2026-2027 VHEs

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Leo Mikkola-Patel

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics major & Spanish minor

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Behavioral Economics

Favorite Thing about Economics: Seeing and analyzing real-world events.

Interesting Fact: I'm a foodie and love to cook and eat.

 

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Marra Irons

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Political Science double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Economic Efficiency, Markets and Distributive Justice

Favorite Thing about Economics: The wide range of applications to a variety of subjects!

Interesting Fact: I'm trying to teach myself how to play piano!

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Gerry Huang

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Mathematics double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics

Favorite Thing about Economics: Game Theory

Interesting Fact: I can memorize the first 150 digits of pi :)

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Gabriella Bredbenner

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Engineering double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Econometrics

Favorite Thing about Economics: I love learning how economics shapes the decisions people make every day.

Interesting Fact: I worked in a greenhouse for 3 years! 

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Asa Ravenell

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Financial Accounting

Favorite Thing about Economics: I love being able to analyze the theory behind why individuals and firms make decisions in the real world.

Interesting Fact: I love to cook over the weekends!

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Yiyang (Maya) Ma

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Cognitive Science

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Intermediate Microeconomics

Favorite Thing about Economics: How it explains why people do the things they do and that it shows up everywhere in everyday life.

Interesting Fact:  I used to milk cows when I was in high school.

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Aiden Allgire

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Global Political Economy double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Financial Accounting

Favorite Thing about Economics: I enjoy studying macroeconomics, specifically how policy can shape and empower communities on the global level.

Interesting Fact: I went paddleboarding in Nepal this past summer!

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Sydney Ross

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Psychology double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Financial Accounting, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics

Favorite Thing about Economics: I find it really interesting to see how topics I learn in the classroom actively affect the world and to see the repercussions of various actions and policies.

Interesting Fact: I'm on the women's soccer team here at Swarthmore!

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Ye Lin

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics major & Psychology minor

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Financial Accounting, Behavioral Economics, Economics of Crime and Justice, Introduction to Econometrics 

Favorite Thing about Economics: The wide application in many fields.

Interesting Fact: I have two cats that were found in a dumpster.

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Hannah He

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics major and English Literature and Psychology double minor

Economics Courses Taken: Emerging Market Economics: The BRICS; Economics of the Family, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Introduction to Econometrics

Favorite Thing about Economics: Trying to understand how and why people make decisions and what that means for larger systems and institutions.

Interesting Fact:  I am a classically trained singer!  

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Justine Sullivan

Major(s)/Minor(s): Architectural Studies and Individualized Major: Migration, Culture, and Global Politics double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics

Favorite Thing about Economics: My favorite thing about economics is the global perspective it can develop to help understand the forces shaping people’s lives around the world. 

Interesting Fact: I am learning the ukulele!

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Aniket Roy

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Political Science double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Economics of the Family, Introduction to Econometrics, Financial Accounting, Law and Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics

Favorite Thing about Economics: The colorful graphs.

Interesting Fact: I have the same birthday as Eminem

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Ullas Timilsina

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Mathematics double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Data Science for Economists, Econometrics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics

Favorite Thing about Economics: Understanding growth, economics of developing countries, and global disparity broadly.

Interesting Fact: I speak 9 languages.

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Renee Zhuang

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics and Mathematics double major

Economics Courses Taken: Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Financial Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics

Favorite Thing about Economics: I enjoy how many economic concepts can be seen playing out in our everyday lives, especially those in Behavioral Economics and Game Theory.

Interesting Fact: I met Mbappé and the French team ahead of the World Cup this summer!