Department Highlights

News

Professor Khusiman Pun is joining the Department as a visiting assistant professor for the 2023-24 academic year.

Professor Jason Ralston will be on sabbatical for 2023-2024 academic year.

Professor Rosie Mueller is on sabbatical for the spring semester of 2023.

Honors and Awards

The Department of Economics recognizes each year's outstanding senior students in its programs. The annual awards are:

The James F. Shepherd Award for Outstanding Economics Graduate (JFS): The award was named to honor Professor Jim Shepherd and to recognize each year's outstanding senior student in the Economics Department.

The Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award (JCSAA): The award was named to honor Professor Jan Crouter and to recognize excellence in the study of Economics.

The Economics-Mathematics Student Achievement Award (EMSAA): This award intends to recognize students with a record of outstanding achievement in economics and mathematics. A recipient is selected by the Economics and Mathematics departments.

Here are the award recipients:
2023 The James F. Shepherd Award goes to Lathan Chatfield
The Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award goes to kali Natarajan
The Economics-mathematics Student Achievement Award goes to Ankit Bhattarai

2022 The James F. Shepherd Award is awarded to Klaudia Kyjovska
The Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award is awarded to Ed Engel

2021 The James F. Shepherd Award is awarded to Elliot Carleton
The Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award is awarded to Ryan Kinerk

Economics Department Awards, 1962-2019

WSJ refers to the Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award; JFS refers to the Whitman College James F. Shepherd Award for Outstanding Economics Graduate; SAA refers to the Whitman College Economics Department Student Achievement Award; JCSAA refers to the Whitman College Economics Department Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award. EMSAA refers to the Whitman College Economics-Mathematics Student Achievement Award.