Doctoral Fellows

I am proud to have collaborated with, advised, and provided funding support for these talented scholars.

Shuting He

2026 Doctoral Fellow in Gender Economics

Shuting is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Maryland. She is specializing in labor and gender economics, with research on public policies and institutional environments' impacts on gender equity. Prior to her doctoral studies, Shuting earned an MS in economics from U Wisconsin-Madison and studied at Lancaster University, earning a BS in accounting and finance and an MS in real estate economics and finance.

During her fellowship, she will be collaborating on a study of the short- and medium-run impacts of access to assisted reproductive technology on health and economic welfare.

Shuwen (Ivy) Zheng

2024 and 2025 Doctoral Fellow in Gender Economics

Ivy is a PhD student in economics at American University. She is specializing in health economics, with interests in reproductive health, long-term care, and hospital operations. Prior to studying at AU, Ivy earned an MA in economics from Johns Hopkins University and a BS in economics and finance from the University of Hong Kong and worked as a statistical consultant at the World Bank.

During her two-year fellowship she is collaborating on a study of philanthropic funding for abortion, creating the first data set of the financial operations of nonprofit organizations known as abortion funds, and using it to analyze drivers of giving. Ivy aims to complete her doctorate in 2028 or 2029.

Kate Pennington

2020 Doctoral Fellow in Economics & Reproductive Health

Kate was a doctoral candidate in applied microeconomics at UC Berkeley. She studies contemporary American political issues including reproductive rights, gentrification, and voter motivation. Before coming to Berkeley, Kate earned a BA from Cornell University and a Masters from the University of San Francisco.

During her fellowship she collaborated on an analysis of the impact of local economic shocks on access to family planning. Kate earned her doctorate in 2021 and joined the U.S. Census Bureau as an Economist.

Mayra Pineda Torres

2019 Doctoral Fellow in Economics & Reproductive Health

Mayra was a doctoral candidate in the department of economics at Texas A&M University. Her research is in applied microeconomics, with interests in gender, education and health. Before attending graduate school, she obtained a B.A. in Economics from ITAM in Mexico and worked in Mexico’s Central Bank.

During her fellowship she collaborated on an analysis of the impacts of recent U.S. abortion restrictions on women's economic outcomes, now published in the Journal of Public Economics. Mayra earned her doctorate in 2022 and joined Georgia Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor of Economics.

Britni Wilcher

2019 Doctoral Fellow in Gender Policy Analysis in Economics

Britni was a doctoral candidate in the department of economics at American University. Her research focuses on health, innovation and gender. She holds an MS from Bocconi School of Management and a BA from Spelman Collage.

During her fellowship she collaborated on an analysis of the impacts of paid parental leave legislation on women's labor force participation, now published in Labour Economics. Britni earned her doctorate in 2022 and began a postdoctoral fellowship in Health Policy at Stanford University.

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