Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Cornell University, 2007
M.A., Economics, Cornell University, 2004
B.A., Economics and French, Bradley University, summa cum laude, 1999
Positions
Professor of Economics, Towson University, 2022-present
Graduate Program Director (Economics), Towson University, 2023-present
Associate Professor of Economics, Towson University, 2012-2022
Assistant Professor of Economics, Towson University, 2007-2012
Instructor of Economics, Towson University, 2005-2006
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Hartwick College, 2004-2005
Refereed Publications
Streaming Stimulates the Live Music Industry: Evidence from YouTube International Journal of Industrial Organization, 85 (2022)
Comparative Statics and Heterogeneity Economic Theory, 67(3) (2019): 665-702
A Strong Correspondence Principle for Smooth, Monotone Environments (with Chris Cornwell) Journal of Mathematical Economics, 77 (2018): 15-24
A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for a Unique Maximum with an Application to Potential Games Economics Letters, 161 (2017): 120-123
The Pill and Partnerships: The Impact of the Birth Control Pill on Cohabitation, Journal of Population Economics, 25(1) (2012): 29-52
The Allocation of Merit Pay: A Case Study (with James Manley and Louise Laurence) Economics Bulletin, 31(2) (2011): 1549-1562
Residential Segregation and Black-White Intermarriage, Economics Bulletin, 31(1) (2011): 722-738
Global Social Interactions with Sequential Binary Decisions: The Case of Marriage, Divorce, and Stigma (with Juergen Jung) The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Contributions), 10(1) (2010): Article 46
Other Publications
Merit Pay (with James Manley), The Faculty Voice, April 25, 2014
Working Papers
The Role of Learning in Search with Statistical Discrimination
Conferences and Presentations
June 2019. Midwest Economic Theory Meetings (Presenter). The Role of Learning in Search with Statistical Discrimination
October 2014. Midwest Economic Theory Meetings (Presenter). Demand with Consumption Externalities
March 2014. Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting (Presenter). Demand with Social Interactions: Revisiting Bandwagon and Snob Effects
November 2012. Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (Presenter). The Impact of the Birth Control Pill on Interracial Marriage.
January 2010. North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society (Presenter). Residential Segregation and Black-White Intermarriage.
October 2009. Loyola University (Invited). Residential Segregation and Black-White Intermarriage.
March 2009. Midwest Economics Association (Presenter). The Pill and Partnerships: The Impact of the Birth Control Pill on Cohabitation.
April 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Invited). The Pill and Partnerships: The Impact of the Birth Control Pill on Cohabitation.
January 2008. North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society (Presenter). Searching for a Partner in the Presence of Persistent Uncertainty.
2006 Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (Presenter). Global Social Interactions with Multiple Binary Decisions: The Case of Marriage, Divorce, and Stigma.
Referee
Review of Economic Studies
Oxford Economic Papers
B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics
Applied Economics
Applied Economics Letters
Applied Financial Economics
Economics Bulletin
Courses Taught
Intermediate Microeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles Health Economics
Game Theory
Economics of Pirates, Shipping, and Global Trade (Study Abroad course, January 2014)
Statistics for Business and Economics II (applied regression analysis)
Awards, Honors, & Affiliations
Sage Graduate Fellow, Cornell University: 1999-2000, 2003-2004
Top Senior Thesis, Bradley University Economics Department, 1999
Most outstanding senior, Bradley University Economics Department, 1999
Most outstanding senior, Bradley University Foreign Language Department, 1999
Econometric Society, member