Courses Taught
Econometrics I
ECO3410
Description:
Econometrics are the statistics for analyzing economic questions and data. While other economics courses will teach you the theory and understanding of economic problems, the strength of this course is that it will provide the statistical tools to analyze practical problems that present themselves to policy makers in the real world. The course covers statistical methods as applied in economics and finance. Topics include estimation and hypothesis testing, ordinary least squares estimators and their properties, single and multiple regression models, fixed-effects (FE), and differences-in-differences estimation. The application of these models are taught with the use of Stata.
Intermediate Price Theory (Intermediate Microeconomics)
ECO3101
Description:
Microeconomic theory is the primary foundation for all other neoclassical economic theory including most of macroeconomics. Microeconomic theory provides insights into the behavior of both individual and collective actors (firms) in markets. This course provides insight into how economists analyze practical problems that present themselves to policy makers in the real world.
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO2013
Description:
Introduction of Economics as the study of how people make choices due to scarcity of resources, with a focus on the market system of economic choice. The course includes the study of how individuals, large groups of individuals, and countries involved in the market system make choices and how society's economic activities are organized. Importantly, the class covers how government policy impacts the overall economy, and what public choice economics can teach us about the incentive structure behind policy choices.
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO2023
Description:
The course focuses on presenting the incentive and choice structures of individuals and small groups. As with the macroeconomic class, the impact of government policy on firms behavior is important to understand when examining how the micro economy makes choices under scarcity. Key goals include introducing students to opportunity costs, efficiency, elasticity, and externalities, while examining the four major types of industrial market structures: pure competition, oligopolies, monopolistic competition, and monopolies.
Common Sense Economics
ECO2000 (Online Only)
Description:
This course includes 16 core learning modules that cover both economics and personal finance. It incorporates readings, videos, discussion questions, and assignments designed to make economics both understandable and exciting. It is divided into four major parts. Part 1 focuses on the basic concepts of economics, including incentives, scarcity, opportunity cost, marginalism, gains from trade, demand, supply, the pricing mechanism, and secondary effects. Part 2 focuses on the key elements of an environment for growth and prosperity. Potential sources of growth, including property rights, the competitive process, allocation of capital, monetary stability, low taxes, and international trade are examined. Part 3 focuses on the role of government and the operation of the political process. Both market failure and government failure are explained and analyzed. As in the case of markets, the tools of economics are used to address how the political process works, why it sometimes works poorly, and what might be done to improve the process. Part 4 applies the tools of economics to personal finance. Choosing a career, entrepreneurship, budgeting, saving, investing, credit, insurance, and tax considerations are examined in this section. This course will improve your understanding of key elements of economics and personal finance, and help you make better choices and live a more fulfilling life. A bonus learning module is available to those individuals interested in applying economic reasoning to investigating the causes and consequences of the Great Depression and Great Recession.
Econometrics I
ECO3410
Description:
Econometrics are the statistics for analyzing economic questions and data. While other economics courses will teach you the theory and understanding of economic problems, the strength of this course is that it will provide the statistical tools to analyze practical problems that present themselves to policy makers in the real world. The course covers statistical methods as applied in economics and finance. Topics include estimation and hypothesis testing, ordinary least squares estimators and their properties, single and multiple regression models, fixed-effects (FE), and differences-in-differences estimation. The application of these models are taught with the use of Stata.
Intermediate Price Theory (Intermediate Microeconomics)
ECO3101
Description:
Microeconomic theory is the primary foundation for all other neoclassical economic theory including most of macroeconomics. Microeconomic theory provides insights into the behavior of both individual and collective actors (firms) in markets. This course provides insight into how economists analyze practical problems that present themselves to policy makers in the real world.
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO2013
Description:
Introduction of Economics as the study of how people make choices due to scarcity of resources, with a focus on the market system of economic choice. The course includes the study of how individuals, large groups of individuals, and countries involved in the market system make choices and how society's economic activities are organized. Importantly, the class covers how government policy impacts the overall economy, and what public choice economics can teach us about the incentive structure behind policy choices.
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO2023
Description:
The course focuses on presenting the incentive and choice structures of individuals and small groups. As with the macroeconomic class, the impact of government policy on firms behavior is important to understand when examining how the micro economy makes choices under scarcity. Key goals include introducing students to opportunity costs, efficiency, elasticity, and externalities, while examining the four major types of industrial market structures: pure competition, oligopolies, monopolistic competition, and monopolies.
Common Sense Economics
ECO2000 (Online Only)
Description:
This course includes 16 core learning modules that cover both economics and personal finance. It incorporates readings, videos, discussion questions, and assignments designed to make economics both understandable and exciting. It is divided into four major parts. Part 1 focuses on the basic concepts of economics, including incentives, scarcity, opportunity cost, marginalism, gains from trade, demand, supply, the pricing mechanism, and secondary effects. Part 2 focuses on the key elements of an environment for growth and prosperity. Potential sources of growth, including property rights, the competitive process, allocation of capital, monetary stability, low taxes, and international trade are examined. Part 3 focuses on the role of government and the operation of the political process. Both market failure and government failure are explained and analyzed. As in the case of markets, the tools of economics are used to address how the political process works, why it sometimes works poorly, and what might be done to improve the process. Part 4 applies the tools of economics to personal finance. Choosing a career, entrepreneurship, budgeting, saving, investing, credit, insurance, and tax considerations are examined in this section. This course will improve your understanding of key elements of economics and personal finance, and help you make better choices and live a more fulfilling life. A bonus learning module is available to those individuals interested in applying economic reasoning to investigating the causes and consequences of the Great Depression and Great Recession.
