Announcements

QSS major Esmeralda Abreu Jerez awarded Rhodes Scholarship

Esmeralda Abreau Jerez '25, who majored in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) and Geography during her four years in Hanover, was recently chosen as a 2026 Rhodes Scholar!  QSS has existed since 2015, and Esmeralda is the first Rhodes Scholar to graduate from the program.  Congratulations to Esmeralda on this achievement!

The Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest and one of the most prestigious academic awards in the world, will allow Esmeralda to begin fully funded postgraduate study at the University of Oxford in England in October 2026.  She plans to work toward a career as a social epidemiologist in high-impact policy organizations.

You can read the full Dartmouth news story about Esmeralda here, and Esmeralda's bio from the Rhodes Trust winners profiles list is as below.

Esmeralda Abreau Jerez, Bronx, graduated from Dartmouth College in 2025 with a B.A. in Geography and Quantitative Social Science. Esmeralda is currently working at Pfizer, where she focuses on research on patient outcomes and quality of life. Her senior honors thesis, which examined labor organizing among home health aides in New York City, received high honors. While at Dartmouth, she was an organizer and steward with the Student Worker's Collective and founded a women's health committee serving migrant farm workers in the Upper Valley. At Oxford, Esmeralda proposes to complete an M.Sc. in Global Health Sciences and Epidemiology and an M.Sc. in Health Service Improvement and Evaluation.

QSS professor's journey from student to faculty

Dartmouth Admissions recently made a video of Prof. Chang describing his academic journey from student to faculty. 

Herbert Chang `18 is one of three faculty members in the Program in Quantitative Social Science (QSS).  Prof. Chang is also a Dartmouth undergraduate, who majored in QSS, Mathematics, and Creative Writing.

Prof. Chang completed his doctorate at the University of Southern California; his undergraduate thesis advisor, Professor Feng Fu, is the Department of Mathematics and serves on the QSS Steering Committee. 

QSS Steering Committee member named fellow of the Society of Labor Economists

Professor Claudia Olivetti, the George J. Records 1956 Professor of Economics, was recently named a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. Professor Olivetti is a member of the Steering Committee of the Program in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) and has taught at Dartmouth since 2019.  Her current research examines the gendered effects of structural transformation and the medium- and long-term impacts of federally sponsored childcare and after-school programs on the World War II home front.  Membership in the Society of Labor Economists "recognizes labor economists who have made contributions of unusual distinction to the field."

QSS major + STAMPS Scholar Ming Zha '27 featured on the Dartmouth

QSS is hiring!

The Program in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) at Dartmouth College seeks a teacher-scholar for appointment as a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor, to begin as early as July 1, 2026. QSS is an interdisciplinary program that integrates modern statistical, computational, and mathematical tools with social science. With an emphasis on tackling social science questions, relevant fields for this search include economics, geography, political science, social psychology, sociology, applied mathematics, statistics, demography, and related disciplines.

Details on the position and a link to apply are available at Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/172357. A short description of the position is as follows.

The Program in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) at Dartmouth College seeks a teacher-scholar for an appointment as a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor, to begin as early as July 1, 2026. QSS is an interdisciplinary program that integrates modern statistical, computational, and mathematical tools with social science. With an emphasis on tackling social science questions, relevant fields include applied mathematics, statistics, demography, economics, geography, political science, sociology, and related disciplines. Applicants should have a strong methodological background and should seek to (1) conduct social science research using advanced quantitative or game theoretic methods; (2) teach and develop courses in research design, statistical methods, and/or game theoretic methods at the undergraduate level; and (3) facilitate the continuing development of the QSS program. Keen interest in mentoring of undergraduates is a must, along with a demonstrated interest in encouraging students of all backgrounds and disciplinary interests. The person in this position will be expected to foster cross-disciplinary connections at Dartmouth around modern research methods. Qualified candidates should have a Ph.D in a relevant discipline, or be ABD with degree conferred by the start date. For a complete position description, visit Interfolio [link to be placed here]. Review of applications will begin on November 10, 2025, and continue until the position is filled. For questions regarding this position, please contact: Brendan Nyhan (mailto:Brendan.J.Nyhan@dartmouth.edu).