2025-2026 VHEs

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Yang Liu

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Arabic Double Major

Economics Courses Taken: Intro to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Financial Economics, and Advanced Macroeconomics.

Favorite Thing about Economics: Studying Economics, especially Macroeconomics, gives me more insight into the decision-making process of public policies and their possible consequences.

Interesting Fact: I am a roller coaster maniac.

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Mitiana Desarmes

Major(s)/Minor(s):  Double Major in Econ and Biology

Economics Courses Taken: Intro, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Health Economics, Topics in Economic History, Microeconomics, International Trade, Development Economics

Favorite Thing about Economics: Favorite thing in Econ is the different graphs and figuring out how they would move with changes in the economy.

Interesting Fact: I play alto saxophone

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Asmish Pal

Major(s)/Minor(s): Double Major in Economics and Psychology

Economics Courses Taken: Intro to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Public Economics, East Asian Economies, Financial Accounting, Health Economics. 

Favorite Thing about Economics: You gain an insight into the rationale and theories behind very complex financial decisions.

Interesting Fact: I play tennis for Swarthmore and I was in the Singapore Military for two years before college.

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Justine Sullivan

Major(s)/Minor(s): Global Studies & Economics

Economics Courses Taken: Intro to Economics

Favorite Thing about Economics: My favorite thing about economics is the global perspective it develops, which helps to understand the forces shaping people’s lives worldwide (And the game theory payoff matrix!)

Interesting Fact: I love playing the viola.

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Michelangelo Duva

Major(s)/Minor(s): Double major in Economics and Engineering

Economics Courses Taken:  Intro to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Financial Accounting

Favorite Thing about Economics: My favorite thing about economics is how it connects real-world applications, like understanding markets and decision-making, with personal benefits such as managing money and making smarter choices in everyday life.

Interesting Fact: I play baseball at Swat.

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Sidra Muhammadi

Major(s)/Minor(s): Double major in Economics and Psychology

Economics Courses Taken: Intro to Economics, Intermediate Micro, Intermediate Macro, Financial Accounting, Intro to Econometrics, Health Economics as well as some courses abroad: Economics of Social Issues and World Economy.

Favorite Thing about Economics: I enjoy studying how human behavior and decision-making processes impact the economy.

Interesting Fact: Sometimes I am asleep for more hours than I am awake for.

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Owen Tritt

My prospective major is Economics and Political Science

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Behavioral Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, and I am currently taking Econometrics and Intermediate Microeconomics

Favorite thing about Economics: I like learning about how broad societal changes can impact people’s individual decision making.

Interesting Fact:  I yawn incredibly easily and will do it if anyone brings up the word or I think about it.

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Dylan Zhang

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics major, Statistics minor

Economics Courses Taken: Intro to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Health Economics

Favorite Thing about Economics: Understanding global economic trends is essential for financial market movements. Predicting when economic events will happen is the money maker.
 

Interesting Fact: I do not like elevator gaps.

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Mateo Smith

Majors: Economics

Courses taken: Intro to Economics, Intro to Econometrics, Behavioral Economics, Financial Accounting

Favorite thing about Economics: I love learning about how small decisions people/companies make can affect so many aspects of a market or society.

Interesting fact: Spanish is my first language.

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Bernadette Carney

Majors: Economics major, History minor

Courses taken: Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Introduction to Econometrics, Environmental Economics

Favorite thing about Economics: My favorite thing about Economics is using the lessons learned in my courses to understand current events.

Interesting fact: I studied abroad in Madrid last spring.

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Charlotte Carleton


Charlotte Carleton

Majors: Economics and Neuroscience

Economics Courses Taken: Intro Economics, Intermediate Micro, Financial Accounting, Intro to Econometrics

Favorite Thing about Economics: The economic models and ideas that we learn help explain a wide range of everyday phenomena

Interesting Fact: I am on the women's soccer team here at Swat!

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Charisma Santa

Major(s): Neuroscience and Economics double major

Courses taken: Intro to Economics

Favorite thing about Economics: I love economics because it shows me how individual choices have the power to shape entire economies.

Interesting fact: Summer is my favorite season.