February 11, 2021
MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University Master of Science in Quantitative Economics graduate student and Master of Business Administration alumna (2019) Marine Foray, of Lyon, France, has been invited to share her research by the London School of Economics and Johns Hopkins University at a joint conference this month.
The event, which will be held virtually Friday, Feb. 12 and Friday, Feb. 19, is a special conference on experimental insights on behavioral economics on COVID-19. Invited speakers from Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania will present.
"Marine Foray is an exceptional grad student having already completed her MBA (through the Atlantis program) and is now finishing her joint pursuit of the M.S. in Q-Economics and ASDA," said Jessica Harriger-Lin, interim director for the WIU School of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Decision Sciences. "Dr. [WIU Assistant Professor of Economics Jobu] Babin's mentorship is an excellent example of the lengths to which our faculty go to support student research. Even the most seasoned scholar would be thrilled to be accepted into this conference, yet alone a grad student."