Seminar Series
Fall 2023
All seminars are held in the Joyce Cummings Center (JCC), Room 270, 177 College Avenue on the Medford Campus on Tuesdays at 3:00 pm unless otherwise noted. For further information, please contact Linda Casey at (617) 627-3560 or by email: linda.casey@tufts.edu.
Please note: Visitors are welcome to attend all seminars.
September 12, 2023
Brandyn Churchill, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Government Recommendations and Health Behaviors: Evidence from Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines"
September 19, 2023
Eliana LaFerrara, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
"Changing Harmful Norms through Information and Coordination: Experimental Evidence from Somalia"
September 26, 2023
Onur Altindag, Associate Professor of Economics, Bentley University
"Does Targeting Matter for the Effectiveness of Scaled Cash Transfer Programs: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment"
October 3, 2023
Peter Blair, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"Does the United States Spend Enough on Public Schools and Teachers?"
October 10, 2023
Alexey Makarin, Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, MIT, Sloan School of Management
"The Causal Effects of Online Dating Apps: Evidence From U.S. Colleges "
October 17, 2023
Jie Bai, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
"TBA"
October 23, 2023**
Abi Adams-Prassl, Professor of Economics and Associate Head of Department (Impact and External Engagement), University of Oxford, visiting MIT
"TBA"
October 31, 2023
Jihye Jeon, Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston University
"TBA"
November 14, 2023
Michaela Carlana, Assisstant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
"TBA"
November 28, 2023
Omar Barbiero, Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
"TBA"
November 30, 2023 - Wellington Burnham Lecture***
Rucker Johnson, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
"TBA"
December 5, 2023
Susan Dynarski, Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"TBA"
December 12, 2023
Peter Hull, Professor of Economics, Brown University
"TBA"
**Monday at 12:00-1:15 pm
***Thursday (JCC, the Lantern)