I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprise at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  I earned my PhD in economics from Boston University in May 2025. 

My research interests include economic history, labor economics, network theory, and entrepreneurship. A key aspect of my research agenda explores ethnic-occupational niches during the Age of Mass Migration. You can find my CV here.

I am honored to be named one of three finalists for the Economic History Association's 2025 Allan Nevins Prize, awarded annually to the best dissertation in American or Canadian economic history completed over the prior year. I graduated summa cum laude from the College of William & Mary in 2019 as an Applied Mathematics and Economics double major.

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
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elijah.locke@kellogg.northwestern.edu

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