Rebecca Thornton

Rebecca Thornton is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. She is a Development Economist with research interests in education, health, and gender-related issues.

• Her academic responsibilities include advising graduate and undergraduate students, providing recommendation letters, and supervising research assistants.
• She emphasizes proactive communication, structured data handling in Stata, and collaborative research practices using shared folders.

For advising, she requires students to follow specific protocols, including submitting detailed materials for recommendation letters and adhering to rigorous dissertation timelines. Committee members must agree on readiness for dissertation defenses, with emphasis on completeness, coherence, and consistency in research outputs.

Thornton maintains strict expectations for folder organization, do-file documentation, and replication workflows, prioritizing transparency and efficiency in research projects.