Hi, I am Aliyah, a first-year PhD student in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas, Austin. My research interests are in economic theory, specifically at the intersection of microeconomic theory, psychology, and development. Before starting graduate school, I studied economics and French as an undergraduate, also at UT Austin.

Aside from economics, I love to fuel whatever direction my creative interests take me. I have been training in classical dance for around two decades, and am also a writer whenever inspiration strikes, writing about politics, films, my favourite books, and poetry.