Mizzou Economics student Jonathon Zars (BS) has accepted a two-year research assistantship position at the Brookings Institution Center for Economic Security and Opportunity (CESO), a part of the Brookings Economic Studies program, where he will be working with CESO scholars Sarah Reber and Tara Watson. His research work will focus on policy areas including education, social welfare, and immigration and will consist of 50% quantitative analysis and 50% other research support tasks.