Behavioral Science PhD Student Sydney Callaway
Education
MA, Economics and Divinity, University of Chicago
Background
Sydney grew up in sunny San Diego, California before attending University of South Carolina in 2015 as a D1 student athlete. She obtained two master's degrees at the University of Chicago in Divinity and Economics and spent a year in Singapore conducting randomized control trials. She joined the Booth Behavioral Science group as a PhD student in 2025.
Research Interests
Sydney is interested in the intersections of psychology and economics, with specific focus on information, decision making, and beliefs. Her prior research included education and health-care decision-making and leveraged online experiments and RCT.