Kiran John
About me
I am a current 3rd year PhD student in Economics and affiliated with the Economic Sciences Department at Claremont Graduate University. My areas of concentration include: Applied Economics, Labor Economics, Econometrics, Causal Inference, Micro-Policy, and, Development Economics. My research is primarily United States and India focused, with the underlying theme being to understand micro-policy through the lens of institutional framework. I also focus on South Asia in general, as well as the Middle-East; Qatar being where I grew up.
My previous work as a Data Analyst has kept me on the cutting edge of being able to use computational tools to address issues within social science, as well as researching causality using machine learning techniques. In my journey from PhD Student to Applied Researcher, I have acquired the necessary knowledge of theoretical and empirical techniques in problem solving and causal identification. I'm currently working on a paper that looks at the impact of the passage of a certain law in the State of California, and its broader impact on individuals within the state, and by extension, the American Criminal Justice System.
My real passion is teaching, which I hope to begin, God willing, Spring of '24.
Experience
Incoming Adjunct Professor of Economics- Urban Economics, California State University, Long Beach [Jan 2024]
I will be starting as Adjunct faculty in the Department of Economics, at Cal State Long Beach, teaching Urban Economics to undergraduate students. I hope to design the course in a way that blends both theory and practice, in a field that encompasses everything from urban redevelopment projects to crime.
Data Analyst, County of Riverside [Jan 2022-October 2023]
I previously worked as a Data Analyst with the County of Riverside, under their TAP-Professional Student Research program. The scope includes Data Analysis, Multivariate Regression, Web-Scraping, Regular Expression Extraction, Natural language Processing, Machine Learning, Data Visualization.
Programming Languages: Python, R, Stata
Visualization tools: Power BI
Junior Researcher, Energy Economics and Forecasting (EEFD)-Gas Exporting Countries Forum [2020-2021]
Former Junior Researcher for Gas Exporting Countries forum, also known as GECF, an Intergovernmental organization of 19 Member Countries representing 71% of proven global natural gas reserves. Worked on a project for GECF focusing on the potential for Coal to Natural gas switching in India.
Education
PhD in Economics, Claremont Graduate University- 2026 (expected)
Masters in Economics, Claremont Graduate University- 2022
Papers
Potential of Coal to gas switching in India (GECF) (in review)
This paper looks at the influence of coal and natural gas on the Indian power sector and to analyze if the costs outweigh the benefits or vice-versa while looking at the government’s policy of incentives in the promotion of one energy source over another.
Tutoring experience
Econometrics II- ECON 383- Claremont Graduate University (August 2023-December 2023)
I'm curently working as a Teaching Assistant (Tutor) for the terminal course in the PhD Econometrics sequence, namely, ECON 383- Econometrics II.
Teaching students advanced level Econometric techniques paired with coding in R, Python & Stata.
Personal Projects
Hobbies
Being from Kerala, fútbol is in my blood. I support the Seleção (Brazil national football team) internationally, and both Real Madrid C.F & Liverpool F.C in club competitions.
Although I consider myself an introvert, the thought of hiking is one that I love. I love the outdoors and well-planned itineraries. A few memories from my time up in Yosemite to brighten your day :)
