Resume (pdf)

Current Position

Graduate student, Department of Economics, University of Arizona

 

Education

University of Arizona, PhD in Economics, May 2010 (expected)

University of Arizona, MA in Economics, May 2007

Western Washington University, BA in Economics and Math, June 2004

 

Publications

"A Patchwork Safety Net: A Survey of Cliometric Studies of Income Maintenance Programs in the United States in the First Half of the Twentieth Century.” with Price Fishback, Samuel Allen and Brendan Livingston.  Journal of Economic Surveys forthcoming)

 

“The Effects of Weather Shocks on Crop Prices in Unfettered Markets: The United States Prior to the Farm Programs, 1895-1932.” with Price Fishback and Paul Rhode In Climate Change: Past and Present, edited by Gary Libecap and Richard Steckel. NBER (forthcoming).

 

Working Papers

“Public Health Movements, Local Poor Relief and Child Mortality in American Cities: 1923-1932”

 

“The Labor Market Returns to Attending a Female Dominated School”

 

Other Employment

Health Trends, Statistical Consultant, 2004-2005

 

Conference Presentations

NBER Research Conference: Climate Change: Past and Present (2009)

Cliometrics Conference (2009)

All-UC Group in Economic History Graduate Student Workshop (2009)

Midwest Economics Association Meeting (2008)

 

Other Professional Activities

Discussant, Economic History Association Meetings (2009)
Poster Session, NBER Summer Institute: Development of the American Economy (2009)
Individual Freedom and Global Development Seminar (2008)
Book Reviewer, “This Land, This Nation,” EH.net (2008)

 

Teaching Experience

 

Courses Taught

 

Introductory Economics, Summer 2008

Introductory Economics, Summer 2009

 

Teaching Assistantships


Introductory Economics, TA for Mark Stegeman, Spring 2010       
Introductory Economics, TA for Mark Stegeman, Fall 2009
American Economic History, TA for Paul Rhode, Spring 2009
Communication in Economics, TA for Alexandre Borges Sugiyama, Fall 2008
Introductory Economics, TA for Steve Reff, Spring 2008 and Fall 2007    
Statistical Inference in Management, TA for Tom Dalton, Spring 2008, Fall 2006
Introductory Economics TA for Amy Cramer, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2005

 

Honors and Scholarships

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2009)

Economic History Association Exploratory Travel and Data Grant (2009)