{"id":359,"date":"2020-07-13T16:41:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/job-candidates\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:31:48","slug":"job-candidates-2026-2027","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/about-us\/job-candidates-2026-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"2026-2027 PhD Job Market Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please feel free to review each candidate\u2019s personal webpage by clicking on the link below. You may contact the candidates directly via email, or contact the Graduate Economics Program Director, Umut Dur (<a href=\"mailto:udur@ncsu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">udur@ncsu.edu<\/a>), for more information about the candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">Phd Candidates<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image\">\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-2248\"\n            alt=\"Margaret Bolton\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Margaret-Bolton.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; object-position: 47% 25%\"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Margaret-Bolton.jpg 500w, https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Margaret-Bolton-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Margaret-Bolton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Margaret Bolton<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><strong>Fields:<\/strong> <em>Enivronmental Economics; Industrial Organization<\/em><br><br><strong>Advisor:<\/strong> Zack Brown &amp; Ezgi Cengiz<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/margaretbolton.github.io\/\">Margaret Bolton&#8217;s Personal Website<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/margaret_bolton_cv.pdf\">Margaret Bolton&#8217;s CV (PDF)<\/a><br><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image\">\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-2245\"\n            alt=\"Avery Dobbins\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Avery-Dobbins.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; object-position: 48% 21%\"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Avery-Dobbins.jpg 500w, https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Avery-Dobbins-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Avery-Dobbins-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Avery Dobbins<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><strong>Fields:<\/strong> <em>Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Economics<\/em><br><br><strong>Advisor:<\/strong> Roger von Haefen<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/averydobbins.com\/\">Avery Dobbins&#8217; Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image\">\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-2250\"\n            alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/gradecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/431\/2026\/09\/Zhixuan-Feng.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; 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