Doris Luo

Doris is an Assistant Specialist at CEGA working with Prof. Manisha Shah at the intersection of gender, health, and development economics and with Prof. Kelsey Jack at the intersection of environment and development economics. She holds a Master’s degree in International Development Policy from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Boston University. During her undergraduate and graduate studies, Doris worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Global Development (CGD), the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), and the Inclusive Democracy and Development (ID2) Lab at Stanford University. Her research interests lie broadly in development economics, with a particular focus on gender and how economic and environmental shocks shape individual and household behavior and welfare.