Guilford College Department of Economics

05/13/2026

Another cohort of Excellence from Guilford Economics (from left to right): Andres Mercedes '26 (Award for Academic Excellence in Economics), Julienne Nkanka '28 (Dana scholarship), Leo Cardelli '27 (Spanish Language award), Cameron Walters '25 (Award for Academic Excellence in Economics). Congratulations! Photo from the Awards ceremony on April 29, 2026.

03/10/2026

Economics Department is in process of reconnecting with our great alumni! We have three goals in mind: establish alumni "circles" around major metro areas, start a mentorship program for current students, and fundraise for a student scholarship named after Robert G.! On the picture - Brooks Stemple '22, Jacob Mitchell '23, and Husnain Ali '24 - catching up last weekend in New York city. If you have not heard from us yet - you will, or reach out to [email protected]

12/31/2024

Happy 2025! Guilford Econ wishes you happy holidays and new year! The picture here is Robert picking olives in Italy this October with his friend Franco (from Stanford Economics Phd program). Bob and Natalya are traveling to San Francisco to American Economics Association early January. Hope everyone's new year is filled with adventure, learning, and many happy moments with family and friends!

05/18/2024

Guilford students were learning about Mexican economy with Prof. Natalya Shelkova on a study-abroad trip this May. We learned about the economy of the Aztecs, colonial Mexico, and modern Mexico. Here we are at Teotihuacan, a pre-Aztec "abondoned" city, about 1 hour outside of Mexico City.

10/03/2023

Our senior Husnain Ali's achievements are being spotlighted on Guilford's website! (It looks like Brooks Stemple ('22) has some competition when it comes to titles!) Check out Husnian's story:

Husnain Ali '24 always wanted to major in Finance. This spring he'll graduate from Guilford with an Economics degree and couldn't be happier.

04/07/2023

Another successful thesis defense! Diyaa Kaufman defended her thesis "The Double-Edged Sword of Policy: China's Labor Force, Fertility, and Economic Development". Congratulations, Diyaa!!!

09/19/2022

I just learned that our Econ senior (and a member of Men's basketball team), Chandler Tuten is apparently a TikTok star with his comedy sketches that he started to produce during Covid. Chandler has about 3 mln subscribers across different platforms. Wow, Chandler! We've got a lot of talent at Guilford Econ!

1.0m Followers, 701 Following, 66.0m Likes - Watch awesome short videos created by Chandler Tuten

08/12/2022

ALUMNI NEWS: We have some great news to share (and more to come). Josh Wynn, our 2013 alum was just named to the Forbes List of the nation's top wealth managers under 40! Forbes in collaboration with Shook Research chose each candidate on a number of qualitative and quantitative criteria, including: in-person interviews; industry experience; compliance records; revenue produced; and assets under management. Josh works for Edward Jones in North Beach, Maryland. Congratulations, Josh!

The wealth management population is aging, with studies showing the average age of a financial advisor is 55 years old and one in five advisors are 65 or over.

10/06/2021

STUDENT NEWS: We have a strong cohort of talented seniors getting ready to graduate this year, with one of them having already landed a job at JP Morgan. Congratulations, Brooks! Brooks Stemple is an Econ and Accounting double major, a football player, and a member of Guilford's Honors program. Here is a story about Brooks featured on the Guilford website:

Undistracted by the hollow allurements of some college football recruiters, defensive end Brooks Stemple ’22 chose Guilford College because of its academic qualities and nurturing atmosphere.

05/28/2021

This week's "Inside Guilford" featured two of our students, Liam Ward ('22) who is talking about why he chose Guilford, and Awatif Oumar ('21) who just graduated (Congrats, Awatif!) who talks about her experience pursuing two majors - Econ and Business. Congratulations, graduates of 2021! We are proud of you! https://www.guilford.edu/news/2021/05/doubly-qualified & https://www.guilford.edu/multimedia/videos/2021/04/why-guilford-liam-ward-22-video

Video Produced and Directed by Deon McFarland '24 ! Liam Ward '22, an Economics major from Pennsylvania who's also on the Men's Basketball team, talks about his experience at and why it was the right choice for him.

04/15/2021

The Review of Black Political Economy has published the online version of Guilford College Sulon Bibb Stedman Professor of Economics Bob Williams’s article entitled, “Federal Wealth Policy and the Perpetuation of White Supremacy”. The paper version is slated for the summer.