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Faculty

William Easterly
Co-Director of the Development Research Institute
Professor of Economics
Email: william.easterly@nyu.edu

Yaw Nyarko
Co-Director of the Development Research Institute
Professor of Economics
Email: yaw.nyarko@nyu.edu

Also see our roster of distinguished Affiliated Faculty.

Staff

Laura Freschi
Associate Director
Email: laura.freschi@nyu.edu

Marian Tes
Grants Manager (joint with Africa House)
Email: mct300@nyu.edu

Student Workers

Xiaolei Guo
Accounting Assistant
Email: guoxiaolei2011@gmail.com

Narineh Panosian
Administrative Assistant
Email: nep237@nyu.edu

Lauren Bishop
Online Projects Assistant
Email: lab527@nyu.edu

Tanja Goodwin
Program Assistant
Email: tkg218@nyu.edu

John Schellhase
Program Assistant
Email: jes710@nyu.edu

Danielle Noumbowo
Graduate Intern
Email: dnn214@nyu.edu

Danielle Piendak
Undergraduate Intern
Email: dop205@nyu.edu

Fellows

Claudia Williamson
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: claudia.williamson@nyu.edu

Scholars

Moussa P. Blimpo
Adjunct Scholar
Email: moussa.blimpo@stanford.edu

Prabal K. De
Adjunct Scholar
Email: pde@ccny.cuny.edu

Paul Dower
Adjunct Scholar
Email: pdower@nes.ru

Tobias Pfutze
Adjunct Scholar
Email: tpfutze@oberlin.edu

Steven Pennings
Research Assistant
Email: steven.pennings@gmail.com

DRI Alumni

Read more about the current whereabouts of former staff members, student workers and DRI fellows on our Alumni page.