Teaching
Teaching
My teaching philosophy embraces a holistic approach to education, integrating the transformative power of technology with an ethos rooted in service to students.
This philosophy is reflected in my use of teaching technologies to design effective pedagogical activities and foster personalized student engagement, earning recognition from the Graduate College (click here for award details).
In addition, my efforts to address accessibility challenges students face in higher education were acknowledged by UIC Provost’s Office and University Library (click here for award details).
Course Instructor Experience
ECON 220 Intermediate Microeconomics
Fall 2024, Spring 2024
This course covers the price system, consumer behavior, market demand, the firm's technology and costs, perfect and imperfect competition, government regulation, general equilibrium, and resource allocation, with applications.
ECON 311 Introduction to Urban Real Estate
Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2023
This is an introductory course on urban real estate from business, legal, economic, and financial perspectives.
ECON 332 Urban Economics
Spring 2023
This is a course on economic problems of cities, including demand for and supply of housing and urban land, residential segregation, suburbanization, and the impact of government programs.
Teaching Assistant Experience
ECON 120 Principles of Microeconomics
Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020
Topics covered include scarcity and choice, price system, decision making by consumers, individual and market demand, optimal input decisions by firms, perfect and imperfect competition, and international trade.
ECON 121 Principles of Macroeconomics
Fall 2022, Summer 2021
Topics covered include determinants of the level of economic activity, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, the roles of fiscal and monetary policies, exchange rates, and international trade.
ECON 344 Behavioral Economics
Spring 2022
Systematic analysis of how people actually make economic decisions, combining microeconomic models with insights from psychology.