Deniz Sanin

Deniz Sanin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University (2022) and was a Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Women and Public Policy Program. Her research examines gender economics, labor markets, and policy impacts in developing economies.

Her primary research interests focus on how government policies affect female employment and domestic violence, using natural experiments and large-scale data analysis. She teaches econometrics and development economics.

Research trends show consistent focus on gender-based economic disparities, with recent work exploring intersections of labor laws, social norms, and household dynamics. Her methodologies combine theoretical modeling with empirical rigor across international contexts.

• ASHEcon Program Chair Award (2023)
• Best Development/Applied Paper Award (2021)
• Harvard Kennedy School Fellowship (2021-2022)

She has received grants including a PEDL Exploratory Research Grant ($40,000) and Darla Moore School Research Grant ($5,000). As a visiting scholar at Yale and Harvard, she collaborates on gender economics initiatives.