The Department of Economics proudly announces the winners of the Parker, Romine and GS Dean’s Prizes for the Class of 2022.
Sanford S. Parker Prize: Ignacio Lopez Gaffney and Bennett Smith-Worthington
The Parker Prize is awarded to a Columbia College senior going on to graduate study in economics who shows promise of doing original work and has already demonstrated boldness of thought and a commitment to excellence, whose interests are wide, heart kind, and spirit generous.
GS Dean’s Prize in Economics: Michel Gutmann
The GS Dean’s Prize is awarded to the graduating GS student who has made significant contributions to the intellectual life of the Department and shows the greatest potential as an economist.
David Estabrook Romine Prizes
Senior Thesis: Ilina Logani
Senior Seminar: Sabina Jia
The two Romine Prizes are prizes that are awarded annually to two members of the graduating class (CC or GS) who majored or joint majored in economics. One prize is awarded to the student who wrote the best paper in a senior seminar. The other prize is awarded to the student who wrote the best senior thesis.
The following students will be graduating with Departmental Honors in Economics:
Joseph Campbell
Kasey Chatterji-Len
Christian Flores
Amerti Gudissa
Michel Gutmann
Blake Jones
Ilina Logani
Ignacio Lopez Gaffney
Kyle Neary
Julia Silbert
Bennett Smith-Worthington
Serdil Tinda Yalcin
We are also happy to announce the winners of the Parker Summer Research Prizes.
Parker Summer Research Prize
Isaac Loomis
Max Mongkalakorn
Sarah Wang
Abby Zhang
GS Summer Research Prize
Fahad Algifari
Hanlin Zhang
