Teaching

I was a teaching assistant for a variety of economics and finance classes in the UVA Department of Economics and the School of Commerce.

COMM 3720: Intermediate Corporate Finance

Semesters: Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Offered in the Commerce School. A rigorous introduction to the full field of finance. Students should gain an appreciation of the role of financial markets and institutions in our economy as well as an introduction to the responsibilities, concerns, and methods of analysis employed by corporate financial managers. We focus on the two fundamental aspects of financial decision-making: time value and risk (modern portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model, and alternatives). The concepts of time value and risk are used to value the two basic financial assets, bonds and stocks, as well as real assets, investment projects, and companies. In addition, the course introduces derivative securities (options, futures) and discusses their application in a wide variety of settings (real options, contingent claims valuation of equity).

COMM 4780: Institutional Investment Management

Offered: Fall 2022

Offered in the Commerce School. In this class, students will apply quantitative tools to deconstruct each of the main asset classes, developing a more nuanced understanding of the risks one owns, and to evaluate a managers' returns for delivering those risks. Students will also learn how to design and evaluate strategic asset allocations for specific goals through a case evaluating the portfolio of the University of Virginia Endowment.

ECON 3020: Intermediate Macroeconomics 

Semesters: Fall 2019

Offered in the Economics Department. Studies macroeconomic theory and policy; includes an analysis of the forces determining employment, income, and the price level.

ECON 4350: Corporate Finance

Semesters: Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Summer 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022

Offered in the Economics Department. Introduction to principles and techniques utilized in the financial management of business.  Topics to be covered include: interpretation of financial statements, ratio analysis, present value, bond valuation and interest rates, stock valuation, net present value analysis, risk and return, cost of capital, and capital structure. 

ECON 4365: Global Financial Markets

Offered: Spring 2021

Offered in the Economics Department. The main objective of this course is to study the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy. Instead of focusing only on the financial world (as it is usually done in classical portfolio theory), we will construct general equilibrium models that encompass the financial markets as well as the rest of the economy. In this way, we will understand not only how financial markets work, but also how they affect the rest of the economy. We will use these models to understand the recent subprime crisis, the European sovereign debt crisis, and many market phenomena such as extreme volatility and contagion.