CV

Kurt Semm  

Ecological Political Economist - Water Resources and Management 

Ph.D. Candidate at the New School for Social Research - ksemm@newschool.edu

Junior Economist at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) - ksemm@ineteconomics.org

Education 

Ph.D. Candidate, Economics Department

Dissertation: “Capitalist Development and Water Management: A Case Study of Southwest US”

Dissertation Committee: Clara Mattei, Ying Chen, Anwar Shaikh

MS, Economics Department

BA, English Literature and Economics

Summa Cum Laude 

Fellowships, Grants, Awards


3-year Prize Fellowship at the New School for Social Research  

Awarded the Walter A. Eberstadt Dissertation Fund - $5,000 per semester. 


Teaching

2022

Graduate Teaching Fellow (Instructor of Note)


Graduate Teaching Assistant


Graduate Teaching Assistant


2021

Graduate Teaching Assistant 



Conferences, Workshops, Webinars

2021

“Early Career Days” Young Scholars Initiative, Webinar  (Event Organizer) 


2022         

“I’m an Economist: How Much Coding Should I know?” Early Career Times, Webinar    (Event Organizer and Panelist) 


2023



(Event Organizer)

Attended History of Economic Thought Teaching Workshop 



MEmberships and Associations