Christelle Khalaf

Christelle Khalaf is an economist and the associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois Chicago. Khalaf is author or co-author of over 20 technical reports and briefs, and has been quoted in several news media outlets, including NPR, HuffPost, and Energy News Network. Khalaf has published peer-reviewed papers in Economic Inquiry, Journal of Computational Social Science, Regional Science Policy & Practice, Economic Development Quarterly, and Journal of Labor Research, among other journals. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from North Carolina State University.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Associate Director, Government Finance Research Center, University of Illinois Chicago
  • 2020–2022
    Associate Director, Center for Business and Economic Analysis, University of Wyoming
  • 2017–2020
    Economist, Ohio University

Education

  • 2017 
    North Carolina State University, Ph.D. in Economics

Contact Christelle for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision