Peyton Rameas is a third-year student in the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt Law School. She is originally from North Carolina, where she graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina Wilmington with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Statistics in 2022. In addition to her undergraduate work, she completed her Master of Science in Accountancy at her alma mater the following year. As a third-year, Peyton is excited to develop her research interests and focus on creating publish-worthy scholarship.

Education:
M.S., Accountancy, University of North Carolina (Wilmington), 2023
B.S., Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina (Wilmington), 2022

Work Experience:

• Research Assistant (June 2024–Aug. 2024) for Professor Paige Skiba
  I worked with Professor Skiba on her paper, “Regulation on the Margin: Evidence from Online Payday Lending” by researching payday loan regulations at both the state and federal levels.
• Judicial Intern (May 2025–July 2025) for Honorable Magistrate Judge Jeffrey S. (“Chip”) Frensley
  As a judicial intern in the Middle District of Tennessee, I wrote judicial Orders and Report and Recommendations for Magistrate Judge Frensley to review and approve. I was also exposed to a variety of hearings at the federal courthouse.

Pro Bono Work:

• 2025 Pro Bono Spring Break Student Leader
  I researched name-changing procedures and create informative pamphlets for OUTMemphis, an LGBTQ+ community center. I volunteered at the organization’s Name Change Clinic, assisting participants with Name Change Petitions while supervised by a licensed attorney.

Presentations:

• Capstone Project: How Disease Outbreaks Influence Labor Market Models in America
  • We examined the relationship between state regulations after the COVID-19 pandemic and state unemployment rates for Tennessee and Massachusetts by exploiting a differential equations simulation.
• Honors Thesis: A Statistical Analysis of Employee Benefits and Incentives in America
  • I designed and distributed a survey that targeted working class Americans to determine which employee benefits are most desirable. I leveraged these results to argue that American businesses should invest in the most desirable benefits to better accumulate human capital and increase productivity.

Awards:

• Adrian D. Hurst Award for Scholastic Achievements in Mathematics – 2021
• Adrian D. Hurst Award for Scholastic Achievements in Mathematics – 2022
• Barbara Pridgen English Memorial Award for Scholastic Achievement in the Mathematical Sciences – 2022