Teaching Assistant
Growth of the American Economy - Spring 2015
The Economics of Art and Culture (Online) - Spring 2014
Free to Choose - Fall 2014
Applied Microeconomic Analysis - Fall 2013
Financial Markets, the Banking System, and Monetary Policy - Summer 2011, Spring 2012
Introductory Microeconomics - Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2014 Spring 2015
Introductory Macroeconomics - Fall 2011, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Growth of the American Economy - Spring 2015
The Economics of Art and Culture (Online) - Spring 2014
Free to Choose - Fall 2014
Applied Microeconomic Analysis - Fall 2013
Financial Markets, the Banking System, and Monetary Policy - Summer 2011, Spring 2012
Introductory Microeconomics - Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2014 Spring 2015
Introductory Macroeconomics - Fall 2011, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Teaching Interests
Econometrics I
Principles of Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Economic Growth and Institutions
Political Economy
Econometrics I
Principles of Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Economic Growth and Institutions
Political Economy
Teaching Philosophy
It is my responsibility to inspire students to think, analyze, and present ideas based on theoretical and technical understanding. I believe in joining real-world application with economic concepts by bringing examples to the classroom that draw students in and inspire them to learn. When a student completes one of my courses, I want them to understand how real-world application provides context for knowledge they have acquired in their coursework. It isn’t just my responsibility to teach facts: I approach teaching from the perspective of providing students with a practical understanding of economics in day-to-day experiences so that they can see the economic principles beyond the classroom. Economic theories explain how people make choices under scarcity. I strive to give students the framework to organize and understand how they can evaluate the cost and benefits of choices, their own as well as those made by other members of society. My hope is to give students the skills to understand how to build and organize economic knowledge and critically evaluate what they are learning in my course as well as throughout their educational journey.
In order to facilitate an active learning environment, I make an effort to create a classroom atmosphere in which students can evaluate and critically reason through the subject matter. It is important to provide students with the room to express differing opinions without reservations within an ethically strong framework. General consensus on the methods through which teachers can impact student learning finds that building rapport with students can be a strong motivator in student success. I work to captivate students in a way to achieve that goal, and find that, on average, students are motivated, engaged, and strive to participate in my courses. This has the direct result that many students complete all of the assignments, exams, and course material, with few simply dropping out. My teaching approach results in interesting student discussions and a classroom setting with more energy than provided by a traditional lecture.
I truly enjoy teaching, and I believe that economics introduces a mindset that evaluates marginal costs and benefits as well as skills that encourage critical-thinking in every-day life. As a teacher, my goal is to consistently improve my teaching skills and pedagogical practices. I prepare and design my courses and lectures in a way that fulfills the goal of equipping students for their future paths in academics and in their professional careers. In Florida, university level economics is required to graduate, and teaching general education economics courses is one of my most enjoyable classroom experiences. It gives me the opportunity to introduce the economic way of thinking and hopefully guide students in making better decisions for themselves and the community as they move on from my class.
It is my responsibility to inspire students to think, analyze, and present ideas based on theoretical and technical understanding. I believe in joining real-world application with economic concepts by bringing examples to the classroom that draw students in and inspire them to learn. When a student completes one of my courses, I want them to understand how real-world application provides context for knowledge they have acquired in their coursework. It isn’t just my responsibility to teach facts: I approach teaching from the perspective of providing students with a practical understanding of economics in day-to-day experiences so that they can see the economic principles beyond the classroom. Economic theories explain how people make choices under scarcity. I strive to give students the framework to organize and understand how they can evaluate the cost and benefits of choices, their own as well as those made by other members of society. My hope is to give students the skills to understand how to build and organize economic knowledge and critically evaluate what they are learning in my course as well as throughout their educational journey.
In order to facilitate an active learning environment, I make an effort to create a classroom atmosphere in which students can evaluate and critically reason through the subject matter. It is important to provide students with the room to express differing opinions without reservations within an ethically strong framework. General consensus on the methods through which teachers can impact student learning finds that building rapport with students can be a strong motivator in student success. I work to captivate students in a way to achieve that goal, and find that, on average, students are motivated, engaged, and strive to participate in my courses. This has the direct result that many students complete all of the assignments, exams, and course material, with few simply dropping out. My teaching approach results in interesting student discussions and a classroom setting with more energy than provided by a traditional lecture.
I truly enjoy teaching, and I believe that economics introduces a mindset that evaluates marginal costs and benefits as well as skills that encourage critical-thinking in every-day life. As a teacher, my goal is to consistently improve my teaching skills and pedagogical practices. I prepare and design my courses and lectures in a way that fulfills the goal of equipping students for their future paths in academics and in their professional careers. In Florida, university level economics is required to graduate, and teaching general education economics courses is one of my most enjoyable classroom experiences. It gives me the opportunity to introduce the economic way of thinking and hopefully guide students in making better decisions for themselves and the community as they move on from my class.
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