I'm currently a Rhodes Scholar studying for the MPhil in Economics at Oxford. I graduated from Harvard in May 2021 with a degree in history and economics. I grew up in Tustin, California, and was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

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My research in economic history has been featured in The New York Times [1] [2], The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe x The Emancipator. I helped create the world's longest letter for loneliness during the pandemic, featured in the Boston Globe and the MIT Technology Review. I co-authored economic research that build GDP trackers for the IMF at the IMF Working Paper Series.  

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My poetry, documentary photography, and paintings have been featured in the White House President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, the Kennedy Center, the Kenyon Review, BOAAT, and the Tupelo Quarterly.

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Email: chencarissa@gmail.com

Twitter: @carissajiarong

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