• Rodney Andrews Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Public Finance Applied Microeconometrics, Program Evaluation -- Sheldon Danziger, Kerwin Charles, and Paul Courant. University of Texas, Dallas.
• Benjamin Keys Labor Economics, Public Finance, Applied Econometrics, Consumer Finance. Committee: Charles Brown (chair), Michael Barr, Sheldon Danziger, Michael Elsby, John DiNardo. His paper "Did Securitization Lead to Lax Screening? Evidence from Subprime Loans" Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.