Student departmental advisers (SDAs) are seniors who serve as a resource for all current students, especially new students, who want to talk to a knowledgeable and experienced upper-class student about courses and registration. They supplement the information and advice available through faculty advisers and published materials and refer students to the proper office or department when needed.
2025-2026 SDAs
Sofia Hanna
Sofia (she/they) is an Economics and French double major from Simsbury, Connecticut. Their favorite economics classes so far have been Public Sector and International Trade. They also really enjoyed traveling to Bangladesh with my Microeconomics of Development class sophomore year.
Over the summer, they worked as a camp counselor for 7-10 year olds at a Quaker sleepaway camp in the mountains of North Carolina. The camp is also on a farm, and places a lot of value on community, simplicity, respecting nature, and sustainably. They loved teaching, learning from, and working with kids and had such a fun time!
On campus, they play club hockey and rugby, is on the Model United Nations team, and attends folk singing club. Sofia is also a prefect for the Econ department, and really enjoys sharing their love for the subject. Please feel free to reach out to Sofia if you have any questions about Economics! They hope to meet you around campus!
Owen Jones
Owen (He/Him) is from Northern California, and is an Economics major with minors in Arabic and Data Science. He is delighted to be serving as one of the Economics SDAs this year! His favorite economic classes so far have been International Trade with Prathi, Microeconomics of Development with Faress, and Intermediate Macro Theory with Ethan. He also enjoyed pursuing an independent research project with Victor in the Spring of 2025!
This past summer, he interned in Boston at Analysis Group, an economic and strategic consulting firm, working primarily in R and Stata to perform statistical analyses for economists to be used in corporate litigation cases. Owen loved the work he was able to be a part of, and was even more fond of the collaborative work environment there. However, the true highlight of my summer was hiking Mt. Washington, the highest point in New England!
Off campus at Carleton, he is a member of the Club Tennis team (Clennis!), serves as a prefect and TA in the Econ Department, and is also an SDA for the Arabic/Middle Eastern Languages Department. Feel free to reach out to Owen should you have any questions about classes, life at Carleton, or anything else. I look forward to meeting you soon!
Narjis Nusaibah
Narjis (she/her) is a senior economics and chemistry double major from Bangladesh. She is excited to be one of your SDAs this year! Her favorite econ classes have been Microeconomics of Development with Faress and Intermediate Macro with Victor. Even though she is hoping to go to med school down the line, she’s found that econ classes have shaped the way she thinks in so many valuable ways, and most importantly, she really enjoy studying it. If you want to learn something different, Carleton is one of the best places to do so!
This past summer, she did biochemistry research at Carleton before heading to Bangladesh for her Projects for Peace fellowship, where she started a nonprofit focused on women’s health. She has also begun connecting this work to Health Economics research, which has been incredibly exciting.
On campus, she’s an RA and also involved in CSA, MOSAIC, Doctors Without Borders, and biochem research. She is happy to chat about double majoring, figuring out class schedules and course load (her two majors are extremely unrelated, so she ended up becoming really good at this!), how to get the most out of your classes, or just anything you’re curious about. She loves chatting!