Curriculum Vitae
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.