Teaching Statement:  

• Please find a statement on my teaching philosophy here.

Teaching Expertise:  

• Introductory mathematics for economics

• Basic, intermediate and advanced macroeconomics

• Basic and intermediate microeconomics

• Applied econometrics and program evaluation

• Development and political economics

Lecturer, Quantitative Economics (1st Year Course), Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University

• Student evaluations and comments can be found here and here (please note that a 1-4 rather than a 1-5 scale is used)

• The course covered the following: 

  • Linear & Non-linear Equations (trade-offs in economics, budget constraints, supply & demand model including taxes, national income model,  multiplier effects, elasticities)

  • Linear Algebra (matrix algebra basics, matrix multiplication, matrix inversion, representing and solving economic models using matrix algebra, Cramer's rule)

  • Introduction to Calculus (differentiation basics, the product, quotient and chain rules, optimization basics including first and second-order conditions, theory of the firm including employment decisions, costs & revenues, profits and imperfect competition, using calculus to estimate elasticities)

• Complementing the main course, I also taught on an adjacent module "Foundation Maths for Quantitative Economics" targeted at first-year economics students with little prior mathematical background. The objective of this course is to introduce students to foundational tools such as equations, graphs & gradients, different function types including logarithmic & exponential, systems of equations, and operations with binomials.

• I also introduced ALEKS to this module, an adaptive learning platform which helps students achieve mastery via tailored learning paths, thus reducing disparities in students' mathematical skills.

Lecturer, Economics of the Financial System (2nd & 3rd Year Course), Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University

• Student evaluations and comments can be found here

• The course covered the following : 

  • Monetary Economics (roles & types of money, analysis of commercial banks' balance sheets, modern money creation, hyperinflation, interbank transfers & settlements, role of central banks, money markets, market for reserves supply & demand analysis)

  • Foreign Exchange (exchange rate determination, the Uncovered Interest Parity, the Purchasing Power Parity, foreign exchange policies and interventions, the Policy Trilemma, capital controls, speculative attacks and currency crises)

  • Financial Crises (introduction to financial markets, information asymmetries such as adverse selection and moral hazard, triggers of financial crises, financial crises in developed and developing nations, currency mismatches, financial regulation)

College Lecturer, Second and Third-Year Undergraduate Macroeconomics, Christ's College, University of Cambridge

• Student evaluations and comments can be found here

• The second-year course covered the following: 

  • Intertemporal Macroeconomics (the standard consumption-leisure choice, multi-period optimization and the Euler Equation, uncertainty and liquidity constraints, investments and real business cycles,  fiscal policy, debt and taxes)

  • Unemployment and Labour Markets (theories of unemployment including efficiency wages, the Shapiro-Stiglitz model, the McCall search model, the natural rate and Philips Curve, hysteresis)

  • Monetary Economics (optimal monetary policy, the inflation bias, a model for money supply and money demand, interest rate and bonds, the structure of interest rates, monetary transmission mechanisms, and monetary, banking and financial crises)

  • International Macroeconomics (the asset approach to exchange rates and exchange rate overshooting, the DD-AA model, the IS-FX-LM model, international macroeconomics interdependence, currency crises)

• The third-year course covered the following:

  • Macroeconomic Policy (the efficiency policy frontier, policy under uncertainty including signal extraction and the Brainard Principle, tax smoothing, government debt dynamics, political considerations,  fiscal policy frameworks)

  • International Financial System (current account and global imbalances, sovereign risk and debt crises, backstops, bailout and debt reduction, international financial intermediaries, currency and inflation crises,  a theory of incomplete monetary unions)

  • Economic Growth (the Solow Growth model and its extensions, as well as R&D models of economic growth)

  • Business Cycles Theory (the RBC model, the New Keynesian model, the New Keynesian Philips curve)

Lecturer in Macroeconomics, Advanced Diploma in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

• The course covered the following topics: the Classical model, the Keynesian Cross, the IS-LM and IS-MP models, the AD-AS model, a discussion of the Zero Lower Bound, the Long-Run Open Economy model, and the Mundell-Fleming model

• Recordings of me delivering this lecture series are available here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Dissertation Supervisor, Christ's College, University of Cambridge

• Supervised third-year students writing their undergraduate dissertation

• In 2024, a student I supervised won the Gladstone Memorial Prize for the best dissertation across the Economics, History and Politics programs at Cambridge