Teaching

My teaching portfolio consists of both traditional undergraduate courses in principles of microeconomics, principles of macroeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, economic development and growth, managerial finance, and comparative economic systems as well as innovative courses about the economics of cybersecurity, predictive analytics, and policy research/analytics (the Policy Research Laboratory). 

At the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas, I developed the course: "Economics of Cybersecurity". The course focuses on applying economic thinking and models to questions found at the forefronts of cybersecurity research (such as "How much should you pay for a booter service?" or "How often should software vendors release updates?"). The objectives of the course are three-fold:

1. To teach the main questions driving current research in the field and how to apply economic thinking to answer these questions.

2. How to build game theory models and use data to propose appropriate policies.

3. To train students on how to read and write economic papers (both empirical and theoretical).

I have also started the Policy Research Laboratory at the University of Texas, in which we train undergraduate research assistants to perform policy relevant research. More about this training can be found here.

For a list of readings that I would recommend to people wanting to introduce themselves to economics, see here.