Background
Athey, Susan Carleton was born on November 29, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Whit and Elizabeth (Johansen) Athey.
Athey, Susan Carleton was born on November 29, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Whit and Elizabeth (Johansen) Athey.
Bachelor in Economics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Duke University, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Stanford University Business School, 1995.
Faculty research fellow National Bureau Economic Research, 1997—2001, research associate, since 2001. Assistant professor economics, department economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995—1997, Castle Krob Career Development assistant professor economics, department economics Cambridge, 1997—1999, Castle Krob Development associate professor economics, department economics, 1999—2001. Associate professor economics, department economics Stanford University, 2001—2004, Holbrook Working Professor Economics and Professor (by courtesy) Graduate School Business, department economics, 2004—2006.
Professor economics Harvard University, since 2006. Visiting assistant professor economics Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University, 1997—1998. Visiting professor Institut d'Economie Industrielle, Toulouse, 1998.
Consultant research department Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, 1999—2001. Principal Market Design, Inc., since 2001. Consultant Government British Columbia.
Member National Science Foundation Economics Panel, 2004—2006. Co-director, Market Design Program Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 2004—2006. Senior consultant Criterion Auctions, since 2006.
Chair, program committee North America Winter Meetings, 2006. Chief economist Microsoft Corporation, since 2007. Academic affiliate Analysis Group, since 2008.
Visiting, consulting researcher Microsoft Research New England, since 2008.
Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences, Econometric Society (program committee summer meetings 1997, 1998, member 8th World Congress 2000, member winter meetings 2001, 2005, fellows nominating committee 2006, council since 2007, chair, program committee, winter meetings 2006). Member: American Economic Association (chair Elaine Bennett Research Prize Committee 2002, nominating committee 2003, chair Elaine Bennett Research Prize Committee 2004, 2006, mentor, CeMent Monitoring Workshop 2006, member executive committee since 2008, John Bates Clark medal 2007), Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Guido Imbens. Children: Carleton, Annalise.