Last updated: August 10, 2026
ECONOMICS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
Objective: Graduate-level course designed to outline the market from supply (providers, workforce, and the cost of quality) through demand (parental choice and maternal labor supply) to equilibrium outcomes with attention throughout to the market failures, information asymmetries, and the cost-quality-wages trilemma that shape ongoing subsidy and financing debates.
Taught: Spring 2026 (initial offering)
Role: Teacher of Record
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BIG DATA FOR BIG POLICY PROBLEMS
Objective: Summer introductory course designed to provide students with an overview of broad policy issues and teaching them how to use programming language R to answer policy-relevant questions.
Taught: Summer 2019 (initial offering) and Summer 2020
Coding Language: R
Role: Graduate Teaching Assistant, course content creator
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STATA CODING COURSE
Objective: Summer course for undergradate RA’s wanting to improve their Stata programing skills and gain familiarity with publicly available education data.
Taught: Summer 2023, self-designed course
Coding Language: Stata
Role: Instructor, course content creator
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ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC POLICY I & II
Objective: Two-part economics course for masters of public policy students designed as a way to introduce students to simple economic models that help explain how individuals and organizations respond to changes in their circumstances and how they interact in markets. Attention is also given to explaining the reasons behind government intervention.
Taught: Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Role: Graduate Teaching Assistant