Angel Alcantara
Â鶹ÊÓƵ was well-represented at the thirty-seventh annual Pennsylvania Economic Association Conference held in Washington, PA, from June 1 to 3, 2023.
Current Â鶹ÊÓƵ economics major Angel Alcantara won first place in the PEA Best Undergraduate Paper Contest and was presented with a plaque and monetary award for her paper, “The Determinants of Poverty in Pennsylvania Counties.” Angel received a travel grant award through the Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Graduate Studies and Research to attend the conference and present her paper.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni Lucas Mafrica (BA—Economics, 2017) and Jennifer Roy (PhD—Business, 2022) delivered research presentations during concurrent sessions. As part of conference activities, Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty members Todd Potts, Yaya Sissoko, and Jim Jozefowicz participated in the PEA board of directors’ meeting along with Stephanie Brewer Jozefowicz, who serves as the organization’s secretary.
Todd Potts and Jennifer Roy
Jim Jozefowicz, Lucas Mafrica, and Yaya Sissoko