Reva Resstack Adjunct Instructor Politics, Governance & Economics

Degrees: Ph.D. Candidate, Economics, American University
B.S., Economics and International Development, Tulane University
Favorite Spot on Campus: SIS Atrium
Bio: Reva Resstack is a PhD Candidate in the Economics department, where she studies economic impacts of foreign aid and migration policy in countries of origin and destination. Her interests include development, labor, and economic history, with a particular focus on El Salvador. She previously worked under Dr. Michael Clemens and Dr. Thomas Ginn at the Center for Global Development, supporting their work on migration and displacement, and as a Research Fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), supporting the Central America Monitor.

Resstack has also conducted fieldwork in Uganda, Mexico, and Peru. For over 10 years, she has been working on grassroots projects with partners in El Salvador, including research on the impact of gangs on educational attainment. She has also worked as a consultant to the World Bank and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation on funding for refugee programming.

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