Wendy Morrison graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in economics and policy, philosophy, and law. She has worked as a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and Center City District. Morrison intends to pursue a PhD in economics and has skills in Stata software, economics modeling, and writing.

1. WENDY MORRISON
3215 O St NW Apt 8 | wendy.morrison@aei.org | 202.862.5830
PROFILE A Philadelphia native,Wendy graduated as an Echols Scholar from the University of Virginia
in May of 2015 with a double major in economics and PPL,Virginia’s interdisciplinarymajor
in Policy, Philosophy,and Law, as well as a minor in mathematics.Wendyintends to pursue
a PhD in economics.
SKILLS & ABILITIES Proficiency in Stata statistical software.Economics and econometric reasoning and
modeling.Strong performance in high level mathematics.Excellentwriting and verbal skills.
EXPERIENCE RESEARCH ASSISTANT AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
JUNE 2015 TO PRESENT
Research assistantto Dr. Michael Strain. Assists in long term research projects aimed at
peer reviewed journals.Works finding,obtaining,and cleaning data for use.Assists with
analysis ofdata and results,performs literature reviews,and provides feedback and editing
services for Dr. Strain’s publications.
TEACHING FELLOW UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
AUGUST 2014 TO MAY 2015
Responsible for preparing weeklylessons for two hour-long recitation sections for the
introductory micro and macroeconomics classes,as well as assigning homework
assignments and quizzes,grading recitation material and exams,and holding office hours.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND
JUNE 2014 TO AUGUST 2014
Authored several articles on economic issues,including a feature piece on the minimum
wage for the Research Department’s magazine, Econ Focus. Worked with a fellow research
assistantwriting do-files in Stata to prepare employmentdata for a long term research
project. Attended pre-pre FOMC meetings and education lectures on Federal Reserve
Policy. Worked closelywith economistBorys Grochulski preparing his paper,‘Pecuniary
Externalities,Segregated Exchanges,and Market Liquidityin a Diamond Dybvig Economy
with Retrade’,for publication and coauthored an ‘Economic Brief’ with him on the role of
theory in financial markets.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT CENTER CITY DISTRICT
JUNE 2010 TO SEPT 2010, DEC 2010 TO JAN 2011, DEC 2011 TO JAN 2012
Worked under then Vice President,Nancy Goldenberg and performed residential and retail
surveys and data analysis,conducted policyresearch,and revised projectpresentations.
EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
BA IN ECONOMICS, POLICY, PHILOSOPHY, AND LAW, AND MINOR IN ECONOMICS
3.9 in economics GPA, 3.84 cumulative GPA, Echols Scholar,recipientof the Duncan Clark
Hyde award for academic excellence in economics,distinguished major (DMP) in
economics and recipientofhighestdistinction for DMP thesis.
REFERENCES AARON STEELMAN, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND
Aaron.steelman@rich.frb.org