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Penn Wharton Public Policy Research Scholars

Students

Class of 2022

  • Rachel Chu

    School:
    Hometown: Fremont, CA
    Policy Interest:
  • Meghan Chung

    Meghan Chung

    School: W and SAS
    Hometown: Newark, CA
    Policy Interest:
  • Sharon Lee

    Sharon Lee

    School:
    Hometown: Ellicot City, MD
    Policy Interest:
  • Tanvee Patankar

    Tanvee Patankar

    School:
    Hometown: Buffalo Grove, IL
    Policy Interest:
  • Catherine Qian

    Catherine Qian

    School:
    Hometown: Midlothian, VA
    Policy Interest:

  • Sam Strickberger

    School:
    Hometown: Chevy Chase, MD
    Policy Interest:

Class of 2021

  • Seetha Aribindi

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Willowbrook, IL
    Policy Interest: Health Policy

  • Augie Benjamin

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Lake Barrington, IL
    Policy Interest: Undecided

  • Saxon Bryant

    School: Wharton, College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Pueblo, CO
    Policy Interest: Trade, Foreign Policy
  • John Casey

    John Casey

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Hendersonville, TN
    Policy Interest: Finance, Economic Development
  • Sarina Divan

    Sarina Divan

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: East Amherst, NY
    Policy Interest: Health Policy
  • Cam Duran

    Cam Duran

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Maiden, NC
    Policy Interest: Fiscal Policy

  • Sam Goidell

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Davis, CA
    Policy Interest: Environmental Policy

  • Kat Hsu

    School: Wharton, College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Arcadia, CA
    Policy Interest: Undecided

  • Gloria Kim

    School: Nursing
    Hometown: Millersville, MD
    Policy Interest: Health Policy

  • Alana Levin

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Northbrook, IL
    Policy Interest: Fiscal Policy

  • Sam Mitchell

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Bolton, MA
    Policy Interest: Environmental Policy

  • Rupa Palanki

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
    Policy Interest: Health Policy

  • Catherine Parr

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Cold Spring, NY
    Policy Interest: Health Policy

  • John Sarihan

    School: Wharton, Engineering
    Hometown: Potomac, MD
    Policy Interest: Finance, Technology Policy

  • Lexie Shah

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
    Policy Interest: Technology Policy
  • Alex Zanca

    Alex Zanca

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Ploiesti, Romania
    Policy Interest: Fiscal Policy

Class of 2020

  • Alexa Breyfogle

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Leawood, KS
    Policy Interest: Trade Policy

  • Ryan DelGaudio

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Pembroke Pines, FL
    Policy Interest: Trade Policy, Foreign Policy
  • portraits of the Public Policy Research Scholars 2017

    Miku Fujita

    School: Engineering
    Hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ
    Policy Interest: Health Care Policy
  • portraits of the Public Policy Research Scholars 2017

    Natasha Gupta

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Naperville, IL
    Policy Interest: Trade Policy

  • Max Hammer

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Westport, CT
    Policy Interest: Environmental/Energy Policy
  • Andrew Howard

    Andrew Howard

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Great Falls, VA
    Policy Interest: Trade Policy

  • Shoshanna Israel

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Maple Glen, PA
    Policy Interest: Health Policy

  • Cameron Ittner

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Wayne, PA
    Policy Interest: Fiscal Policy

  • Tyler Knox

    School: Wharton, College
    Hometown: Campbell Hall, NY
    Policy Interest: Innovation and Technology Policy

  • Zach Koslowski

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Cornwall, PA
    Policy Interest: Trade and Foreign Policy

  • Celina Lin

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Wilmington, NC
    Policy Interest: Health Care Policy

  • Louis Lin

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Merrick, NY
    Policy Interest: Education and Health Care Policy

  • Feyi Makinde

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
    Policy Interest: Housing Policy
  • portraits of the Public Policy Research Scholars 2017

    Rae Peterson

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Lexington, MI
    Policy Interest: Trade Policy

  • Olivia Podos

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: New Haven, CT
    Policy Interest: Education Policy

  • Jay Vaingankar

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: East Windsor, NJ
    Policy Interest: Urban Policy

  • Varun Vallbhaneni

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Gahanna, OH
    Policy Interest: Health Policy

  • Stephanie Wu

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Sydney, Australia
    Policy Interest: Trade & Foreign Policy

