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09/14/2026

👥Meet our Internship Director, Dr. Rosemarie Fike!

💡Dr. Fike discusses some of the biggest mistakes that students make when looking for an internship and some tips on how to counteract those issues.

09/09/2026

📢With our new Master of Science in Quantitative Economics and Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Hawley explains the ultimate goal of the program and what he hopes students who enter the program will walk away with.

*MS-QEAI is pending SACSCOC approval.

09/02/2026

📢Listen as Dr. Hawley explains why our new Master of Science in Quantitative Economics and Artificial Intelligence was created and what we hope to achieve.

*MS-QEAI is pending SACSCOC approval.

08/31/2026

📢Listen as Dr. Hawley introduces our NEW Master of Science in Quantitative Economics and Artificial Intelligence!

📚The MS-QEAI is a STEM-designated graduate program scheduled to start in Summer 2017.

*MS-QEAI program is pending SACSCOC approval.

08/26/2026

✨Student Senior Scholar

🎓Rebecca Jane Brenan ’26 graduated Summa Cum Laude with a double major in Economics and Political Science.

⚖️Following graduation, she moved to Washington, D.C., where she works for a Texas congressional office on Capitol Hill. She intends to attend law school.

💡Rebecca praises the department internship program for its help in securing her employment in D.C where she plans on “representing us well” in the nation’s capital!

08/19/2026

🌍Faculty Abroad

💡Dr. Kiril Tochkov collaborated with researchers at Henan University in Kaifeng, China!

📚Dr. Tochkov and the researchers explored how monetary policy shapes income inequality in Hong Kong.

08/17/2026

🌍Faculty Abroad

💡Dr. Graham Gardner spent his summer in Italy where he co-led BIO 40703: Global Perspectives in Healthcare.

📚Under the guidance of local healthcare officials, nurses, and doctors, students explored different aspects of healthcare delivery, policy, and practice. Students gained an understanding of how culture, diet, and lifestyle contribute to environments and systems of health, and had the opportunity to experience the Italian lived experience and compare and contrast that to the American Models.

08/14/2026

✨The TCU Department of Economics is excited to welcome Jonna Gaede as the Academic Program Specialist for the department!
🏫Jonna joins us from Southern Methodist University, where she was the Department Coordinator for the Department of Statistics and Data Science.
📝This is not Jonna’s first time at TCU; she interned with the Athletics Academic Services Office in 2019, working with men’s basketball, baseball, and track and field!
🎓Jonna attended the University of Kansas, where she earned an MScEd in Sport Management in 2022 and a BS in Sport Management in 2019.
🎉Please join us in welcoming Jonna to the Horned Frogs family!

08/12/2026

✨The TCU Department of Economics is excited to welcome Dr. Haley Wilbert as an Assistant Professor of Economics, starting Fall 2026!

🏫Dr. Wilbert joins us from Notre Dame, where she recently graduated with her PhD in Economics. Prior to grad school, she worked as a middle school math teacher.

📝Dr. Wilbert is an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of demography, health, labor, and economic history. They are currently researching how planned and unplanned cesarean deliveries affect women’s subsequent fertility decisions. They also have ongoing work that leverages the Census Tree, the largest-ever database of record links among the historical U.S. censuses, to examine the role of family size and birth order in shaping intergenerational mobility across generations.

🎓Dr. Wilbert earned a PhD in Economics from Notre Dame in 2026, an MA in Economics from Notre Dame in 2024, and a BS in Economics from Brigham Young University in 2018.

🔗Learn more about their research here: http://haleywilbert.com/

🎉Please join us in welcoming Dr. Wilbert to the Horned Frogs family!

08/10/2026

✨The TCU Department of Economics is excited to welcome Dr. Maxwell Bullard as an Assistant Professor of Economics, starting Fall 2026!

🏫Dr. Bullard joins us from Texas A&M University, where he was a Graduate Assistant for the Department of Economics.

📝Their research focuses on the fields of public, labor, and behavioral economics. Their current work focuses on understanding how policy and institutional factors shape child and family outcomes, with particular attention to private adoption and child welfare systems in historical and contemporary contexts.

🎓Dr. Bullard earned a PhD in Economics from Texas A&M University in 2026, an MS in Applied Economics from Marquette University in 2019, and a BS in Business Administration from Marquette University in 2017.

🔗Learn more about their research here: www.maxwellbullard.com

🎉Please join us in welcoming Dr. Bullard to the Horned Frogs family!

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