Burak Uras

Associate Professor of Economics

413-597-2709

Schapiro Hall Rm 207

At Williams since 2023

Education

B.A. Bogazici University (2004)
M.A. Washington University in St. Louis (2006)
Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis (2010)

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics
Development Economics
Financial Development
Monetary Economics

Courses

ECON 452(S) LEC

Foundations of Money, Credit, Banking, and FinTech

News and Announcements

In memoriam: William Spriggs, '77, Professor of Economics at Howard University and Chief Economist of the AFL-CIO. We send our condolences to the family and friends of Professor Spriggs, who passed away on June 7, 2023. Read tributes to Professor Spriggs from President Biden, and from Jared Bernstein, the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Professor Jacobson wins the 2023 Impactful Mentor Award at the 2023 AEA Summer Mentoring Pipeline Conference.

Professor Jacobson wins the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association award for the Promotion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Weiran Jiang ’26, Diliara Sadykova ’26, and Caprice Turchiano ’25 selected to participate in the 2023 Expanding Diversity in Economics Summer Institute, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute a the University of Chicago.

Ahna Pearson '20 and Coly Elhai '19 win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships in Economics!

Professors Casey and Gibson win IZA's "Innovative Research in the Economics of Climate Change" award

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