Ph.D in Economics, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Il, May 2012
M.A. in Economics, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Il, May, 2009
B.S. in Economics, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Il, August, 2007
(Minor in Philosophy)
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Primary: Search Economics, Industrial Organization
Secondary: Information Economics, Public Economics
DISSERTATION
“Heterogeneous Product Gatekeeper Search Markets: Regulation, Efficiency, and Generalizations.”
Committee: Dr. Eliakim Katz (chair), Dr. Mohammad Mirhosseini, and Dr. Evan Anderson
EXPERIENCE
Academic Adviser, Department of Economics, Northern Illinois University, 2007-Present
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Empirical Studies On The Effects of Costly Consumer Search
FUTURE RESEARCH INTERESTS
Heterogeneous Search Costs in Gatekeeper Search Markets.
Competing Gatekeepers and Market Efficiency.
The Effect of Non-Linear Technology Shocks in Gatekeeper Search Markets.
CONFRENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Regulation and Gatekeeper Search in Markets for Vertically Differentiated Products”
Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, Missouri, October, 2011
Illinois Economics Association, Chicago, Illinois, October, 2011
Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Evanston, Illinois, March 2012
“Non-Sequential Search and Product Regulation”
Northern Illinois University, Current Research Colloquium, October 2010
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
University Assistantship, Northern Illinois University, 2007-2012
Economics Department Teaching Assistant of the Year, Northern Illinois University, 2011
Undergraduate Excellence in Writing Award, Northern Illinois University, June 2007\