Open Call: 2026 Doctoral Fellowship

EXPANDED CALL 2026 Doctoral Fellowship in Gender Economics.pdf

Past Doctoral Fellows

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

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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