Job Placement Archive
2023
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Chu (Timothy Halliday) |
Social Science Research Analyst, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) |
| Pratistha Gyawali (Theresa Greaney) |
Senior Energy Economist/Researcher, ICF |
| Zheng Kang (Ruben Juarez) |
Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Hyun Kyung Kim (Sang-Hyop Lee) |
Assistant Professor, Chungbuk University, South Korea |
| Duy Minh Nguyen (Ruben Juarez) |
Postdoctoral Researcher, Michigan State University |
| Dongkyu Park (Nori Tarui) |
Postdoctoral Researcher, Pohang University of Science and Technology |
| Maya Ward (Timothy Halliday) |
Lead Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton |
| Rangrang Zheng (Teresa Molina) |
Postdoctoral researcher, University of California San Diego |
| Anthony Carmichael (Inessa Love) |
Client Associate, RBC Wealth Management |
| Ashley Lindberg Punderson (Nori Tarui) |
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| Abigail Raup (Teresa Molina) |
State of Hawaii Public Utilities Commission |
| Ian Rees (Nori Tarui) |
Marketing & Sales Analyst, Paradigm Life |
| Ka Ching Lee (Inessa Love) |
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| Daniel Senas (John Lynham) |
Asset Liability Specialist, First Hawaiian Bank |
2022
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Thuy Doan (Michael Roberts) |
Post-doctoral Fellow, Fulbright University Vietnam |
| Rachel Inafuku (Timothy Halliday) |
Researcher, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization |
| Ivan Rivadeneyra Camino (Ruben Juarez) |
Lecturer, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| Amy Blackwell (MA) (Justin Tyndall) |
Individual Life Claims Administrator, Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company |
| India Alford (MA) (Justin Tyndall) |
Investment Operations Analyst, Kamehameha Schools |
| Myat Thor Thiha (MA) (Teresa Molina) |
Assistant Budget Analyst, US Veterans Initiative |
| Seth Urbanski (MA) (Nori Tarui) |
Economist, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| Ian Rees (MA) (Nori Tarui) |
Marketing Specialist, Paradigm Life |
| John Mclauchlan (MA) (Sang-Hyop Lee) |
2021
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Cheol-Kon Park (Sang-Hyop Lee) |
Director, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Korea |
| Sarah Medoff (John Lynham) |
JIMAR/PIFSC Fisheries Economic Project Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
| Krit Phankitnirundorn (Ruben Juarez) |
Computational Biologist, The Research Corporation of the University of Hawai'i |
| Songlak Jaiwongphen (MA) (Jaerim Choi) |
Trade Officer, Ministry of Commerce, the Royal Thai Government |
| Quang Loc Lam (MA) (Nori Tarui) |
PhD Program, UHM Shidler College of Business |
| Bree Soma (MA) (Nori Tarui) |
Business Development, Bodygram, Inc. |
2020
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Josephine Ofori Adofo (Nori Tarui) |
Africa Fellowship Program, The World Bank |
| Nathan DeMaagd (Michael Roberts) |
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Economist, State of Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission and UHERO |
| Nathan Lee (MA) (Peter Fuleky) |
Hawaii National Bank |
| Kylie Ojiri (MA) (Nori Tarui) |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Nurul Hoque (MA) (Miroslav Gabrovski) |
PhD Program, UC Riverside |
| Isabelle Picciotto (MA) (UHERO) |
PhD Program, UC Davis |
| Rachmat Reksa Samudra (MA) (Teresa Molina) |
Economist, United Nations Development Programme |
2019
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Ashley Hirashima (Sang Hyop Lee) |
Economist, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| Hyun-gyu Kim (Michael Roberts) |
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Visiting Research Fellow, Korea Environmental Institute |
| Sindhu Vasireddy (Timothy Halliday) |
Assistant Professor, SRM university, AP, India |
| Chandra Shekhar Dhakal (Inessa Love) |
Lecturer, UHM Economics and Assistant Professor, Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan |
| Bahram Sanginabadi (Andrew Mason) |
Lecturer, UHM Economics Research Data Specialist, State of California Department of Health Care Services |
| Deveraux Talagi (Nori Tarui) |
Postdoctoral Researcher, Office of Public Health Studies, UHM |
2018
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Syed Shurid Khan (PingSun Leung and Theresa Greaney) |
Lecturer, Unversity of Dhaka; Assistant Professor, Asian University for Women |
| Kyeongkuk Kim (Sang-Hyop Lee and Timothy Halliday) |
Director, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Republic of Korea |
| Jonathan Sweeney (Timothy Halliday) |
Postdoctoral Reseracher, University of California Santa Cruz |
| Lining Han (Ruben Juarez) |
Assistant Professor, Wuhan University |
| Imelda (Michael Roberts) |
