Honors and Awards

  • Diversity Academy Fellow, School of Public Affairs, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University (mentors: Claudia Persico, Erdal Tekin, Kenneth Meier, Marco Angrisani, Daniel Polsky )
  • Research Fellow, Retirement and Disability Research Center (RDRC), UW-Madison, Social Security Administration (SSA) (mentor: Carly Urban)
  • American Society of Health Economics (ASHEcon) DEI- Diversity Scholarship
  • Department of Economics, UW Madison Recognition under ‘Best Research Paper Scholarship (Honorable mention)’

Competitive Grants

  1. Center for Demography of Health and Aging Research Travel Award- $2,000
  2. RDRC - Junior Scholar Research Competition Award- $5,000
  3. Prof. Jeremy Foltz Research Travel Award- $1,100
  4. Deborah and David Penn Fund - Research Presentation Award- $500, $1000
  5. UW-Madison- Graduate School - Research Presentation Award- $2,500, $1,500
  6. UW-Madison- CDE Research Presentation Award- $950
  7. UW-Madison- Traisman Agribusiness Graduate Fellowship- $750
  8. UW-Madison Student Research Grants Competition Research Travel- $1,500
  9. UW Madison Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award- $3,000
  10. Indian State Government Scholarship for Masters in Economics- $100,000