Megan Hunter ‘10 discusses her interest in mathematics at Pomona, her Masters in Statistics at Harvard and her PhD in Marketing at Stanford, and her journey of applying math to different aspects of the world. Following graduation, Megan was undecided on what she wanted to pursue, but had an interest in Statistics due to its applicability to a variety of areas. Before completing her Masters in Statistics at Harvard, she worked for the City of Claremont and tutored students for a year. Following her Masters, she worked as a Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve. During this time, many of her co-workers had PhDs, leading her to consider pursuing a PhD. She went on to obtain a PhD in Quantitative Marketing . Megan received a professor position at Boston College towards the end of her PhD, and she is currently an Assistant Professor at Boston College’s Carroll School of management.

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