Job Market Candidates in the Neubauer Family Program in Economics and Public Policy

The Department of Economics and The Fletcher School at Tufts University feature job market candidates in the Joint PhD Neubauer Family Program in Economics and Public Policy, who are available for employment.

For questions about a candidate's experience or other academic items specific to the Tufts program, please contact the NFEPP Placement Chair: Adam Storeygard. For other questions, please contact the NFEPP Placement Assistant: Alex Medeiros.

Candidates for 2025-2026

Siddhi Doshi

Siddhi Doshi

Area(s) of Study: Environmental and Energy Economics, Development
Education: BS Economics and Mathematics, Northeastern University
Job Market Paper: “Sunny Days, Bright Nights: How Solar Power Affects Electricity Reliability in India”  
References: Dr. Steve Cicala, Dr. Kyle Emerick, Dr. Jing Li, Dr. Ujjayant Chakravorty
CV | Email | Website

Aja Kennedy

Aja Kennedy

Area(s) of Study: Urban Economics, Public Economics
Education: MPA International Development, Princeton University; BA Spanish and Global Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill   
Job Market Paper: “Local Spillover Effects of Density Bonus Policy on Housing Production: Evidence in Massachusetts”  
References: Dr. Adam Storeygard, Dr. Jeff Zabel, Dr. Melissa McInerney 
Email | Website

Manali Sovani

Manali Sovani

Area(s) of Study: Microeconomics, Development, Gender, Labor, Transportation Economics 
Education: MA in Economics, BTech in Electrical Engineering  
Job Market Paper: “Women on the Move: Effect of Transportation Access on Women’s College Education in Delhi”  
References: Dr. Cynthia Kinnan, Dr. Kyle Emerick, Dr. Douglas Gollin 
CV | Email | Website

  • Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Fletcher School, Tufts University
    Research Economist with the World Bank’s Development Research Group (DECRG) 
    Assistant Professor at the College of Wooster

  • Climate Policy Lab at the Fletcher School, Tufts University (postdoc)
    Morgan Stanley, New York (Vice President)
    J-PAL Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (postdoctoral research fellow)
    Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley, (postdoctoral scholar)

  • US Federal Communications Commission
    ISO New England
    YP Program; World Bank
    Graduate School of Economics, (Assistant Professor) Hitotsubashi University

  • Brattle Group, San Francisco, California USA
    Japanese Ministry of Economy, Tokyo, Japan
    University of California-Anderson (postdoc), Los Angeles, California USA
    McKinsey & Company, London, UK
    Tufts University-Fletcher (postdoc), Medford, Massachusetts USA
    Amazon, San Francisco, California USA