Teaching

Analysis of economic decision-making by individuals and firms, the resulting market outcomes, and applications to real-world problems. Emphasis on analytical logic and theoretical rigor. Topics covered include consumer preferences and utility maximization, perfect competition and market power, uncertainty and risk, externalities, and asymmetric information.

• Summer 2021

• Summer 2022

Student evaluation average effectiveness: None (too few students registered to receive feedback)

Selected student feedback: None (too few students registered to receive feedback)

Analysis of markets and market equilibria; the Arrow-Debreu model of general equilibrium, the two-sector model, welfare theorems, externalities, public goods, markets with incomplete and asymmetric information.

• Spring 2021

• Spring 2022

• Spring 2023

Student evaluation average effectiveness: 3.9/4

Selected student feedback: "I have never had a better TA than Keaton – he was kind, considerate, knowledgeable and an extremely effective TA, who made the materials as intuitive and simple as possible which helped to better understand complex topics. I hope he can be the TA for this class again in the future. Thanks for everything, Keaton."

Integrating the insights of psychology into economics. Analysis of the ways in which individuals make decisions that systematically depart from the so-called "standard model" of homo economicus, which assumes perfect rationality, perfect selfishness, and perfect willpower. Investigating the implications of the major findings of behavioral economics for policymakers.

• Fall 2022

Student evaluation average effectiveness: Not surveyed

Selected student feedback: Not surveyed

Expands on the assumptions of rational decision-making used in intermediate microeconomics and develops more complicated, more realistic models which address uncertainty, intertemporal choices, strategic interactions, social preferences and considerations of what is fair.

• Fall 2021

Student evaluation average effectiveness: Not surveyed

Selected student feedback: Not surveyed

Analysis of economic decision-making by individuals and firms, the resulting market outcomes, and applications to real-world problems. Emphasis on analytical logic and theoretical rigor. Topics covered include consumer preferences and utility maximization, perfect competition and market power, uncertainty and risk, externalities, and asymmetric information.

• Fall 2019

Student evaluation average effectiveness: 3.7/4 (department average 3.0/4)

Selected student feedback: "[A] great TA that had a strong grasp of the material, was super nice and understanding in class, and really wanted to help students. He was never condescending and treated every student with respect and consideration. He was always available for office hours and responded to emails promptly. Discussions helped clarify lecture a lot."

Continuation of MATH140, including techniques of integration, improper integrals, applications of integration (such as volumes, work, arc length, moments), inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, sequences and series.

• Spring 2018

Student evaluation average effectiveness: 3.8/4

Selected student feedback: "He was the most helpful TA at lab and checked in with our table often to make sure we're doing okay, which is much appreciated. He explains clearly and patiently, but also makes sure that we do some of the thinking, too."

Introduction to calculus, including functions, limits, continuity, derivatives and applications of the derivative, sketching of graphs of functions, definite and indefinite integrals, and calculation of area. The course is especially recommended for science, engineering and mathematics majors.

• Fall 2017

Student evaluation average effectiveness: 3.5/4

Selected student feedback: "Keaton was an amazing TA. He was always willing to help and answer whatever kinds of questions we had. I really liked that instead of giving us a straight answer when we were confused, he gave us the first steps to the solution, not the whole thing. This helped us because we still had to think to get the right answer, but he made that answer more attainable. He was always very nice and respectful to everyone. He was very organized and efficient when grading and handing back old work. I really appreciated that he spent extra time grading our exams and quizzes for deadlines, for example he made sure all our exams were graded before the last day to withdraw from a class. Little things like that is why our class appreciated him so much."