I teach economics with a focus on real-world application and active learning. You can view my full teaching philosophy here.
Instructor of Record
ECO 3101 - Intermediate Microeconomics
In Progress
Student Evaluations: TBD
ECO 2023 - Principles of Microeconomics
Summer 2025
Student Evaluations: 4.78/5 (45 students)
Selected Student Comment: "I really enjoyed being in Professor Sonnenberg's class this summer term because he was a great professor and made lectures engaging and entertaining. I believe that he will do great things in the future of education, and he is definitely a professor that everybody should take at one point in their college career because he just makes the topics so interesting. Also, I love that he loves sourdough and Costco! He brought it up quite a bit during class, and it was just really helpful in understanding concepts and how they are present in a business model (I'm a marketing major, so it was also helpful seeing how he presented the sourdough). He was very understanding throughout the semester and made sure that all students in his course were able to understand the material thoroughly and was available to help whenever it was asked for."
Awards: Thomas S. McCaleb Award for Dedication to Economics Education
ECO 2023 - Principles of Microeconomics
Summer 2024
Student Evaluations: 4.72/5 (44 Students)
Selected Student Comment: Professor Sonnenberg is an extremely engaging professor who frequently asks for feedback, repeats material to ensure everyone is following along, and encourages students to ask questions. He makes a huge effort to explain concepts in many different ways and gives many examples to make sure students of all learning styles are able to follow along. He gives us manyyyyyy online resources (his personal notes, practice quizzes, and prompt email responses to any questions). Professor Sonnenberg is funny, relatable, and genuinely wants his students to do well.Â
Awards: Charles E. Rockwood Award for Excellence in Teaching
Teaching Assistant
ECO 2013 - Principles of Macroeconomics (2 Sections of ~400 students each)
Spring 2026
Instructor: Dr. Michael Hammock
Duties: Attended class, held office hours twice weekly, proctored and graded exams, taught class when the instructor had conflicting responsibilities, and responded to student content-related questions via email.
ECO 2023 - Principles of Microeconomics (2 Sections of ~400 students each)
Fall 2025
Instructor: Dr. Michael Hammock
Duties: Attended class, held office hours twice weekly, proctored and graded exams, taught class when the instructor had conflicting responsibilities, and responded to student content-related questions via email.
ECP 4413 - Government Regulations of Business
Fall 2023, Fall 2024
Instructor: Dr. Shawn Kantor
Duties: Graded exams and class assignments
ECP 3313 - Economics of Population
Fall 2022
Instructor: Dr. Carl Schmertmann
Duties: Graded papers, including giving feedback on drafts in preparation for the final paper.