Dissertation students

PhD Students, Dissertation Chair

Jared Pincin, “Three Essays on the Political Economy of Foreign Aid Practices in the Development Assistance Committee Countries,” graduated May 2011 (Co-chair, West Virginia University)

Adam Pellillo, “Three Essays on Political Economy and Development,” graduated May 2012 (Co-chair, West Virginia University)

Homa Saleh, “Three Essays on Institutional Change in Afghanistan,” graduated May 2013 (George Mason University)

Thomas Duncan, “Economizing Defense: The Economics of the Military-Industrial Complex,” graduated May 2013 (George Mason University)

Jayme Lemke, “The Political Economy of Gender Disparity in Law,” graduated May 2013 (George Mason University)

Charity-Joy Acchiardo, “Power, Philanthropy, and Prestige: Three Essays on the Economics of Non-priced Environments,” graduated May 2013 (George Mason University)

Abigail Hall, “The Political Economy of Drones,” graduated May 2015 (George Mason University)

Alexander Cartwright, “Three Essays in Law & Economics,” graduated May 2017 (George Mason University)

Byron (Trey) Carson, “The Political Economy of Epidemiology,” graduated summer 2017 (George Mason University)

Caleb Fuller, “Three Essays on the Economics of Digital Privacy,” graduated summer 2017 (George Mason University)

David Lucas, “Essays on Non-Market Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: The Case of Homelessness in the United States,” graduated May 2018 (George Mason University)

Garrett Wood, “Essays in Defense Economics,” graduated May 2019 (George Mason University)

Jordan Lofthouse, “Political Economy of Native American Economic Development,” graduated May 2020 (George Mason University)

Devon Miller, “The Use of Knowledge in Counterinsurgency,” graduated May 2020 (George Mason University)

Tate Fegley, “The Political Economy of Policing,” graduated May 2020 (George Mason University)

Peter Jacobsen, “The Political Economy of the Ultimate Resource: Essays on Institutions and Entrepreneurship,” graduated December 2020 (George Mason University)

Nathan Goodman, “Institutional Diversity and the Economics of Security,” graduated May 2021 (George Mason University)

Derek McAfee, “The Political Economy of Counterinsurgency,” graduated May 2022 (George Mason University)

Nathaniel Smith, “The Market Process: Entrepreneurship, Intervention, and the Role of the State ,” graduated May 2022 (George Mason University)

Chandler Reilly, “Essays on the Political Economy of Defense R&D and Defense Costs,” graduated May 2023 (George Mason University)

Karras Lambert, “Three Essays on Economic Order and Intervention,” graduated May 2023 (George Mason University)