Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

I teach Economics of Public Policy (ECON 322) at Purdue University. The course focuses on why governments do what they do (policies, programs and taxes) and how those actions impact citizens.

Over the past 4 years, I've developed a semester long group project called "The Singapore Project" for this course. Groups of 3-4 students propose innovative solutions to a real-world issues.

If you are a student interested in taking my course, check out this previous syllabus (note that this course was formerly "Public Finance and Taxation" or ECON 422). Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

You can take this course online in the summer, too! Here's a syllabus for that course!

Graduate Teaching

I also teach in the Public Economics PhD field at Purdue University. Here is an example syllabus from a previous semester

We focus on reduced form econometric methods as they apply to public economics topics. It' s also a bit of a crash course for future public economists in US policy, although the topics we cover vary with student interest. The course requires readings for each class, active course participation and presentations by student. This course also requires that students have taken a few prerequisites, so check with me if you aren't sure whether you are adequately prepared.

To round out my "Public Economics" teaching trifecta, I also teach a course on the topic in Purdue's online MS Economics program! Here's that syllabus.

Previous Teaching Experience

I was fortunate to have multiple teaching experiences as a graduate student at Texas A&M, and I was awarded the Economics Department's Graduate Teaching Award for excellence in teaching by a graduate student. I taught Public Finance (Econ 412) in Summer 2011 and Fall 2012.

I also served as a teaching assistant for various sections of intermediate microeconomics, graduate microeconomic theory, and public finance.