Teaching and Training

Guest Lecturer (October 2024)

• Topic: agriculture and armed conflicts in AFRE 206: World Food, Population, and Poverty at Michigan State University

Quantitative Data Analysis with Stata   (November 2023)                                                      

• Training on survey data cleaning and analysis (6 Myanmar researchers)

Training Workshop on Conducting Phone Survey (July 2020)

• Online training on research design and methodology to conduct phone survey (25 bureaucrats from the Myanmar-Ministry of Agriculture, Policy Unit)

Economics Tutor (2012-2014)

• Tutor for undergraduate-level micro and macroeconomics classes at Randolph-Macon College

Capacity-Building Activities

I have led/co-led several capacity-building activities including enumerator training, research methods and survey design training for key stakeholders. Below are the pictures of the selected capacity-building activities I engaged in in the past.

Policy Outreach and Advocacy

1. Evaluation of Child and Family Development Training Programs. (2025). Michigan State University Extension.                                                     

2. Labor Shortages and Farmer Adaptation Strategies. (2024). Michigan State University Farm Labor Conference.

3. Myanmar’s Mechanization Revolution: Symptoms and Drivers of Structural Transformation. (2017).
   Presented at:

• National Parliament, Naypyidaw, Myanmar

• Ayeyarwady Regional Government Office, Myanmar

• Food Security Policy Project’s Paper Launch, Myanmar

4. Rural Transformation in Ayeyarwaddy & Yangon: Emerging Evidence. (2016). DFID (Department for International Development, United Kingdom) Myanmar’s Retreat on Structural Transformation and Migration. Myanmar.

5. **Evidence-based Approach to Regional Development Strategy in Mon State. (2016). UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services). Myanmar.

(**presented by co-author)