I teach the following courses at the College of the Holy Cross:
Gender Economics (ECON 212)
Statistics (ECON 249)
Microeconomic Theory (ECON 255)
Quantitative Microeconomics (ECON 265)
I received an average student rating of 3.22/4, between good and excellent, on my quality of instruction in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Select quotes from student evaluations in the 2022-2023 academic year:
“Professor Carney was extremely engaging in lectures and always available for questions about lectures or problem sets. I would definitely recommend an econ major to take this class.”
“…the content was presented in an engaging way.”
“engaging material”
“The class was engaging, which makes me more interested in the topic.”
“the class was very engaging”
“I’m really glad that i took this course and i am looking forward to continuing to take economics electives as well as classes with this professor. I overall really enjoyed the class and found the material very interesting.”
“she tried to make the material somewhat relevant by using the papers as examples”
“I actually decided to pursue the economic honors program because of my interest in this material”
“Professor Carney is an excellent teacher. She provided ample examples and taught the material very clearly. She also gave fair assignments, quizzes, labs, and exams that still pushed me.”
“I enjoyed that she used articles to describe the course concepts.”
“Led me to a bigger world of econometrics”
“I found the class quite interesting and certain pieces really caught my interest.”
“I liked how there were all different types of research articles.”
“The days we did readings helped, because we read about real world issues that related to the course”
“Well structured and intriguing class that includes the perfect amount of work.”
“Statistics can be a challenging subject, but Prof. Carney does a great job of breaking things down and taking the complexity out of topics. She explains things very thoroughly and reviews material often in class. Her methods of teaching have been very beneficial to my learning.”
“The course deepened my interest as I want to learn more about the concepts and tricks within excel but also that it has opened my eyes to other types of statistics and ways of thinking besides just numbers.”
“I think it is interesting that we can use formulas to interpret and predict things about data.”
“I find stats interesting when trying to explain certain data sets and we did that a good amount in this class”
“The course material was super interesting and made me even more passionate.”
“I found that the information we learned this semester was intriguing and very applicable to everyday life.”
“I have never taken a class like this and she did a great job at teaching the material.”
“I think this course did a good job building on the concepts learned in the intermediate micro theory and statistics classes”
“There were a lot of applications in the class.”
“Used tools to solve problems in real world”
“I have definitely learned a lot of new skills through labs in this course and we have covered many new advanced micro topics that I have not studies before.”
“Economic concepts were easier to understand and notes were established in a dynamic environment”
“I feel like i understood the material and I was also able to connect it into my other classes and use some economic concepts from other courses in this one which was interesting.”
“It was more in depth compared to any of my other econ courses”
“I feel Professor Carney does a good job of explaining in depth the material of the course.”
“I am an economics major, and with thus course, it opened my eyes to so many other opportunity within the economics world”
“Professor Carney kept the material we learned interesting”
“This course has expanded my interest in the field of economics.”
“Interesting”
“It was interesting and made me realize a lot about inequalities in society”
“Great economics course with a great professor who is willing to put in the time to help you grow. Hard quizzes help prepare for the test and labs were very insightful”