I am a professor because I feel most empowered when I profess to my students the infinite potential inherent to all human beings, and the endless potential within themselves. I teach because I believe that I can contribute positively to my students and because I think I am capable of helping them reach their goals and aspirations. To do this I create fun and relaxed classroom environments, I reward outstanding performance, I use several short tests, and cover a wide variety of perspectives towards a single issue. As a result, I have typically maintained an average above five out of six in my teaching evaluations, and the only time that I have ever taught the same course for a second time I achieved a perfect teaching evaluation with six out of six points.

Economic growth and development in United States from the colonial period. We examine the influence of inequality, institutions, and industrialization with each other, as well as how they have shaped the United States of America we know today.

Presentation and discussion of principles of microeconomic theory using mainstream McGraw-Hill textbook accompanied with real world examples of theoretical predictions and challenges using the material from the CORE textbook.

Presentation and discussion of mainstream microeconomic theory at the undergraduate level. Heavy reliance on mathematics and the theoretical underpinnings of standard microeconomics.

Analysis of the interaction between workers and employers, as well as the effects of social processes around them. Emphasis on how wages, employment, and productivity are determined, and how they are affected by economic policy in addition to social and individual behavior. Heavy reliance on real world examples and applied research.