Teaching Experience

Below is a full list of courses I have taught in my academic career.

Assistant Professor, Miami University

Advanced Empirical Methods (Eco 411/511); Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025 (Syllabus)

• Average student response when asked to "rate your instructor overall" (n=49) : 3.84/4 (university average: 3.32)

Health Economics (Eco 332); Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025 (Syllabus)

• Average student response when asked to "rate your instructor overall"  (n=95) : 3.57/4 (university average: 3.32)

Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder

Math Tools for Economists II (Econ 1088); Summer 2021 and Fall 2021 (Syllabus)

• Average student response when asked to "rate your instructor overall": 5.86/6 (university average: 4.57)

Lead Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder

Principles of Microeconomics (Econ 2010); Fall 2020 (41 sections)

Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder

Principles of Microeconomics (Econ 2010); Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018

Principles of Macroeconomics (Econ 2020); Spring 2019

Selected Student Evaluation Responses

Below are some of my favorite responses I have received on course evaluations.  

ECO 411/511 (Miami University)

• I never dreaded going to this class.

• Dr. Flynn was very available to the students and welcomed questions always. He really showed us that he cared about us and our education.

• Problem sets were well designed and Dr Flynn is very well prepared. He is very helpful if you have any questions so he made it a very valuable learning experience with his help and well prepared lectures. 

• This class was a very daunting subject but prof flynn made it very approachable and easy to understand (as easy as econometrics can be to understand)

• The in-class coding experiences were the best part of class. I learned so many skills that I had only heard about in my previous econometrics courses. 

• Dr Flynn is clearly very passionate about teaching and econometrics, which definitely showed when he taught the course

• Flynn is a great professor who is passionate about the topic and his students. He brought in a lot of real world examples that put econometrics into perspective. I feel much more confident in my ability to work in R, and I am already seeing this class pay off. 

• Genuinely awesome professor. I found a lot of value in the way that Dr Flynn teaches this class in intuitive AND technical ways. 

• Dr. Flynn was a great professor who showed concern for his students' learning. He was always available and made difficult content easy to follow. 

• This course was an excellent way to bridge the gap between the theory and the way that it is applied in the real world. It also made research seem a lot less daunting in general. 

ECO 332 (Miami University)

• Our professor had a great understanding of his students and the way we learned. 

• I could tell how enthusiastic Professor Flynn was about his teaching topics, which helped me stay engaged during classes. 

• Professor Flynn is very organized and prepared. From the beginning of the semester, the syllabus provided a list of readings and homework assignments and their respective due dates. It was also very easy to find his in-class slides. I appreciated this a lot. 

• The passion for the course was always represented during class, making it a lot more intriguing and valuable. 

• The professor clearly was enthusiastic about the content and presented course topics in engaging ways. Because of this, the lectures were enjoyable and I looked forward to class. 

• Professor Flynn was an excellent teacher and this was definitely one of my favorite econ classes that I've taken

• The instructor knew his audience well and knew how to engage with them in a manner that everyone felt comfortable to speak up around him and engage in the course 

• Dr. Flynn's openness to questions and discussion during class was what was most valuable to me during the time in class. 

• I think that the energy Professor Flynn had in the class room led to a valuable learning experience 

• I was able to feel comfortable and ask any questions when i needed to. 

• Instructor is very passionate about the topic, able to break complicated concepts down into digestible explanations for students, cares about the students and their grades 

• Professor Flynn was fantastic and always made class interactive and a fun learning environment! 

• Professor Flynn tried to engage us in discussions when possible to help us understand the content. He also did a great job of providing real life examples and made the learning process fun when some of the content was a little dry. 

ECON 1088 (University of Colorado Boulder)

• I recommend him for a promotion.

• He is a great teacher. Coming into the class I was positive I was going to drop it because I didn’t understand anything. Only a week later and Mr. Flynn had helped me to understand and start thinking for myself.

• Professor Jim Flynn was one of the best teachers I have had on CU Boulder so far. He displays incredible amounts of humility, professionalism, thoughtfulness, and is always willing to help. This is not an easy subject to understand; he is great at breaking down problems and making it digestible. I cannot say enough kind things about him, he is an excellent teacher.

• Jim has been so wonderful In teaching us. The class did really well as a whole. He really invigorated the passion for calculus. He related all points to how it can be applied to reality.

• You are a really good teacher who can connect with students easily and convey information just as well.