Alumni and Friends

Economics is a popular undergraduate major. There are almost 300 economics majors among the William and Mary student body. Each year, about 100 students graduate with a degree in Economics.

The Department of Economics is proud of its alumni and the exciting career paths they follow upon graduation. Here are some updates on where a few recent grads are working:

• Andy Duff, Class of 2008, is a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Services, a non-profit firm in Washington, DC that administers and in some cases creates consumer-directed surveys for hospitals, health plans and other clients.
• Jon Goddard, Class of 2008, is working as a Teach for America Corps Member in New York City. He writes “Every class period, I am working to incorporate real-life examples, especially those connections that can be made with economics, with my 6th grade math students.”
• Jonas Miller, Class of 2008, is employed by Economists, Inc., a small consulting firm in Washington, DC.
• Jim Adler, Class of 2007, is employed by Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc, in New York, NY.
• Kristina (Nina) Friar, Class of 2006, is Communications Manager for the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation in Richmond, VA.
• Samantha Zyontz, Class of 2000, is a Research Associate for the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, IL.

Over half of the Department’s alumni go on to graduate school in a variety of disciplines including Economics, Business, Law, Public Health and Public Policy. For example:

• Mark Partridge, Class of 2006, worked for Optimal Solutions Group, LLC, an economic and social policy research firm. He is currently a first year Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics at Florida State University.
• Ji Im, Class of 2004, is currently a graduate student at Yale University School of Public Health concentrating her studies on health management. Prior to entering the program she worked as an IT business consultant for Accenture, and later as a research assistant at the George Washington University Medical Center Department of Health Policy.

The Department will soon offer a newsletter for current information about students, alumni, faculty, and departmental news. We hope you'll also send us your news.