Postdoctoral Reseracher, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
| Asahi Oshiro (Nori Tarui) |
Commodities Specialist, Bloomberg, L.P. |
| Oleg Ivanets (Inessa Love) |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Drew University |
| James Jones (Michael Roberts) |
Postdoctoral Reseracher, Columbia University |
| Andrew Woodill (Michael Roberts) |
Postdoctoral Reseracher, Oregon State University |
2017
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Yi-wen Yang (Theresa Greaney) |
Assistant Professor, Department of Economic, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Chasuta Anukoolthamchote (Denise Konan) |
Analyst, Hawaiian Electric Company |
| Chenggang Wang (Timothy Halliday) |
Assistant Professor, Jaiangxi University of Finance and Economics |
2016
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Jonthan Page (Timothy Halliday) |
Software Engineer, CDK Global |
| Michael Abrigo (Andrew Mason) |
Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development Studies |
| Arlan Brucal (Michael Roberts) |
Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Dilini Hemachandra (PingSun Leung) |
Assistant Professor, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| Pathomwat Chantarasap (Nori Tarui) |
Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University |
| Karl Jandoc (James Roumasset) |
Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines |
| Ying Yao (Nori Tarui) |
Economist, State of Texas Department of Taxation |
| Sean Doyle (Timothy Halliday) |
Economic Analyst, The Pentagon, U.S. Department of Defense |
| Sheng-Ti Hung (Xiaojun Wang) |
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| Sherilyn Wee (Sumner La Croix) |
Research Analyst, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs |
| Brandon Kumabe (MA) () |
HMSA |
| Bryson Yee (MA) (Ruben Juarez) |
Hawaiʻi State Department of Education |
2015
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Kanae Tokunaga (James Roumasset) |
Research Fellow, Oceans Project, University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Huixia Wang (Tim Halliday) |
Assistant Professor, Hunan University, China |
| Emiko Naomasa (James Roumasset) |
Consultant, The World Bank |
| Xun Xu (Andrew Mason) |
Researcher Associate, The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center |
| Anna Abatayo (John Lynham) |
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen |
| Young Chin (Eric Im) |
Commissioner, Board of Audit & Inspection, Republic of Korea |
| Seekkuge Hemachandra (PingSun Leung) |
Assistant Professor, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| Archimedes Gatchalian (Sang Hyop Lee) |
Lectuer, San Diego State University |
| Wayne Liou (Timothy Halliday) |
Analyst, U.S. Library of Congress |
| Xiaodong Sun (Sumner La Croix) |
Deputy General Manager of Research and Asset Allocation, Taiping Financial Holdings Co. Ltd, Hong Kong |
2014
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Chaning Jang (John Lynham & Inessa Love) |
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Princeton University |
| Kohei Nitta (Katya Sherstyuk & Nori Tarui) |
Post-doctoral researcher, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany |
| John Rush (Tim Halliday) |
Assistant professor, Marlboro College |
| Atsushi Shibata (Sang-Hyop Lee) |
Researcher, KPMG, California |
| Qianxue Zhao (Carl Bonham) |
Consultant, Schoeber Information Group, Germany |
2013
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| William du Pont (Ilan Noy) |
Assistant Professor at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University |
| Akarapon Houbcharaun (Theresa Greaney) |
Economist, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand |
| Wei Huang (MA) | Analyst, Facts Global Energy |
| Iman Nasseri (Denise Konan) |
Consultant, Facts Global Energy |
2012
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Jacklyn Lindo (Sang-Hyop Lee) |
Assistant Professor at Kapiolani Community College |
| Comfort Sumida (Sang-Hyop Lee) |
Senior Adviser, University of Hawaiʻi Hilo |
| Majah-Leah V. Ravago (James Roumasset) |
University of Philippines School of Economics, Assistant Professor, and Research Director, Philippine Center for Economic Development (PCED) |
| Olga Bogach (Denise Konan) |
Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University |
| Melinda Podor (Sang-Hyop Lee and Andrew Mason) |
Research scientist, California Department of Public Health |
| Shawn Arita (Theresa Greaney) |
Agricultural Economist at the US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service |
2011
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Sean D'Evelyn (Katerina Sherstyuk, Nori Tarui) |
Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University |
| Min Min Thaw (Sang-Hyop Lee, James Roumasset) |
Assistant Professor, Hawaiʻi Pacific University |
| Marjorie Pajaron (Andrew Mason) |
