Jheelum Sarkar is a fourth year PhD student in Economics at American University, Washington, DC. Her research focuses on development and labor economics, with special focus on gender, financial inclusion and climate vulnerability in low-and middle-income countries. She has received the 4th Barbara Bergmann Graduate Fellowship for Gender Research in 2024. Her recent research explores gendered paid labor supply responses to flood shocks. She is also the editor of the Kogod Sustainability Review Journal at American University. Previously, she completed her MPhil and MA at the Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Her M.Phil. dissertation investigated the causal impact of extreme climate events on household well-being in mountain and coastal hotspots of India. She also holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta, India.