Curriculum Vitae

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor of Economics, San Jose State University, CA (August 2018-Present)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Davis, CA (June 2016-August 2018)

Research Fellow at the Center for Poverty Research, UC Davis, CA (June 2016-August 2018)

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Irvine (June 2016)

M.A., Economics, University of California, Irvine (March 2013)

B.S., Management Science, University of California, San Diego, magna cum laude (June 2009)

Research and Teaching Areas

Historical Economics, Development Economics, Labor Economics

Publications

“Examining the Effect of Income Shocks on the Schooling Choices of Credit Constrained Households” European Review of Economic History, Volume 23, Issue 2, May 2019

Working Paper

“Can Transitory Income Shocks be Made Permanent: The Plight of Farmers in the US Cotton South 1910-30”

"Did Capital Requirements Promote Bank Stability: Lessons from the National Bank Era" with Michael Gou Submitted

“Saving Lives One Bale at a Time”

Works in Progress

“Long Run Educational Attainment Effects of Transitory Weather Based Income Shocks” with Katherine Eriksson and John Blanchette

Teaching Experiences

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, San Jose State University:

"Development Economics," "Industrial Economics," and "Principles of Austrian Economics "

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UC Davis:

“Introduction to Microeconomics,” “The First Half of US Economic History,” and “The Second Half of

US Economic History”

Guest Lecturer, Department of Economics, UC Irvine:

“US Economic History,” “Business Forecasting,” and “International Trade and Commercial Policy”

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UC Irvine (2011-16)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2008-09)

Conference Presentations and Invited Seminars

· Economic and Business History Society Conference (May 2017)

· Economic History Seminar Series, UC Merced (April 2017)

· Economic History Society Conference (March 2017)

· European Review of Economic History Fast Track Conference (March 2017)

· All-UC “100 Flowers” Conference, UC Davis (December 2016)

· Economic History Seminar Series, UC Davis (November 2016)

· CAGE/HEDG Workshop on Growth, History, and Development, Denmark (Invited June 2016)

· London School of Economics Interwar Workshop, London (Invited May 2016)

· Economic and Business History Society Conference, Montreal (May 2016)

· Population Association of America, Washington DC (Invited Poster Session, March 2016)

· Theory, History, and Development Seminar Series, UC Irvine (November 2015)

· All-UC Graduate Student Workshop, California Institute of Technology (October 2015)

· Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series, UC Irvine (September 2015)

· Economic History Association Annual Meeting, Nashville (Poster Session, September 2015)

· Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series, UC Irvine (June 2015)

· Mini History Conference, UC Irvine (June 2015)

· Institute of Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, UC Irvine (May 2015)

Nonacademic Experience

Graduate Student Liaison to the Director of Graduate Studies, UC Irvine (2015-2016)

Claims Analyst, Sandretto Insurance Agency, Mission Viejo, CA (2003-2011)