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The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that the following members of the Class of 2005 have been conferred College Honors for outstanding academic achievement and for completing successfully a research thesis of honors quality:

Adam Neff
Honors Thesis: "Grounds for Change: Global Coffee Markets, Fair Trade and Producer Unionism in the Twenty-First Century"
Faculty Mentor: Professor
Jim Whitney

Chris Smutny
Honors Thesis: "An Analysis of the Relationship Between Incentives in the United Teachers Los Angeles Contract and the Quality of Education in the Los Angeles Unified School District"
Faculty Mentor: Professor
Sita Slavov

Maria Stoyadinova
Honors Thesis: "The Challenges of Euro Adoption: Case Studies of the Czech Republic and Slovenia"
Faculty Mentor: Professor
Giorgio Secondi

James Yu
Honors Thesis: "Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs of Bringing a Professional Football Franchise to Los Angeles?"
Faculty
Mentor: Professor
Robby Moore