About
Ray is a recent PhD graduate from the Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
His research interests lie primarily in health economics and policy, political economy, and the economics of race and gender, with a particular interest in the political economy of maternal, infant, and child health.
Ray’s award-winning dissertation focused on using economic methods to understand the reproductive, infant, and maternal health implications of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the increasing limits on abortion access in the United States.
Ray will be joining the Department of Economics at Colby College starting in Fall 2025.