TEACHING

Office Hours

Brown Graduate Office Hours (Fall 2026):

By Appointment (Thursdays 3:00-4:00)
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Brown Undergraduate Advising Office Hours (Fall 2026):

By Appointment (Mondays 3:30-4:30, and additional times when available)
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Courses

Brown University:

Applied Macroeconomics and Text Analysis
(Econ 2460 - Graduate)

Fall 2025, 26
Syllabus (update coming)
Overall student rating (out of 5): 4.89 (mean), 5 (median)

graph of the length of FOMC statements after monetary policy meetings over time, broken down by fed Chair.

Intermediate Macroeconomics
(Econ 1210 - Undergraduate)

Spring 2027, 2026, 2024, Fall 2022
Syllabus (update coming)
Overall student rating (out of 5): 4.37 (mean), 4 .5 (median)

This image is a graph of the target federal funds rate from 1999 through 2024.

Machine Learning, Text Analysis, and Economics
(Econ 1680 - Undergraduate)

Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Syllabus (update coming)
Overall student rating (out of 5): 4.7 (mean), 5 (median)

diagram of a simple neural network model

University of Minnesota:

Intermediate Microeconomics
(Econ 3101 - Undergraduate)

- - Instructor:
    - Summer 2017 - Spring 2019
    - Syllabus
    - Overall student rating (out of 6): 5.42 (mean)
  - Teaching Assistant:
    - Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
    - Overall student rating (out of 6): 5.79 (mean)

edgeworth box graph diagram

Resources

Handlan's Template for Slides

preview of the title page of the beamer template

- Download .tex file
- Download .pdf example

Handlan's Template for Papers

preview of the latex template for econ papers

- Use for:
  - Undergraduate Honors Thesis
  - Graduate Research Paper
- Link to Overleaf Template

image from the guide to visualizing data

An Economist's Guide to Visualizing Data

Schwabish, Jonathan A. 2014. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28 (1): 209-34.

image showing color palettes for different types of color blindness

Colorblind-Friendly Color Palettes

https://davidmathlogic.com/colorblind/

Teaching Development

Career Readiness Graduate Instructor Fellowship at University of Minnesota

- - Awarded for Fall 2018
  - Instructor fellowship to study university pedagogy and apply effective methods to their classes
  - Incorporated reflection on learning process and strategies into Intermediate Microeconomics course
    - - Assigned reading: "What Works, What Doesn't" by Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Nathan, and Willingham (2013)
      - Exam and Study Reflection Assignment
  - Helped students connect their in-class experiences with potential future jobs qualifications
    - - Developed partnership between Intermediate Microeconomics course and UMN Career Services
      - Reflection Follow-up and Career Readiness Assignment

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