Our Students
We feature a unique PhD program that allows students to be advised, mentored and funded by Brooks faculty whether the student is pursuing a PhD in Public Policy, Economics, or Sociology. Here is information about Brooks-funded PhD students in each of these areas:
PhD Students in the Field of Public Policy
![Daphne standing in front of green shrubbery outside](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/BlakeyD_480.jpg)
Research interests: labor economics, incarceration, policing, poverty
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Research interests: economics of education, economics of crime, public economics
![Jadon Buzzard in front of greenery](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/BuzzardJadon_web-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: labor economics, public economics, policing & crime, industrial organization
![Ari standing in front of wooden bookshelf](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/Decter-Frain-Ari-Headshot_USE-scaled-1-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: economic insecurity, computational demography, social media and elections
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Research interests: policy analysis, social policy and inequality, political behavior, public opinion, racial and ethnic politics
![Samantha Gold](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/GoldSam-scaled-e1668023288708-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: health economics, behavioral economics, and environmental economics
![Megan outside in front of greenery](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/HylandM_480.jpg)
Research interests: health economics, social insurance, long-term care
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Research interests: applied microeconomics, development, behavioral and labor
![Kaya Jones in front of red background](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/JonesKaya-scaled-e1665060764606-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: education, consumer finance and public economics
![Andong Liu in front of beige background](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/LiuAndong-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: urban and real estate economics
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Research interests: health economics, labor economics, public economics, and industrial organization
![Marquez standing in front of reflective wall](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/MarquezAlicia_web.jpg)
Research interests: applied microeconomics with applications to environmental and health policy
![Anton Moore](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/MooreAnton_22-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: applied microeconomics, labor, crime, and education
![Woman standing outside in front of trees](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/CamindadaSandra-e1711483779974-480x480.png)
Research interests: demography, disabilities policies, health inequality, evaluation
![Giulia Olivero](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/portrait_go94_949BB7E9-FFD9-406C-A781-F2FD17038C00-480x480-1.png)
Research interests: education, immigration, family, labor economics
![Woman smiling at camera wearing a black blazer](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/Han-480x480.jpg)
Research areas: health economics
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Research interests: behavioral science, data science, and public policy
![Shyam Raman headshot](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/RamanShyam-new-480x480.jpeg)
Research interests: health economics, economics of crime, environmental regulation
![Headshot of Brett Reichert](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2024-02-14-161923-480x480.png)
Research interests: emerging technology, national security, international politics
![Katharine in front of white background](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/KatharineSadowski-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: labor economics, information science, educational interventions
![Gabrielle Sorresso outside](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/SorressoGabrielle-e1663692237641-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: inequality, gender, and behavioral economics
![Yongxin Shang](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/ShangY_480.jpg)
Research interests: health inequality, family demography
![Jenna Shelton](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/shelton_jenna-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: social inequity; family and youth policy; foster care and homelessness; mixed methods
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Research Interests: applied econometrics with applications to labor, immigration, and criminal justice policy
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Research interests: poverty, safety net programs
![Revathy Suryanarayana outside in front of tress](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/Revathy-480x480.png)
Research interests: public economics, health economics, development
![Meredith Welch](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/WelchMeredith_22-scaled-e1668443868234-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: labor economics, economics of education (higher education), social policy
Public Policy-based PhD Students in the Field of Economics
![Jackie Blair in front of white background](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/BlairJackie-scaled-e1675876975917-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: household finance, wealth inequality, financial literacy
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Research interests: inequality, occupational choice, and labor policy
![Lexin Cai](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/CaiLexin_480.jpg)
Research interests: poverty, safety net programs, low-wage labor market
![Qingli Fan in front of white background](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/FanQ_480-1.jpg)
Research interests: health economics, health policy, aging, subjective well-being
![Hyewon Kim in front of white background](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hyewon-Kim-480x480.png)
Research interests: labor economics, applied econometrics
![Zongyang Li in front of gray background](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/LiZongyang_200-480x480.jpeg)
Research interests: macroeconomics, labor economics, industry dynamics
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Research interests: inequality, education, microeconomics, labor economics, behavioral economics
![Sen Zeng in brightly lit hallway](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/ZengSen_photo24_web-1-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: health economics and industrial organization
Public Policy-based PhD Students in the Field of Sociology
![Erika Abbott](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/ErikaHeadshot2-scaled-e1648065815669-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: social stratification
![Man wearing a collard shirt and glasses in front of bookshelf](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/GoerzThelonius_web.jpg)
Research interests: demography, inequality, spatial analysis, quantitative methods, health and aging
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Research interests: social determinants of health/health inequities
![Mary Beth Morrissey](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mary-Beth-Morrissey-P17-1-480x480.jpg)
Research interests: emotions and therapeutic culture, gender, intimate relationships, inequality
![Jillian Royal outside of blurred fall background](https://publicpolicy.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/RoyalJillian-480x480.jpeg)
Research interests: poverty and inequality, gender, race and ethnicity