Teaching

During my time at the University of Illinois, I’ve had the pleasure to teach the following 3 courses:

Econ 456: Economic Development and Migration (Undergraduate)
Econ 519/590: Development and Growth Policy (Masters)
Econ 550: Microeconomic Issues in Development Economics (Ph.D.)

Here you can find the Teaching Statement from my Third Year Review from April 2023.

All course material can be found on https://canvas.illinois.edu/. Please send me an email if you have questions regarding the course, or sign up for office hours by going to the 'Contact' tab.

This video gives a brief introduction of Econ 456, the upper level elective for undergraduate students. And this video was included in a lecture on Migration and Risk by Prof. Mushfiq Mobarak that was part of a Ph.D. course organized by the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development and the International Growth Centre.

Mentorship

In addition to working with a large number of undergraduate and Master’s students, I’ve had the privilege to advise and mentor many bright Ph.D. students at the University of Illinois. Here is a list of graduates with their initial placements:

Wilfried Adohinzin, 2025: Senior Associate at Charles River Associates

Francesco Cenerini, 2025: Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University

Vinicius Okada Da Silva, 2025: Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Tampa

Yoko Yamasaki, 2025: Assistant Professor at Osaka University

Hesong Yang, 2024: Postdoc at Illinois Climate Jobs Institute

Mateo Arbelaez, 2023: Economist at Wayfair

Melany Gualavisi, 2023: Economist at Amazon

Irina Valenzuela, 2023: Consultant at the International Fund for Agricultural Development

Yuhao Yang, 2022: Assistant Professor at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Monica Gillis, 2021: Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of Commerce

Natalia Cantet, 2020: Assistant Professor at Eafit Universidad

Brian Feld, 2020: Assistant Professor at Eafit Universidad

Diogo Baerlocher, 2019: Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida

Daniel Halim, 2019: Economist at the World Bank

Henrique Veras, 2019: Visiting Assistant Professor at Oberlin College

Yue Wu, 2019: Assistant Professor at International Business School, Beijing Foreign Studies University

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