Karen Yan

Karen Yan joined the School of Economics in 2019. Her research focuses on econometrics and industrial organization, and she teaches Econometrics I and Econometric Analysis.

1. Who or what inspired you to pursue economics?

While I was a math major in college, I audited some economics classes out of curiosity. I was fascinated to learn how mathematical models could be applied to real-world problems. After talking to a professor in the economics department, I decided to choose economics as my graduate school field.