Class of 2019

  • Stephanie Aliaga

    Stephanie Aliaga

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Irvine, CA
    Policy Interest: Economic Policy
  • Lauren Anders, PPRS, 2019

    Lauren Anders

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: St. Louis, MO
    Policy Interest: Technology and Innovation Policy
  • Jordan Dewar, PPRS, 2019

    Jordan Dewar

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Takoma Park, MD
    Policy Interest: Health Care
  • Jeffery Gao, PPRS, 2019

    Jeffery Gao

    School: College of Arts and Sciences
    Hometown: Coquitlam, BC
    Policy Interest: Technology
  • Geeta Minocha, PPRS, 2019

    Geeta Minocha

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Ocala, Florida
    Policy Interest: Health Care
  • Prakash Mishra, PPRS, 2019

    Prakash Mishra

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Marvin, NC
    Policy Interest: Urban Policy

  • Kevin Myers

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Shillington, PA
    Policy Interest: Income Inequality Policy
  • Nile Nwogu, PPRS, 2019

    Nile Nwogu

    School: Wharton
    Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
    Policy Interest: Fiscal and Education
  • Julia Pan, PPRS, 2019

    Julia Pan

    School: College of Arts and Sciences
    Hometown: Boston, MA
    Policy Interest: Technology
  • Rachel Pomerantz

    Rachel Pomerantz

    School: College of Arts & Sciences
    Hometown: Matthews, NC
    Policy Interest: Monetary Policy

PENN WHARTON PPI
RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT:

