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People at SCEPA
SCEPA Research Assistants
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Bobo Diallo
Research Assistant
dialm523@newschool.edu
Bobo is currently working toward a PhD in economics at the New
School for Social Research. In 2001, he received a BS in mathematics
and economics from Salem State College (Massachusetts). After working
for the investment company Manulife Financial for two years, he
decided in September 2003 to pursue his graduate education in economics.
His primary interests are growth, development, and income distribution
in Sub-Saharan Africa. Other interests include microeconomics and
monetary theory. Bobo has been a teaching assistant for "Mathematics
for Economics" and "Introduction to Econometrics."
 Michelle Holder
ResearchAssistant
holdem97@newschool.edu
Michelle Holder is a PhD student in economics, and her research interests focus on race, incarceration, and wages. Her dissertation area of inquiry examines the dramatic rise in African American male incarceration rates over the last three decades. Michelle received her M.A. in economics from the New School for Social Research in 1997, with concentrations in race, class, and gender, and prior to returning for the doctoral degree worked for over a decade as a high level fiscal professional in the nonprofit sector in New York City. She has also worked as an Economist/Associate Financial Analyst for the State Deputy Comptroller’s Office for New York City where she wrote extensively about the low-wage labor force in New York City.
 Johann Jäeckel
Research Assistant
johann.jaeckel@gmail.com
Johann Jaeckel is a PhD student in the Economics Department at the New School for Social Research. His primary research interest lies within the Political Economy of Trade and Development. Prior to coming to the New School, he studied at the University Of Exeter (UK) and the University of Muenster (Germany), where he received a MA equivalent in Political Science.
 Nikolaos Papanikolaou
Research Assistant
papan103@newschool.edu
Nikolaos is a PhD candidate in the Economics Department at New School for Social Research. His principal interests are in the fields of Classical Economics, Applied Macroeconomics, and Applied Econometric Analysis focusing on Business Cycle Theory within the scope of Dynamic (nonlinear) Economic Systems. Nikolaos received a BS from Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts and an MA from City College/CUNY, New York in economics.
 Amr Ragab
Research Assistant
ragaa932@newschool.edu
Amr Ragab is a PhD student in the Economics Department and is currently a Research Assistant on the Schwartz Center's project on income inequality. His main research interests have focused on income distribution. Amr is originally from Egypt and worked for over five years in the fast moving consumer goods sector. He earned a BA in economics from the American University in Cairo in 2001.
 Miriam Rehm
Research Assistant
rehmm151@newschool.edu
Miriam Rehm is a PhD student in the Economics department at the New School for Social Research. She obtained an MA equivalent at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, and subsequently received a Fulbright scholarship to study in the US. During her studies in Austria. Miriam has worked at the Central Bank, at the Institute of Economic Research, and for the Chamber of Labor. Her main research interests focus on public policy issues, including migration, labor market policies, fiscal policy, and taxation.
 Armon Rezai
Research Assistant
rezaa391@newschool.edu
Armon Rezai is a PhD student in the Economics Department and is currently a research assistant on the Schwartz Center's project on economic growth and employment. His main research interests have focused on macroecononomic and labor theory. Before receiving a Fulbright scholarship to study in the US, he obtained a MA equivalent at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. During his education Armon also studied at the London School of Economics and Georgetown University.
 Daniel Samaan
Research Assistant
samd01@newschool.edu
Daniel Samaan is a PhD student in the Economics Department at New School for Social Research. He is originally from Germany and holds an MA in Economics & Business Administration from Passau University. His principal interests are in microeconomics and finance, particularly agent-based modeling and bounded rationality.
 Sheba Trejani
Research Assistant
tejas004@newschool.edu
Sheba Tejani is currently a PhD student in the Economics Department at the New School for Social Research. She has an M.A. in Economics from the New School and a B.A. in International Relations from Mount Holyoke College, MA. Originally from India, Sheba worked at the Economic and Political Weekly, a social science journal in Mumbai, before returning to the U.S. to obtain her PhD. She is currently a University Fellow. Sheba is interested in the relationship between trade and inequality, with a particular focus on the impact of trade liberalization on the informal labor market in developing countries and on gender inequality. She is also interested in researching the nature and causes of international financial crises and the policy tools that can be employed to effectively manage international capital flows.
 Hee-Young Shin
Research Assistant
shinh168@newschool.edu
Hee-Young Shin is a PhD student in the Economics Department at the New School for Social Research and he is research assistant for the project, “The US Fiscal Policy and Deficits”. His interests are in modern history of economic thought, the role of the state in economic development, and historical transformation and dynamics of the global financial system. Hee-Young received his MA in economics from the New School for Social Research. He also received his MA in political science from the graduate school of Sogang University and BA in political science and history from the Sogang University in Seoul, Korea.
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