Roy Randen is currently a graduate student at the Johns Hopkins University – Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he is pursuing a Masters in International Economics & Finance. Before SAIS, he served two years as part of the leadership team for the Yale Young African Scholars program – an academic enrichment and university access program for African high school students. Roy’s research interests are in political economy and the microeconomics of development. While an undergraduate student, he was a Research Assistant with Professor Christopher Udry, where he worked to examine the impact of various interventions on the productivity of smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana. At SAIS, he is on the editorial board for the International Finance and Economics Review publication, and will be conducting research with Professor Peter Lewis in spring 2021. Roy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Mathematics from Yale University.