TEACHING · MENTORING · EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Teaching
I approach economics as a way of understanding the world rather than simply a collection of models and methods. My teaching connects economic ideas with data, institutions, history, social and cultural norms, and real-world problems, while encouraging students to become active participants in the process of inquiry.
Selected Courses (See the CV for the Full List)
My teaching spans economics and business curricula, from introductory courses to advanced empirical and interdisciplinary work. Courses I have taught include:
Economic Development
Development, institutions, inequality, globalization, and the
experiences of developing and transitional economies.
Behavioral Economics & Finance
How psychological, social, and institutional factors shape
economic and financial decision-making.
Econometrics
Empirical methods for asking and answering economic questions
using real-world data.
Microeconomics & Macroeconomics
Foundational economic reasoning applied to individual choices,
markets, institutions, growth, and the broader economy.
Data Analytics & AI
Applied economic analysis combining real-world datasets with
emerging AI-supported approaches to research and problem solving.
East Asian Economies & Financial Systems
Introduction to the development and transformation of East Asian economies and financial systems, with attention to how institutions, markets, government policies, and global forces have shaped the region’s growth and contemporary challenges.
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Learning Beyond the Classroom
Some of the most meaningful learning occurs when students use economics outside the boundaries of a traditional assignment. I incorporate experiential and community-engaged projects that connect students with organizations, real datasets, and questions that matter to the communities around them.
These experiences ask students not simply to complete an exercise, but to work as researchers and problem solvers: defining questions, analyzing evidence, communicating findings, and learning how economic reasoning operates in complex real-world settings.
Selected Work (See the CV for the Full List)
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Student Research & Mentoring
Mentoring student research has been a central part of my teaching. I have worked with students on independent studies, collaborative research, applied data projects, and interdisciplinary questions that allow them to pursue their own intellectual interests.
My goal is to help students develop the confidence to formulate meaningful questions, work independently with evidence, and see themselves as contributors to knowledge rather than simply consumers of it.
Selected Work (See the CV for the Full List)
“Gender Differences in Portfolio Selection” by Ms. Kayleigh McCrary (‘2017)
“Gender Differences in Ultimatum Bargaining Games” by Ms. Kayleigh McCrary (‘2017)
“Immigrant Health and Medical Services: Evidence from the Atlanta Immigrant Community”
by Ms. Junqing Ma (‘2014)
“A Turning Point: Comparing FDI in China and India” by Ms. Chunying Xie (’08), published
in IDEAS e-journal for Undergraduate Research in Asian Studies 2007 edition