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Graduate Research Fellows

2026–2027

Chandni Anandha Krishnan

Email: anandhakrish@wisc.edu

Address:
Human Development and Family Studies
School of Human Ecology

Alison Berube

Email: aberube@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Consumer Science, School of Human Ecology

Elliot Bowen

Email: erbowen2@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Abigayle Brooks

Email: abbrooks2@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Adalberto Castrejón

Email: acastrejon2@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Educational Policy Studies

Taehwan Choi

Email: tchoi9@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Ruth Cohen

Email: rcohen22@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics, Finance

Jyotsna (Joy) Dhar

Email: joy.dhar1@gmail.com

Address:
Department of Counseling Psychology

Caitlin Dutta

Email: csdutta@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Michael Fogarty

Email: michael.fogarty@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Foram Gathia

Email: gathia@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Jimin Gim

Email: jimin.gim@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Sociology

Jacob Goss

Email: jgoss3@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Sangdo Han

Email: wshan23@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Li Hsu

Email: lhsu22@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Sociology

Yoonjin IM

Email: yoonjin.im@wisc.edu

Address:
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Yuwen Ji

Email: yuwen.ji@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics

Wanting Jiang

Email: wjiang96@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Consumer Science

Swati Joshi

Email: ssjoshi26@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Sohee Kim

Email: skim2247@wisc.edu

Address:
Social & Administrative Sciences Division
School of Pharmacy

Anna Ko

Email: anna.ko@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Jamie Koenig

Email: jkoenig6@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Victoria Kolbuck

Email: victoria.kolbuck@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Population Health Sciences

Jungjin Koo

Email: jungjin.koo@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Grace Landrum

Email: glandrum@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Katelynn Lewallen

Email: knlewallen@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Frankie Lin

Email: flin52@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Heather Little

Email: hlittle2@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Grace Lofstrom

Email: lofstrom@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Linwei Ma

Email: lma225@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Consumer Science

Lucas Marron

Email: lmarron@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics and Real Estate

Eleanna Melcher

Email: emmelcher@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Population Health Sciences

Sei Jin Na

Email: seijin.na@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Civil Society & Community Studies

Sara Nadi

Email: snadi@wisc.edu

Address:
Social and Administrative Sciences Division
School of Pharmacy

Bezankeng Njinju

Email: njinju@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Younoo Ok

Email: yok3@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Pooja Paode

Email: pooja.paode@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Iris Park

Email: park487@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Risk and Insurance

Sara Peters

Email: speters27@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Sociology

Leah Pomerantz

Email: lapomerantz@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Kaitlyn Pritzl

Email: kepritzl@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Florencia Pucci

Email: fipucci@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Chloe Rosenstock

Email: crosenstock@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Sociology

Alexis Smith

Email: amsmith67@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Suparit Suwanik

Email: suparit.suwanik@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Consumer Science

Ann Swanson

Email: aswanson26@wisc.edu

Address:
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Helen Vasquez Ramos

Email: vasquezramos@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Mar Ventura

Email: mar.ventura@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Consumer Science

Mengxi Wan

Email: mwan9@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Avery Warner

Email: avery.warner@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Sociology

Chad Whitzel

Email: chad.whitzel@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Consumer Science

Rachel Widra

Email: rwidra@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Haoyuan Xia

Email: hxia35@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Risk and Insurance

Serena Xu

Email: sxu373@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics

Maryam Yavas

Email: yavas2@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Economics