Ellie Hyde OC ‘26

Hiroshima, Japan (2026-28)

Ellie Hyde ‘26 majored in Economics with a concentration in Mathematics and a minor in Statistical Modeling. She has worked as an economics teaching fellow and chaired the Economics Majors Committee, where she focused on increasing gender diversity within the major. In her third year, Ellie was named a Geneen Scholar at Oberlin College, which kindled her interest in regulatory policy and inspired her to intern at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Beyond her academic and professional work, Ellie is deeply engaged with her Japanese American heritage through leadership in the Japanese Student Association and through two Winter Term projects researching the A-bomb survivor trees of Hiroshima.