I am the winner of the Gitner Prize for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduates at Boston University in 2023.
The award is for the "Graduate Student who excels as the most exemplary teacher of undergraduates within the Department of Economics.” It is meant to recognize long-term excellence in a variety of teaching services including TF, instructor in CAS courses (summer and regular academic year), and MET instructor.
Instructor, Labor Economics, Department of Economics, Boston University, Spring 2022, Spring 2023
I designed the course myself and with help from #EconTwitter. A sample syllabus is available here.
87% of the students rated my teaching as "Excellent", "Very Good" or "Good" (N=54). Some selected qualitative comments below:
"Professor Li's passion for labor economics is truly on display every day in class. Her expertise in the field is abundantly clear."
"Professor Li is an awesome instructor...She is knowledgeable about the content she is teaching and willing to offer help. LOVE her class so much."
"(She) Will explain concepts and answer any questions. Prompt with returning emails. Had fun assignments to complete. Gave me the ability to read and understand econ papers outside of class."
"interesting topics and materials (and) the professor loves the topics and economics, and easy to talk to the professor"
"... would recommend this course to my other friends for sure."
Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Microeconomics, Department of Economics, Boston University, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2022
Teaching Fellow, Empirical Economic Analysis, Department of Economics, Boston University, Fall 2020
Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Micro Analysis, Department of Economics, Boston University, Fall 2023
Teaching Assistant, Economic Institutions in Historical Perspective, Department of Economics, Boston University, Fall 2021
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