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Undergraduate Spotlight : Congratulations to our Spring 2009 Honors College graduates!
Jack Najarian was a recipient of a thesis award at the Spring 2009 UH Honors Banquet. Jack graduated with University Honors and Honors in Major. This is what was said of Jack's accomplishments:
Jack Najarian, an economics and political science double major and member of The Honors College, conducted a thesis supervised by Steven Craig who stated, “It is difficult to imagine a more perfect undergraduate thesis than what Jack has accomplished. He uses ‘state of the art’ statistical methodology. He combines the analytical and statistical elements with the added bonus of applying his work to an important local problem. The resulting paper is close in quality, or perhaps equal, to a graduate student paper. Despite his focus on a local problem, the scope of Jack’s project is huge because it inventively uses the Westpark Tollway to infer changes resulting from the Katy Freeway expansion. Jack’s paper was accepted into an undergraduate research conference sponsored by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, and the conference organizer was full of praise for Jack’s work (not to mention they paid for his trip).” His thesis is entitled, “For Whom the Road Tolls: The Effect of Toll Roads and Forecast of Katy Managed Lanes on West Houston House Values.”
Paul Brokhin graduated with University Honors and Honors in major. His thesis was entitled, “Is Ethanol the Problem, or the Solution?” directed by Steven Craig.
Kyle M. Jones graduated with University Honors and Honors in major. His thesis was entitled, “Accountable if You Qualify: How TAKS Accountability Qualification Criteria Affect The Black-White Testing Gap” directed by Scott Imberman.
Stacey Joldersma graduated with Honors in Major. Her thesis was entitled, "“Contextual Utility: An Experimental Study of Its Relevance as a Choice Probability Model” directed by Nathaniel Wilcox.
Fidel A. Menjivar graduated with Honors in Major. His thesis was entitled, “The Effects of Capital Inflows on Employment and Personal Investment: An Example of Salvadorian Remittance Utilization” directed by Adriana Kugler
Elizabeth Murray graduated with Honors in Major. Her thesis was entitled, “Roots of Conflict: An African Perspective" directed by Adriana Kugler.
We are very proud of all of our undergraduate researchers, congratulations to each of you for your impressive accomplishments!
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Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan received two European awards: the 2008 Wim Duisenberg Research Fellow (of the European Central Bank) for
leading economists in academia, central banks, and top research
institutions who are recognized international experts in their
field; and the Marie Curie Reintegration Award (of the European
Commission) designed to attract top-class researchers who work outside Europe to undertake research in Europe. Congratulations Dr.
Kalemli-Ozcan!
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We are delighted to welcome two new colleagues, Elaine Liu (Health Economics) from Princeton and Carolina Sanchez (International Economics) from the European University Institute, who will be joining us in Fall 2008.
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Scott Imberman has been awarded the 2007 Jean Flanigan Outstanding Dissertation Award. This award is given by the American Education Finance Association (AEFA) to recognize exemplary dissertation research by doctoral students in the area of education and finance. Congratulations Dr. Imberman!
More information about this award can be found at the AEFA web site. _______________________________________________________________________
Adriana Kugler has been awarded the 2007 John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award. This award is given to recognize the research contribution of an academic for the best contribution to international and/or comparative labor and employment research. The award is given for outstanding academic contributions to research by an entrant in the labor field in the past ten years. Congratulations Dr. Kugler!
More information about this award can be found at the Dunlop Scholar web site.
