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Sofia Kalantzi is a lecturer in economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Aristotle University, graduating Summa Cum Laude with the highest GPA at the inception of the School of Economics. She received her PhD in Economics from the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University, where she was also recognized as a recipient of the Symbolic Degree awarded on behalf of PhD graduates. During her time as a PhD candidate at Drexel, Kalantzi taught courses including Introduction to Macroeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, and International Money and Finance, achieving the highest course evaluations in her Intermediate Macroeconomics class (4.00/4.00) and Introduction to Macroeconomics (3.97/4.00). She was awarded the prestigious Dr. John J. and Dr. Margaret T. Clark Outstanding Ph.D. Student Instructor Award in 2015 for her exceptional teaching performance. Kalantzi's research interest lies in macroeconomics, with a focus on macro-prudential policies, banking, monetary policy, fiscal policy, financial economics, time-series econometrics, and applied macroeconomics. Her research examines the key facts related to the recent global financial crisis and aims to provide insights into the policies implemented to mitigate its adverse effects.
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