Below is a list of graduate students in the Designated Emphasis in Political Economy program at UC Berkeley.
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Alonzo Ackerman
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Timothy Ahn
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Diego Ayala
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Pavel Bacherikov
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Emma Bates
History
University of California, Berkeley
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Raj Bhargava
Jurisprudence and Social Policy
University of California, Berkeley
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Gray Brakke
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Chi Man Cheung
Agricultural & Resource Economics
University of California, Berkeley
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Alex Chow Yong-Kang
Geography
University of California, Berkeley
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Eva Davoine
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Cecille de Laurentis
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Sheah Deilami-Nugent
Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of California, Berkeley
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Dimitri Diagne
History
University of California, Berkeley
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Sarah DiMagno
Jurisprudence and Social Policy
University of California, Berkeley
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Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton
Energy and Resources Group (ERG)
University of California, Berkeley
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Elizabeth Fajardo
Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology
University of California, Berkeley
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Silvia Farina
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Emily Finkelstine
Environmental Science, Policy, & Management (ESPM)
University of California, Berkeley
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Annette Gailliot
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Gabriel Granato
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Joseph Greenbaum
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Marlon Guzman Valdera
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Matthew Hamilton
Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP)
University of California, Berkeley
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Thomas Haseloff
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Ming-yen Ho
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Irem Inal
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
![Simoni Jain](https://besi.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Headshot_Simoni_Jain.jpg)
Simoni Jain
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Rebekah Jones
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Evelyn Kim
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Thomas Kingston
South & Southeast Asian Studies
University of California, Berkeley
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Igor Kolesnikov
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Aaditee Kudrimoti
Energy and Resources Group (ERG)
University of California, Berkeley
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Pranav Kuttaiah
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Jiayu Lai
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
![Sharik Laliwala](https://besi.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sharik_picture_TesuCropped.png)
Sharik Laliwala
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Flávia Leite
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Danyang Li
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Yue Lin
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Maxwell Lindquist
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Grey Liu
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Daniel Lobo
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Vahid Mahdavi Mazdeh
History
University of California, Berkeley
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Sébastien Malo
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM)
University of California, Berkeley
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Isabella Mariani
Jurisprudence and Social Policy
University of California, Berkeley
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Isabella C. Montini
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Jonathan Old
Economics
University of California, Berkeley
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Lucas Osborne
Jurisprudence and Social Policy
University of California, Berkeley
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Isabel Peñaranda Currie
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Isabel Qi
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Khoi Quach
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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August Rud Jacobsen
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM)
University of California, Berkeley
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Nina Russell
Jurisprudence and Social Policy
University of California, Berkeley
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Edgar Sanchez-Cuevas
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Jaclyn Schess
Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
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Laura Schmahmann
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Sarang Shah
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
![Nick Shankar](https://besi.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_6399-Copy-Copy-1024x1024.jpg)
Nick Shankar
Economics
University of California, Berkeley
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Nicholas Shatan
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Amol Singh Raswan
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Jesse Strecker
Energy and Resources Group
University of California, Berkeley
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Jun Woo Suh
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Michael Sun
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Lucio Wasserman
Economics
University of California, Berkeley
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Liubing Xie
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Anna Zaret
Jurisprudence and Social Policy
University of California, Berkeley
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Yuhan Zhang
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Zhehang Zhang
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
BESI Political Economy Network Scholars
BESI Network Scholars are graduate students who completed their qualifying exams prior to the creation of the Designated Emphasis program.
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Noah Bender
History
University of California, Berkeley
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Qianmiao Chen
Agricultural & Resource Economics
University of California, Berkeley
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Kate Cullen
Energy and Resources Group
University of California, Berkeley
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Irene Farah
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
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Ritika Goel
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Andrew Jaeger
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Max Kagan
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Lukas Leucht
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Miguel Ortiz
Haas Business School
University of California, Berkeley
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Ishana Ratan
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Mary Shi
Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
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Jay Varellas
Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Claire Wrigley
History
University of California, Berkeley