Teaching

I have experience teaching a variety of courses in finance and economics, including interdisciplinary courses. I have extensive experience mentoring student research at various levels of study.

My teaching is student-centered and grounded in evidence-based pedagogies.

I was awarded Vanderbilt University's teaching award, the Rendigs Fels Award for Teaching Excellence.

Courses:

• • Corporate Finance

  • Empirical Asset Pricing

  • Macroeconomic Theory

  • Financial Instruments, Institutions, and Markets

  • Financial crises: causes and cures 

  • Finance and society: shaping the narrative

  • Financial Economics

  • Research seminar in corporate finance

  • Research seminar in macro-finance

  • Macroeconomics (MBA-level)

  • Managerial economics (MBA-level)

  • Strategy / Economics of Business Decisions (MBA-level)

Training and Recognition:

• Rendigs Fels Award for Excellence in Teaching, Vanderbilt University

• Hollingsworth Scholar Award recognizing student mentoring of research, Furman University

• American Economic Association Committee on Economic Education EDUCATE workshop: Inclusive economics pedagogy, Portland, Oregon.

• Workshop on Promoting Equity and Justice through Pedagogical Partnership (LACOL)

• Workshop to Enhance Inclusivity in Economics at Liberal Arts Colleges (AALAC, Philadelphia, PA)

• 17th Annual Economics Teaching Workshop: Connecting the Dots Through Engagement (participant, UNCW and Cengage)

• The Just Classroom: Strategies for Inclusive Learning Environments (14th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Elon University)

• Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Starting with ourselves (ACS Summer Teaching Workshop, Greenville, SC)

• Microteaching Workshop (week-long workshop featuring microteaching feedback, Furman University)

• AEA Committee on Economic Education National Conference on Teaching Economics (Stanford University)

Pedagogy panelist, presenter, organizer

“Fostering Success among First-Generation Students: Academic Policies and Best Practices” Discussant, American Economic Association Annual Meetings, 2025)

“Teaching Econometrics in Macroeconomics” (Conference of Macroeconomists at Liberal Arts Colleges)

“Unlocking students' research potential with data visualization techniques” (17th Annual Economics Teaching Workshop, UNC Wilmington)

“Honors theses in macroeconomics: How can we get students to do meaningful and relevant research?” (breakout session leader, Conference of Macroeconomists from Liberal Arts Colleges, Wake Forest University)

“Inclusive Pedagogy in Econometrics” (Panelist, “A Roundtable Discussion on Teaching Econometrics at the Liberal Arts College”, Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Tampa, Florida)

“Techniques for Inclusive Teaching in Macroeconomics” (Organizer, Conference of Macroeconomists from Liberal Arts Colleges, Davidson College)

“Publishing Research with Undergraduates” (plenary dinner panelist, Workshop on Macroeconomics Research at Liberal Arts Colleges, Union College)

“Data Resources for Teaching Financial Economics at Liberal Arts Colleges” (breakout session leader, Workshop on Teaching Financial Economics at Liberal Arts Colleges, Wesleyan University)

“Advising Undergraduate Research” (breakout session organizer, Workshop on Macroeconomic Research at Liberal Arts Colleges, Union College)

“Teaching Quantitative Skills with STATA”, (Workshop organizer, Grinnell College)