Claudia Goldin is the new Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University. She currently holds two other endowed faculty appointments as the Henry Lee Professor of Economics and the Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences. An economic historian and a labor economist, Dr. Goldin focuses her research on the female labor force, the gender gap in earnings, income inequality, technological change, education, and immigration. In addition to her work at Harvard, she currently co-directs the gender in economy group of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Dr. Goldin received her bachelor’s degree in economics from Cornell University and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.
Carolyn Seepersad has been named the Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair of the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She first joined the school’s faculty in 2023 and currently leads the TechMade Initiative, an interdisciplinary program that introduces students to engineering design. Before coming to Georgia Tech, Dr. Seepersad was the founding director of the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Design Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Seepersad earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University and a second bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. She received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech.
Veronica Augustyn was named the Jake and Jennifer Hooks Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, where she also holds an appointment as a University Faculty Scholar. In her lab, Dr. Augustyn studies how materials store, release, and convert energy, with a focus on the fundamental mechanisms that govern electrochemical performance. Her work contributes to innovations in energy, environmental, electronics, and optical technologies.
Dr. Augustyn holds a bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in the same discipline from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Yelena Janjigian, professor of medicine at Cornell University’s Weill Cornell College of Medicine, has been named the Endowed Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She currently serves as the center’s chief of gastrointestinal oncology service. Her clinical practice and research endeavors are focused on improving outcomes for people with esophageal and stomach cancers.
Dr. Janjigian received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego and her medical degree from New York University.