Teaching

Currently Teaching: PhD Public Economics: Expenditures

Instruction Experience

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023

Public Finance, Maymester 2021

Graduate Public Economics, Fall 2020

Public Finance, Spring 2020, Fall 2021 (2 sections)

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (2 sections), Fall 2019

Public Sector Economics (2 sections), Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019

Principles of Microeconomics, Summer I, 2014

Lecture Videos

TikToks: https://www.tiktok.com/@econ_misconceptions

International Teaching Experience

Instructor, International Trade, Audencia Business School, Nantes, France (January 2018)

Instructor, Public Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India (January 2019)

Teaching Awards

College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, Vanderbilt University (2021)
Department of Economics Graduate Student Teaching Award, Texas A&M University (2014)

Evaluation Reports

Miami University Student Evaluations (Spring 2018)

Miami University Student Evaluations (Fall 2017)

Miami University Student Evaluations (Spring 2017)

Miami University Student Evaluations (Fall 2016)

Texas A&M University Student Ratings

Personalized Instructor/Course Appraisal System (PICA) Evaluation

Selected quotes from evaluation forms: 

"Dr. Packham is passionate about the course material and effectively presents it in an interesting and engaging way. The course expectations, assignments, study guides, etc. were very clear and effectively communicated."

"Her communication skills and making the content relatable to our lives made it easier to learn and more interesting to be in class."

"Dr. Packham showed a lot of enthusiasm for the topic and welcomed all questions from students. Her classroom was a good learning environment." 

"She was always happy to help and it felt like she was excited about the professor-student relationship."

“Very intelligent and good at reaching students. Definitely gifted!”

“Did a great job making the class interesting and kept my attention well 10/10 would learn from again.”

“This class was the bomb! I considered double majoring in economics because of it. Keep up the good work!”

"Wish all my classes were taught by her."