Junior Scholar Program

The Junior Scholars Program (JSP) seeks to promote the professional development of junior researchers in urban economics and real estate finance and connect them to more senior people in their field. The program also enhances diversity among future AREUEA members and enables established members to give back to AREUEA.

Any early-career scholar in urban economics or real estate who is no more than four years post-Ph.D., including Ph.D. students on the market, can apply. The submission portal for the 2025 AREUEA National Conference provides instructions on how to apply for the 2025 cycle.

2024 Junior Scholars 

• Hoyoung Yoo, University of Wisconsin Madison
• Roozbeh Moghadam, University of California – Davis
• Daniel Agness, University of California, Berkeley
• Vinicios Sant’Anna, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• JoonYup Park, Duke University
• Robert French, Harvard Kennedy School
• Justin Valentine Gilbert, Harvard University
• Palak Suri, West Virginia University
• Desen Lin, California State University, Fullerton
• Ernesto Aldana, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Jonah Coste, Federal Housing Finance Agency
• Alison Lodermeier, Brown University

We are grateful for our 2024 Mentors:

• John Clapp, University of Connecticut
• Rachel Meltzer, Harvard University
• Amine Ouazad, Rutgers University
• Chris Redfearn, University of South California
• Tess Scharlemann, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Oren Ziv, Michigan State University

JSP Committee

• Jorge De la Roca
• Benjamin Keys
• Kyle Mangum
• Ruchi Singh (Chair)
• Tingyu Zhou