Join us in congratulating Antonio Merlo on his appointment as the new Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, effective this coming summer. An alumnus of GSAS (as well as an award-winning coach and founder of NYU’s water polo team), he previously served as the Dean of Social Sciences at Rice University as well as the director of the Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics. A graduate of Bocconi University in Italy (A.B.) and NYU (Ph.D.), Antonio taught at NYU from 1998-2000 as an associate professor of Economics.
Antonio’s research focuses include voting, the economics of crime, career decisions of politicians, and the study of the residential housing market. Among his many awards and honors, Antonio has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society; the Pareto Lecture in Economics and Social Sciences; Peden Senior Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge; and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. Additionally, he received the Coach of the Year Award for the Collegiate Water Polo Association three times.
Read the official NYU press release for more information.
We look forward to welcoming Antonio Merlo to Arts and Sciences!
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