Dr. Adriana Kugler, a professor of public policy and economics at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Academic Achievement Award from the American Society of Hispanic Economists. The honor recognizes a sustained record of research that has shaped economists' understanding of labor markets, trade, and the economics of immigration and places her among a select group of scholars singled out by the society for significant contributions to the field.
According to the McCourt School of Public Policy, the award recognizes individuals who make significant contributions to economics and whose research advances the goals of the American Society of Hispanic Economists. For Kugler, it caps a career that has moved fluidly between rigorous academic scholarship and senior public service, and that has consistently returned to questions of how economic policy affects workers, including Latino workers and immigrant communities.