  • <h3>National Center for Education Statistics</h3><p><strong><img width="400" height="80" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/400/height/80/479_nces.rev.1407787656.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image479 lw_align_right" data-max-w="400" data-max-h="80"/>The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.</strong> NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. NCES has an extensive Statistical Standards Program that consults and advises on methodological and statistical aspects involved in the design, collection, and analysis of data collections in the Center. To learn more about the NCES, <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/about/" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p><p> Quick link to NCES Data Tools: <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/datatools/index.asp?DataToolSectionID=4" target="_blank">http://nces.ed.gov/datatools/index.asp?DataToolSectionID=4</a></p><p> Quick link to Quick Tables and Figures: <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/" target="_blank">http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/</a></p><p> Quick link to NCES Fast Facts (Note: The primary purpose of the Fast Facts website is to provide users with concise information on a range of educational issues, from early childhood to adult learning.): <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/" target="_blank">http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/#</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>USDA Nutrition Assistance Data</h3><p><img width="180" height="124" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/180/height/124/485_usda_logo.rev.1407789238.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image485 lw_align_right" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/180/height/124/485_usda_logo.rev.1407789238.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/4/width/180/height/124/485_usda_logo.rev.1407789238.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1233" data-max-h="850"/>Data and research regarding the following <strong>USDA Nutrition Assistance</strong> programs are available through this site:</p><ul><li>Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) </li><li>Food Distribution Programs </li><li>School Meals </li><li>Women, Infants and Children </li></ul><p> Quick link: <a href="http://www.fns.usda.gov/data-and-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.fns.usda.gov/data-and-statistics</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>The World Bank Data (U.S.)</h3><p><img width="130" height="118" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/130/height/118/484_world-bank-logo.rev.1407788945.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image484 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/130/height/118/484_world-bank-logo.rev.1407788945.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/4/width/130/height/118/484_world-bank-logo.rev.1407788945.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1406" data-max-h="1275"/>The <strong>World Bank</strong> provides World Development Indicators, Surveys, and data on Finances and Climate Change.</p><p> Quick link: <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/country/united-states" target="_blank">http://data.worldbank.org/country/united-states</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>National Bureau of Economic Research (Public Use Data Archive)</h3><p><img width="180" height="43" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/180/height/43/478_nber.rev.1407530465.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image478 lw_align_right" data-max-w="329" data-max-h="79"/>Founded in 1920, the <strong>National Bureau of Economic Research</strong> is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.</p><p> Quick Link to <strong>Public Use Data Archive</strong>: <a href="http://www.nber.org/data/" target="_blank">http://www.nber.org/data/</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>HUD State of the Cities Data Systems</h3><p><strong><img width="200" height="200" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/200/height/200/482_hud_logo.rev.1407788472.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image482 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/200/height/200/482_hud_logo.rev.1407788472.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/4/width/200/height/200/482_hud_logo.rev.1407788472.jpg 3x" data-max-w="612" data-max-h="613"/>The SOCDS provides data for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and Suburbs.</strong> It is a portal for non-national data made available through a number of outside institutions (e.g. Census, BLS, FBI and others).</p><p> Quick link: <a href="http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/socds.html" target="_blank">http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/socds.html</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>Congressional Budget Office</h3><p><img width="180" height="180" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/180/height/180/380_cbo-logo.rev.1406822035.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image380 lw_align_right" data-max-w="180" data-max-h="180"/>Since its founding in 1974, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has produced independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process.</p><p> The agency is strictly nonpartisan and conducts objective, impartial analysis, which is evident in each of the dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates that its economists and policy analysts produce each year. CBO does not make policy recommendations, and each report and cost estimate discloses the agency’s assumptions and methodologies. <strong>CBO provides budgetary and economic information in a variety of ways and at various points in the legislative process.</strong> Products include baseline budget projections and economic forecasts, analysis of the President’s budget, cost estimates, analysis of federal mandates, working papers, and more.</p><p> Quick link to Products page: <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/about/our-products" target="_blank">http://www.cbo.gov/about/our-products</a></p><p> Quick link to Topics: <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/topics" target="_blank">http://www.cbo.gov/topics</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>Federal Aviation Administration: Accident & Incident Data</h3><p><img width="100" height="100" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/100/height/100/80_faa-logo.rev.1402681347.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image80 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/100/height/100/80_faa-logo.rev.1402681347.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/4/width/100/height/100/80_faa-logo.rev.1402681347.jpg 3x" data-max-w="550" data-max-h="550"/>The NTSB issues an accident report following each investigation. These reports are available online for reports issued since 1996, with older reports coming online soon. The reports listing is sortable by the event date, report date, city, and state.</p><p> Quick link: <a href="http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/" target="_blank">http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>NOAA National Climatic Data Center</h3><p><img width="200" height="198" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/200/height/198/483_noaa_logo.rev.1407788692.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image483 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/200/height/198/483_noaa_logo.rev.1407788692.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/4/width/200/height/198/483_noaa_logo.rev.1407788692.jpg 3x" data-max-w="954" data-max-h="945"/>NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation’s treasure of <strong>climate and historical weather data and information</strong>.</p><p> Quick link to home page: <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/</a></p><p> Quick link to NCDC’s climate and weather datasets, products, and various web pages and resources: <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/quick-links" target="_blank">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/quick-links</a></p><p> Quick link to Text & Map Search: <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/" target="_blank">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>MapStats</h3><p> A feature of FedStats, MapStats allows users to search for <strong>state, county, city, congressional district, or Federal judicial district data</strong> (demographic, economic, and geographic).</p><p> Quick link: <a href="http://www.fedstats.gov/mapstats/" target="_blank">http://www.fedstats.gov/mapstats/</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>The Penn World Table</h3><p> The Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 189 countries/territories for some or all of the years 1950-2010.</p><p><a href="https://pwt.sas.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt71/pwt71_form.php" target="_blank">Quick link.</a> </p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>Internal Revenue Service: Tax Statistics</h3><p><img width="155" height="200" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/155/height/200/486_irs_logo.rev.1407789424.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image486 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/155/height/200/486_irs_logo.rev.1407789424.jpg 2x" data-max-w="463" data-max-h="596"/>Find statistics on business tax, individual tax, charitable and exempt organizations, IRS operations and budget, and income (SOI), as well as statistics by form, products, publications, papers, and other IRS data.</p><p> Quick link to <strong>Tax Statistics, where you will find a wide range of tables, articles, and data</strong> that describe and measure elements of the U.S. tax system: <a href="http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Stats-2" target="_blank">http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Stats-2</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
  • <h3>Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED®)</h3><p><strong><img width="180" height="79" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/180/height/79/481_fred-logo.rev.1407788243.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image481 lw_align_right" data-max-w="222" data-max-h="97"/>An online database consisting of more than 72,000 economic data time series from 54 national, international, public, and private sources.</strong> FRED®, created and maintained by Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, goes far beyond simply providing data: It combines data with a powerful mix of tools that help the user understand, interact with, display, and disseminate the data.</p><p> Quick link to data page: <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/tags/series" target="_blank">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/tags/series</a></p><p>See all <a href="/data-resources/">data and resources</a> »</p>
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