Fall 2026 Speakers
For more information on the topics of the seminars, please click on the bolded headers.
Location: Converse Hall 207
Time: 4:05pm-5:30pm
(Unless noted otherwise)
Oct. 1: Juila Turner (Northwestern)
Oct. 29: Ishan Nath (Harvard Kennedy School)
Nov. 11, 11:35am-12:50pm, Johnson Chapel 202: Gina Pagan (UC Davis)
Nov. 18, 11:35am-12:50pm, Johnson Chapel 202: Jon Denton-Schneider (Clark University)
Location: Seelye Hall 301
Time: 12:15pm-1:10pm
(Unless noted otherwise)
Oct. 1, 4:15pm-5:15pm, Stoddard Auditorium: Trevon Logan (Ohio State University)
Oct. 16: Sarah Quincy (Vanderbilt University)
Nov. 20: Mariana Laverde (Boston College)
Dec. 4: Stefania Garetto (Boston University)
UMass History & Political Economy
Location: Crotty Hall 209 (or via Zoom)
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
(Unless noted otherwise)
Sep. 15: Nancy Folbre (UMass Amherst)
Sep. 29: Leah Boustan (Yale University and NBER)
Oct. 6: Mike Beggs and Ben Burgis (University of Sydney and Rutgers University)
Oct. 20, Zoom only: Ellora Derenoncourt (Princeton University)
Nov. 3: Brian Callaci (Open Markets Institute)
Nov. 17: Gary Gerstle (University of Cambridge)
Dec. 1: Ajit Zacharias (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College)
Dec. 15: David Gruber (Interdisciplinary Institute for Sciences)
Location: Crotty Hall 209
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
(Unless noted otherwise)
Sep. 28: Sam Bowles (Santa Fe Institute)
Oct. 26: Jim Boyce and Michael Ash (UMass Amherst)
Nov. 9: Peter Skott (UMass Amherst)
Nov. 16: Deepankar Basu (UMass Amherst)
Nov. 30: Alex Coram (University of Western Australia)
Location: Stockbridge Hall 303
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
(Unless noted otherwise)
Sep. 25: Shresth Garg (University of Pennsylvania)
Oct. 2: Mariyana Zapryanova (Smith College)
Oct. 30: Jeffrey McCullough (University of Michigan)
Dec. 11: Jayash Paudel (University of Oklahoma)
UMass Health Works-In-Progress
Location: Stockbridge Hall 303
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
(Unless noted otherwise)
Oct. 9: Yukti Kathuria and Jianjing Lin (UMass Amherst)
Oct. 16, 12:00pm-1:00pm: Miaoqing Jia (Weill Cornell Medicine)
Oct. 23: Charu Gupta (Toulouse School of Economics)
Oct. 30, 10:30am-12:00pm: Jeffrey McCullough (University of Michigan)
Dec. 11: Md Abedur Rahman and Lucy Xiaolu Wang (UMass Amherst)