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EDUCATION
  • Ph.D in Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 2010
    • Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Social Networks
    • Chair: Steven R. Williams, Co-Advisor: Daniel Bernhardt
  • MA in Economics, University of Illinois at Urban - Chamnpaign, 2008
  • BA in Math and Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2002

EMPLOYMENT
  • 2009 - Present, Visiting Lecturer, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign,
  • 2003- 2009, Assistant Instructor, Masters of Science in Policy Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • 2002-2003, Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • 2007-2009, Research Assistant, Prof. In-Koo Cho

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Applied Microeconomics, Social Networks, Industrial Organization, Labor, Macroeconomics

PUBLICATIONS
  • Informal Work Networks, with Marcelo Arbex,  Canadian Journal of Economics, No. 44, Vol. 1, p. 247-272, February, 2011.

WORKING PAPERS
  • Heterogeneity in Social Networks and the Classical Theory of Public Goods, Revise and Resubmit
  • Optimal Taxation of Labor Income and Social Networks, with Marcelo Arbex, submitted
  • Network Formation and Local Public Goods
  • Learning to Love Money, With Sergey Popov and Tingwen Liu

WORKS IN PROGRESS
  • Consent in Bayesian Network Formation

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
(*) presentations by co-authors
  • Chicago Fed Workshop on Money, Banking, Payments and Finance, August 2011
  • Midwest Economic Theory and Trade Meetings, Fall 2010
  • Midwest Economics Association, 2010 Annual Meeting
  • Midwest Economic Theory and Trade Meetings,  Fall 2009
  • Econometric Society, 2009 North American Winter Meetings
  • Econometric Society, 2008 North American Summer Meetings
  • Canadian Economics Association, 2008 Annual Meeting
  • Midwest Economics Association, 2008 Annual Meeting

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Intermediate Microeconomics, Instructor
  • Intermediate Microeconomics, Instructor
  • Principles of Microeconomics, Instructor
  • Principles of Macroeconomics, Teaching Assistant
  • Game Theory, Teaching Assistant

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

  • Brems Graduate Research Award for Best Paper by a Graduate Student, 2008
  • University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent
    • Fall 2009, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002.
  • Graduate College Travel Grant, Fall 2008
  • Economics Department Travel Grant, Summer 2008, Fall 2008
  • Economics Department Summer Research Grant, 2005
  • Graduate Teaching Certificate, 2003
  • Teaching Fellowship, 2002-2009
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