EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economics, University of Texas at Austin 2015 Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Econometrics Committee Chair: Professor Sandra E. Black M.S. in Economics, University of Texas at Austin 2012 B.A in Economics and English, Vanderbilt University 2009 High departmental honors in Economics Minor: Mathematics PUBLICATIONS TAKSing Students? Texas Exit Exam Effects on Student Capital Formation WORKING PAPERS Work-Study Financial Aid and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Community Colleges in Texas with Emily Weisburst Spreading HOPE? Measuring the Effect of Merit Scholarships in Tennessee PROFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE Research Experience University of Texas Energy Institute Jan. 2014-Aug. 2014 Prof. Carey King and Prof. Michael Blackhurst Ray Marshall Center May 2013-Nov. 2013 Workforce Data Quality Initiative Prof. Sandra E. Black and Dr. Chris King Teaching Experience University of Texas at Austin, Department of Economics Introduction to Econometrics Fall 2014, Fall 2012 Money and Banking* Summer 2014 Health Economics* Fall 2013, Spring 2014 Personnel Economics* Spring 2013 Informational Society Spring 2012, Spring 2011 Environmental and Resource Economics* Fall 2011 Marxist Economics* Fall 2010 * denotes a class requiring substantial student writing and instructor feedback PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Dissertation Committee Member, Gabriel Salines, 2017 Economics Graduate Students Assembled (EGAD), University of Texas Vice President Fall 2014-Present President Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Cohort Representative Fall 2012-Spring 2013 PROGRAMMING Proficient: STATA, Latex. Some Experience: R, EViews, SAS. |