Project Assistant, East-West Center |
2010
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Kaewkwan Tangtipongkul (Gerard Russo) |
Lecturer, Thammasat University, Thailand |
| Geri Mason (Sang-Hyop Lee) |
Assistant Professor, Seattle Pacific University |
| Dolgorsuren Dorj (Katerina Sherstyuk) |
Associate Professor, Academy of Management, Mongolia (initial placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, UH) |
| Tobin McKearin (MA) (Timothy Halliday) |
PhD student in Economics, University Texas Austin |
| Dung Vu (MA) | Stockholm University, PhD in Economics |
| Christopher Wada (James Roumasset) |
Postdoctoral Researcher, UHERO |
| Laura Emanovsky (MA) | Director of Research and Analytics, OmniTrak Group |
2009
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Hazel Parcon (Theresa Greaney) |
De La Salle University-Manila, Philippines Associate Professor II |
| Sean Doyle (MA) (Ilan Noy) |
Economic Analyst, The Pentagon, U.S. Department of Defense |
| Ming Liu (Sumner La Croix) |
Nankai University, School of Economics, Tianjin, China Assistant Professor |
| Ma Chelo Vargas Manlagnit (Chung Lee) |
Asian Development Bank |
| Anil Bhargava (MA) (James Roumasset) |
UC Davis, PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics |
2008
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Hu Che (Eric Iksoon Im) |
China University of Political Science and Law Associate Professor |
| Yao Li (Theresa Greaney) |
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, School of Management and Economics Assistant Professor |
| Timothy Ming (MA) (PingSun Leung) |
Energy Planning Analyst, Dept. of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, Hawaiʻi |
| Lindsay Motil Timarong Pangelinan (MA) | Bank Examiner, Financial Institutions Commission, Republic of Palau |
| Quang Nguyen (Ping Sun Leung) |
Groupe d'Analyse et de Theorie Economique University of Lyon 2, France Post-Doctoral Researcher |
| Supachai Srisuchart (Sang-Hyop Lee) |
Thammasat University, Thailand Assistant Professor |
| Kiyoyasu Tanaka (Theresa Greaney) |
Currently: Research Fellow Institute of Developing Economics Initial Placement: Hitotsubashi University, Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Jung-In Youn (Theresa Greaney) |
Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Director for Planning and Coordination |
| Rui Wang (Gerard Russo) |
Liberty Mutual Insurance, New York |
2007
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Kimberly Burnett (James Roumasset) |
Associate Specialist at UHERO and co-director of UHERO’s research program in environmental resource economics |
| Makena Coffman (Denise Konan) |
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Urban and Regional Planning Assistant Professor |
| Sittidaj Pongijvorasin (James Roumasset) |
Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
| Amonthep Chawla (Andrew Mason) |
Thailand Development Research Institute (TRDI) Bangkok Research Specialist |
| Hee-Ryang Ra (Byron Gangnes) |
POSCO Research Institute, Seoul |
| Somchai Amornthum (Carl Bonham) |
Currently: Krung Thai Asset Management (KTAM), Bangkok, Vice President UHERO |
| Porntawee Nantamanasikarn (Carl Bonham) |
CB Richard Ellis Investors Senior Research Analyst |
2006
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Nicole Mun Sim Lai (Andrew Mason) |
California State University at Bakersfield Department of Applied Economics Assistant Professor |
| Tam Vu (Byron Gangnes) |
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Assistant Professor, College of Business and Economics |
| Run Yu (Ping Sun Leung) |
Apple, Inc., Senior Analyst formerly CTAHR assistant researcher |
2005
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Vilasinee Bunyasrie (Chung Lee) |
University of Bangkok, Thailand |
| Matthew Pennaz (MA) (Sumner La Croix) |
East-West Center Economics Research |
| Dolores Anne Sanchez (Carl Bonham) |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Financial Risk Measurement Section |
| Nfn Maliki (Andrew Mason) |
Ministry of National Development Planning, BAPPENAS, Indonesia Deputy Director |
| Naotaka Sawada (Theresa Greaney) |
World Bank Consultant |
2004
| Alum Name (Advisor) | Placement |
|---|---|
| Basharat Ahmad Khan Pitafi (James Roumasset) |
Southern Illinois University Economics Department Assistant Professor |
| Ari Van Assche (Denise Konan) |
HEC Montreal International Business Department Assistant Professor |
| Junning Cai (Byron Gangnes) |
Central University of Finance & Economics (Beijing) |
| Tomoko Kinugasa (Andrew Mason) |
Kobe University Assistant Professor, Economics Department |
| Tomomi Tanaka (Katerina Sherstyuk) |
California Institute of Technology Post-Doc |
| Takashi Yamamoto (Theresa Greaney) |
Akita International University |
| Xiaopeng Cheng (Sumner La Croix) |
Harvard University MA in Public Administration |