Dr. Hien Nguyen (he/they) is currently the Cody van Heerden Chair in Economics and Quantitative Social Sciences at College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME).

Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Amherst, MA

PhD in Economics | 2018 - 2024

University of Toronto | Toronto, ON

MA in Economics | 2015 - 2016

Trent University | Peterborough, ON

BA (Hon.) in Economics | 2011 - 2015

Experience

Assistant Professor of Economics and Cody van Heerden Chair in Economics and Quantitative Social Sciences | 2024 - Present

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME

Instructor | 2020 - 2024

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Courses: Political Economy of Big Data; Marxian Economics; Intermediate Microeconomics; Introduction to Political Economy

Graduate Teaching Assistant | 2018 - 2020

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Courses: Graduate Applied Econometrics, Political Economy of the Environment, Intermediate Microeconomics Theory, Introductory Macroeconomic Theory

Consulting Associate, Antitrust & Competition Economics | 2016 - 2020

Charles River Associates, Toronto, ON

Graduate Teaching Assistant | 2015 - 2016

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Honors & Awards (selected)

  • Research Grant | 2023 - Political Economy Research Institute, UMass Amherst

  • PERI Dissertation Fellowship | 2022 - Political Economy Research Institute, UMass Amherst

  • Barnard Fellowship | 2021 - Political Economy Research Institute, UMass Amherst

  • Doctoral Fellowship | 2001 - 2023, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  • Graduate Fellowship | 2018 - 2023, Department of Economics, UMass Amherst

  • Paul Delaney Award for Outstanding Young Philanthropist | 2016, Trent University

  • Graduate Fellowship | 2015, University of Toronto

  • Governor General’s Silver Medal | 2015, Government of Canada