Cultivating an interest that first developed in high school, Chris Celi looked at the Fed’s response to the recent financial crisis with a grant from the Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) at the University of New Hampshire. He was nominated for the REAP program as a freshman by Philosophy Professor David Hiley. Chris is a double major in philosophy and economics.
“I learned that economics is very much a social science,” he says. “One simple policy affects millions of people.” Chris plans to call upon his research experience, which he says brought much satisfaction both personally and professionally, in a future career as a consultant. “I like the idea of doing research for the purpose of fixing a problem or delivering insight,” he explains. Chris, a native of Maynard, Massachusetts, will graduate in 2013.
Bruce Elmslie is a professor of economics at the University of New Hampshire and is a visiting professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand for the spring 2011 semester. He joined the faculty at UNH in 1989 after obtaining his PhD from the University of Utah. Since coming to UNH, Professor Elmslie has published over sixty-five articles and reviews. His major areas of expertise are in international trade, economic growth and the history of economic thought.
Read Chris Celi’s article Redefining Capitalism: The Changing Role of the Federal Reserve throughout the Financial Crisis (2006-2010) >>
