Alumni Impact
Celebrating the achievements and contributions of Laney alumni across fields and around the world
From examining the tensions within America’s founding traditions to documenting the evolving relationship among religion, culture, and politics, Robert P. Jones, who earned his PhD from Emory’s Graduate Division of Religion in 2002, has built a career dedicated to bringing rigorous scholarship into the public sphere.
Justin Eloriaga 25G 26PhD will begin work this summer as an economist with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Shanghai, a role he accepted after emerging from a highly competitive global applicant pool.
Congratulations to the 2025 Emory 40 Under Forty recipients hailing from the James T. Laney Graduate School.
Emory alumnus David Bray has earned the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his influential career spanning bioterrorism response, technological innovation, and international leadership.
From field practicums to cross-disciplinary collaboration, Emory’s MDP program provided Esther Joe with the foundation she now draws on as a U.S. diplomat, earning her recognition as a 40 Under Forty honoree.
Recognized as a 2024 40 Under Forty honoree, Amelia Conrad draws on the skills she built in Emory’s MDP program to lead global impact initiatives as Director of Impact at Frontier Design and as an instructor supporting the next generation of consultants.