a second-year economics major with a minor in theatre arts, who received the first-place prize at this year’s SUNY Long Island Pitch Fest, a competition for aspiring student innovators from SBU, Farmingdale State College and SUNY Old Westbury to present business ideas to a panel of industry leaders.

Click HERE to read more!

Economics Graduate Students at Welcome Reception!

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Photo credit: Alyssa Tuthill

Great day welcoming our incoming graduate students into the program:

Featuring Mengxiao Fang, Gabriella DiTraglia, Kuhyun Kwon, Yinxue Lu, Tongfang Tian, Zheshi Li, and Siqi Wang!

Photo credit: Lynette Sieger-Kamimura

Student Spotlights:

Click HERE to read about our Undergraduate & Graduate student spotlights!

Outreach

Alumni Spotlight

Jason Sockin Headshot

Jason Sockin ('13)

Jason is an Assistant Professor in The ILR School at Cornell University, whose research centers on better understanding how the Internet and technology have fundamentally altered the ways in which workers and firms interact in today's labor market. He has worked as a researcher at the IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, U.S. Treasury, Penn Wharton Budget Model, Glassdoor, The Congressional Budget Office, The White House's Council of Economic Advisers under the Obama Administration, and The Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He obtained his Bachelor's from The Honors College at Stony Brook University and his PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Upcoming Events:

To learn more about our graduate program and upcoming events, sign up HERE!

SBU Economics Faculty and Graduate students Attend American Economic Association Annual Meeting 2023!