Placements and Awards

Placements and Awards

Job Placements

Our students have been placed in a wide variety of positions, illustrating the wide applicability of our master’s degree. The list below includes permanent job placements.

Job Title Company
International Trade Consultant Trade Commission of Peru, Ministry of Trade and Tourism of Peru
Global Services Consultant IBM
Adjunct Professor CSULB Economics Department
Adjunct Professor Azad University of Tehran
Public Information Assistant United Nations World Food Program
Research Analyst Orange County Department of Child Support Services; Research and Reporting Team; CBRE
Product Specialist Farmers Insurance
BOA Instructor International Education Corporation
Business Analyst Boeing, UK
International Logistic Specialist Boeing
Regional Operations Accounting Manager Jas Forwarding
Financial Analyst Southern California Edison
Team Lead Google
Analyst Principled Strategies, Inc.
Economist Status Economics, Inc.
Director, EFT Services First Teach Federal Credit Union
Staff Manager Mazda Motor Corporation
Institutional Research Analyst Trident University International; UC San Diego
Marketing Analyst Marketshare
Inventory Analyst IPC (USA)

 

Internship Placements

Many of our students are chosen for highly valued, local internship positions.  Positions are a mix of paid and unpaid internships.  The list below includes internship placements.

  • Port of Long Beach
  • APM Terminals
  • Aquarium of the Pacific
  • Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC)
  • Arclyte Technologies
  • Free Conference Call
  • California Bank and Trust, Irvine
  • Waddell & Reed
  • SakoMed
  • Principled Strategies
  • Long Beach Transit
  • Golden West College
  • and Manhattan Beachwear

Recent Ph.D. Program Placements and Acceptances

Some of our students decide to pursue a Ph.D. after completing their master’s degree.  The list below includes our placements and acceptances in the last three years.

  • University of California, Irvine (with full funding)
  • University of California, Riverside (with full funding)
  • Claremont Graduate University
  • Kansas State University (with full funding)
  • Purdue University
  • North Carolina State University
  • University of Hawaii

Student Awards and Accomplishments

Our students have had a number of awards and accomplishments that have distinguished them in the university and community. The following are from the last five years.

Ray & Marge Lancaster Scholarship Awards

  • 2022-2023, Shanna Bui
  • 2022-2023, Audrey Halim 
  • 2022-2023, Jireh Deng
  • 2021-2022, Ashely Wong
  • 2021-2022, Timothy Nguyen
  • 2021-2022, Jireh Deng
  • 2020-2021, Cristofer Lopez-Vargas
  • 2020-2021, Jacob Marines
  • 2020-2021, Mawish Rahman
  • 2020-2021, Jenny Benitez
  • 2020-2021, Jireh Deng
  • 2019-2020, Emmanuel  Tolentino 
  • 2019-2020, Erin Ochikubo
  • 2019-2020, Blake Hannagan
  • 2019-2020, Nicholas Roy
  • 2018-2019, Joseph Ryan McEntee
  • 2018-2019, Kaitlin Diane Doolittle
  • 2018-2019, Nicolas Harper Roy
  • 2017-2018, Ryan Trias

Gene R. Simonson Economics Department Scholarship Awards

  • 2022-2023, Bowen Deng
  • 2022-2023, Peter Villasista
  • 2021-2022, Byron Luk
  • 2021-2022, Audrey Halim
  • 2020-2021, Doris Woods
  • 2020-2021, Mateo Maya
  • 2019-2020, John Oliver Santiago 
  • 2019-2020, Sotiris Markitanis
  • 2018-2019, Andrew Rowen Ruff
  • 2018-2019, Julia Louise Jaynes
  • 2015-2016, Nicholas Jenkins

Powell  Scholarship

  • 2022-2023, Shayla Chung
  • 2022-2023, Yongqian Huang
  • 2021-2022, Jocelyn Sanchez
  • 2021-2022, Laila Elsharkawy
  • 2020-2021, Melissa Favorite 
  • 2020-2021, Sung Joo Ahn
  • 2019-2020, Sung Joo Ahn
  • 2019-2020, Aubree Dodd

Settlemyer Family Scholarship 

  • 2022-2023, Jessica Lopez
  • 2021-2022, Berenice Vargas
  • 2020-2021, Cristofer Lopez-Vargas
  • 2019-2020, Stephany Lyva Ortiz
  • 2018-2019, Elizabeth Ramierz

HOGAR Graduate Student Scholarship Awards

  • 2017-2018, Herman Singh
  • 2016-2017, Kevin Gomez
  • 2015-2016, Varren Anacleto and Ryan Hunter

CSULB Graduate Research Fellowship

  • 2016-2017, Nicholas Jenkins

CSULB Student Research Competition

Each year, CSULB students compete in a university-wide research competition.  This highlights the excellent research efforts of our students and its recognition within the university.

  • 2023

    Justin Gamoras, “Application of Economic Game Theory and Nash-Q Reinforcement Learning in Studying Data Preservation Sensor Nodes” – First Place

  • 2021

    Elena Kotanchyan, “The Impact of Education on Income Inequality: CrossCountry Analysis” – First Place

  • 2020

    Nicholas Roy, “Port Drayage Disruptions” – First Place

  • 2019

    Kristen Way, “Source Protection Areas: Possible Causes for Establishment” – First Place

  • 2017

    Nicholas Jenkins, “Becoming an Entrepreneur: The Role of Employment History and Risk” – First Place
    Cesar Servin, “Racial Bias” – Second Place

  • 2016

    Saba Mojtahedi, “The Effects of California Solar Initiative Rebates on Solar Energy Adoption” – First Place

Dean’s List of Graduating Master Students

At the graduate level, the Dean’s List is awarded competitively by the college, with only the top one percent of the class receiving this award.  Two of our students have earned this prestigious award.

  • Samuel Valdez, 2014
  • Yan Ma, 2013

Other Accolades

  • CSU (State-wide) Student Research Competition, Participant, Nicholas Jenkins, 2017
  • CSU (State-wide) Student Research Competition, Second Place Winner – Justin Gamoras, 2020