Jessie Handbury
handbury.bsky.social
Jessie Handbury
@handbury.bsky.social
Economist and Associate Professor of Real Estate at Wharton with #urbanecon focus
Please reach out to me or my colleagues - real-estate.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/facu..., plus
Brad Ross (joining summer 2026!) - if you have any questions. Happy to connect you with current or previous pre-docs as well!
Faculty List
real-estate.wharton.upenn.edu
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
4. Dedicated faculty mentorship to help you figure out what you want to do next and how to get there.

5. Courses/resources/advising geared to help you develop your research ideas into a grad-school-ready agenda (if that's what you decide you want to do next!).
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
2. Direct work with and training from faculty. Limited post-doc/PhD student layer between faculty and pre-docs.

3. Opportunities to hang out with and learn from a talented set of 15+ applied econ predocs.
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
1. Exposure to a broad range of fields/methods. Pre-docs each work with two faculty matched on interest, which span urban, public, development, IO, HH finance, spatial, trade, transportation, etc.
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM