Susan Athey

Susan Athey
Susan Athey speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014
Born	(1970-11-29) November 29, 1970 (age 46) Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Institution	Stanford University
Field	Microeconomics Econometrics Machine Learning
Alma mater	Stanford Graduate School of Business Duke University
Doctoral advisor	Paul Milgrom Donald John Roberts Edward Lazear
Awards	John Bates Clark Medal (2007)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Susan Carleton Athey (born November 29, 1970) is an American economist. She is The Economics of Technology Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining Stanford, she was a professor at Harvard University. She is the first female winner of the John Bates Clark Medal. She currently serves as a long-term consultant to Microsoft as well as a consulting researcher to Microsoft Research.

Athey was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Rockville, Maryland.

Athey attended Duke University from the age of 16. As an undergraduate at Duke, she completed three majors, in economics, mathematics, and computer science. She got her start in economics research as a sophomore, working on problems related to auctions with Professor Robert Marshall. She was involved in a number of activities at Duke and served as treasurer of Chi Omega sorority and as president of the field hockey club.

Athey graduated with a Ph.D. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business at the age of 24. Her thesis was supervised by Professors Paul Milgrom and Donald John Roberts.

Athey is married to economist Guido Imbens.

Athey's first position was as an Assistant, Associate Professor and Castle Krob Career Development Chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for six years before returning to Stanford's Department of Economics as Professor holding the Holbrook Working Chair for another five years. She then served as Professor of Economics at Harvard University until 2012, when she returned to Stanford Graduate School of Business, her alma mater.