Congratulations Class of 2023!

June 1, 2023

Congratulations to the JRCPPF Student Associates on all their achievements!

Graduate Associate Awards:

  • Haley Lemieux: Herman (Red) Somers Award, in recognition of distinguished academic performance and service related to domestic policy.
  • Luke Maier: Distinction on the QE2, International Relations
  • Rain Tsong: High Distinction on the QE2, Economics and Public Policy

Undergraduate Associate Awards:

  • Nazdar Ayzit: John Glover Wilson Memorial Senior Thesis Prize, for an outstanding thesis in the field of international economics.
  • Benjamin Gelman: Richard D' Challener '44 Senior Thesis Prize in Canadian Studies.
  • Kanishkh Kanodia: Donald E. Stokes Dean's Prize, in recognition of extraordinary leadership and a significant contribution to the Undergraduate Program and to the School of Public and International Affairs. Isabelle Clark-Decès Memorial Senior Thesis Prize in South Asian Studies.
  • Kate Liu: Class of 1869 Senior Thesis Prize, for an outstanding thesis in moral or social philosophy.
  • Julio (JC) Martinez: Halbert White ’72 Prize, in recognition of outstanding work in economics. Wolf Balleisen Memorial Senior Thesis Prize, for an outstanding thesis in economics.
  • Justin Ong: Eric F. S. Pai ‘83 Senior Thesis Prize, for an outstanding thesis in finance.
  • Rooya Rahin: Lyman H. Atwater Senior Thesis Prize, for the best thesis on a subject in political science.
  • Julianna Revelo: Elizabeth Bogan Senior Thesis Prize, for an outstanding thesis on health, education, or welfare economics.
  • Sophia Zheng: Burton G. Malkiel ’64 Senior Thesis Prize, for an outstanding thesis in finance.
  • Junze (Tony) Ye: Admiral W. Mack Angus Memorial Prize, in recognition of senior thesis research, summer internships, or extracurricular activities that made significant contributions to society.

Class of 2023

Undergraduate Associates Graduate Associates
  • Sayf Addassi (Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship)
  • Jacob Alayof *** (Economics, Finance, Cognitive Science)
  • Mohamed Alghondakly (Economics, Finance and Statistics & Machine Learning)
  • Sofia Alvarado (School of Public and International Affairs, European Culture and Studies & Entrepreneurship)
  • Darin Avila (ORFE, Applied & Computational Mathematics and Statistics & Machine Learning) 
  • Nazdar Ayzit *** (Economics, Political Economy, and Finance)
  • Abhimanyu Banerjee *** (Economics)
  • Naomi Benenson (Economics, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Statistics and Machine Learning, Optimization and Quantitative Decision Science, Dance)
  • Mindy Burton *** (Economics, Political Economy, Finance)
  • Max Chan (School of Public and International Affairs, Finance, COS)
  • Mohammed Elzubeir (Economics, Statistics and Machine Learning)
  • Jingjing Gao (Astrophysical Sciences, Creative Writing, French)
  • Benjamin Gelman (Politics, Applications of Computing) 
  • Aatmik Gupta (School of Public and International Affairs)
  • Andy He * (Economics, Finance, Statistics & Machine Learning)
  • Neo Huang (ORFE, Engineering and Management Systems, Finance, Statistics and Machine Learning, Sustainable Energy)
  • Jack Johnson (ORFE, Jazz Studies, Finance, Statistics and Machine Learning)
  • Asher Joy *** (Economics)  
  • Kanishkh Kanodia (School of Public and International Affairs, South Asian Studies)
  • Kriti Kothari *** (Economics, Finance, Political Economy)
  • Catherine Kruse *** (Economics, Sustainable Energy)
  • Sowon Lee (School of Public and International Affairs, Global Health Program)
  • Aaron Leung (ORFE)
  • Kate Liu *** (Philosophy, Finance)
  • Christina Luo * (Economics, Finance, East Asian Studies)
  • Daniel Lyons ** (Economics, Pre-med track, Finance)
  • Julio (JC) Martinez *** (Economics, History and the Practice of Diplomacy, Statistics and Machine Learning, Finance)
  • Isla Okkinga (Economics)     
  • Justin Ong (ORFE, Computer Science, Statistics and Machine Learning, Finance)
  • Alen Palic * (Economics, Finance, Statistics & Machine Learning, Optimization & Quantitative Decision Science, Cognitive Science)
  • Nicholas Posivak * (Economics, Finance)
  • Rooya Rahin (Politics, Latin American Studies)
  • Griffen Rakower *** (Economics, Finance)
  • Julianna Revelo * (Economics, Finance)
  • Alexander Slusher ** (School of Public and International Affairs, Statistics and Machine Learning)
  • Sophia Steele (School of Public and International Affairs)  
  • Yoo Shin Tanai * (Economics, Entrepreneurship) 
  • May Tieu ** (Economics, Program in Political Economy, French, Asian-American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies)
  • Grace Wang (Economics, Cognitive Sciences)
  • Jack Warden *** (Economics, Finance)
  • Eric Wong ** (Economics, Finance)
  • Jason Yuan ** (Computer Science, Applied Math)
  • Junze (Tony) Ye (ORFE, Computer Science)
  • Madeline Yu * (Economics)
  • Sophia Zheng *** (Economics, Finance and Statistics and Machine Learning)

*** Highest Honors, ** High Honors, * Honors

  • Ishita Batra, MPA, International Development
  • Hannah Ceja, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Tatiana Forero Pabon, MPA, International Development
  • Cherrita Guy, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Gregory Kearney, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Christian Keith, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Ryan Klaus, MPA, Domestic Policy
  • Kirsten Kuhn, MPA, Domestic Policy
  • Sharon Lai, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Haley Lemieux, MPA, Domestic Policy
  • Luke Maier, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Shua McLean, MPA, International Development
  • Paul Nix, Ph.D. Student, STEP
  • James O'Donnell, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Katie Pannell, MPA, Domestic Policy
  • Kacie Rettig, MPA, Domestic Policy
  • Patrick Ryan, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Arthur Shemitz, MPA, Domestic Policy
  • Peter St Quinton, MPP          
  • Rain Tsong, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Daniel Vonarburg, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Laura Walzer, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
  • Robert Yee, Ph.D. Student, Economic History
  • Justine Yu, MPA, Economics and Public Policy
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