Alumni Who Pursued or are Pursuing a Ph.D. This table documents previous graduates and what their next steps were after leaving KU.NameUG ClassPh.D. InstitutionPh.D. SubjectJohn Higgins2021University of Wisconsin, MadisonEconomicsDavid Robinow2020University of KansasEconomicsLogan Hotz2019Columbia UniversityEconomicsAddie Lake2019University of California, DavisEconomicsChloe Smith2019Cornell UniversityPublic PolicyGrace Phillips2017Cornell UniversityEconomicsJohn Olson2017University of MichiganEconomicsClaire Hug2017Brown UniversityEconomicsMiranda Mendolia2017University of ConnecticutEconomicsGreg Leung2015University of KansasEconomicsJosh Russel2014Pardee RAND Graduate SchoolPublic Policy AnalysisJosh Dean2013Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEconomicsSijun Yu2011The University of KansasEconomicsMarie Hull2009Duke UniversityEconomicsAkwasi Nti-Addae2009The University of KansasEconomicsLaura Dague2007University of Madison-WisconsinEconomicsToshiyuki Wakana2006The University of KansasEconomicsRyan Mattson2005The University of KansasEconomicsHilla Skiba2002The University of KansasEconomicsIkuyasu Usui2001The University of KansasEconomicsAlex Ramthun2000The University of Nebraska-LincolnHuman Sciences and Leadership StudiesNathan Berg1995The University of KansasEconomicsAstrid Marschatz1994 The University of KansasEconomicsJames Eastman1992Harvard UniversityEconomicsThomas Walker1991The University of ChicagoEconomicsDanielle Lewis1991Kansas State UniversityEconomicsCharles Himmelberg1985Northwestern UniversityEconomicsSamuel A.D. Biller1985University of Illinois At Urbana-ChampaignEconomicsLori Taylor1984University of RochesterEconomicsJanet K. Willer1982 PsychologyWilliam Dare1982Texas Tech UniversityFinanceKermit Erik Daniel1982The University of ChicagoEconomicsJoel Light1981Capella UniversityOrganization and ManagementWilliam Weber1980The University of KansasEconomicsTerry von Ende1979The University of KansasEconomicsDaniel Biederman1979 The University of KansasEconomicsDan Black1977Purdue University Peter Orazem1977Yale UniversityEconomicsKim Rock1976The University of KansasPolicy and Leadership StudiesCharles Whiteman1975University of MinnesotaEconomicsHarold Dyck1975Purdue UniversityEconomicsWard Brian Zimmerman1974The University of KansasEducational Policy and AdministrationMonika Lee1974The University of KansasEconomicsTerry Kastens1973Kansas State UniversityAgricultural EconomicsDaniel M. Hamblin1972State University of New York at BuffaloApplied EconomicsLawrence D. Gwinn1972The University of KansasEconomicsRichard A. Jensen1971Northwestern UniversityEconomics