Undergraduate Departmental Representatives

Undergraduate Departmental Representatives (UDRs) serve as student representatives of the department, organize events for economics students and provide feedback to faculty and staff. 

UDRs are also available to provide information to economics majors and prospective majors.

Meet Our UDRs

Guillermo Caballero
Guillermo Caballero
Economics UDR
Guillermo Caballero from a small town in Paraguay. He is majoring in Economics and IGS. He is currently a Wien Scholar and a TA in the Economics Department. Guille, as he likes to be called, is passionate about topics of international trade, labor economics and income inequality across countries. He works as a front desk assistant at the library and an office assistant at the romance studies department. During his free time, he enjoys watching movies, listening to podcasts in French and drinking tea. 
Bob Corpening
Bob Corpening
Economics UDR
Howdy! My name’s Bob Corpening and I’m currently a sophomore majoring in Economics, minoring in Math and Creative Writing. On campus, I’ve been a TA for Intro to Micro, as well as a club treasurer and president of an investment club. Outside of school, I like writing sci fi horror stories for my personal website, doing equity research, and baking pies. I look forward to working with my fellow UDRs and students this year!
Annie Huang
Annie Huang
Economics UDR

Yaxi Huang (Annie) is a junior from Chengdu, China, double majoring in Economics and IGS, and minoring Business. On campus, she joined CSSA in the department of Public Relation when she was a freshman. She was in Waltham Group for tutoring when she was a freshman. She studied abroad in Seoul, Korea last summer and will go to Singapore in Spring 2020. She likes dancing and she has her own dancing club on campus called Vascrick.

Annie has enjoyed her experience as an Economics student at Brandeis and hopes to help students have a similar experience. She is always happy to answer any questions and talk about her experiences with the Econ department!

Jinye Li
Jinye Li
Economics UDR

Jinye Li is a Sophomore majoring in Economics and Psychology, and minoring in Math. She comes from Beijing, China. She is the secretary director in Global China Connection and she has organized several academic events in the club. In Freshman year she volunteered in the peer mentoring program in Waltham group and helped middle school students with their homework. She went to Copenhagen study abroad program during summer in 2018. She especially loves the course Behavioral Economics which is offered in the program.  

During free time, she loves watching movies and taking photos. She also enjoys chatting with people and hanging out with friends. She is looking forward to helping Econ department to organize events and answering questions. If you have any question about Econ major or if you are interested in the Copenhagen program, feel free to contact her through email!