Teaching

Classes

Econ 215 – Health Economics

Econ 251 – Intermediate Microeconomics

Econ 253 – Fundamentals of Econometrics

Econ 401 – Economics of the US Healthcare Industry

 

Individual Teaching and Advising

PhD Dissertation Committee

  • Pei-Chuan Ho (Lehigh University, 2020-2021)
  • Yue Yuan (Lehigh University, 2018-2019)
  • Bita Fayaz Farkhad (Lehigh University, 2017-2019)

Honor’s Thesis

  • Kate Kinder (’21) – Government and Law (Outside reader) – AY 2020-2021
    •  “Rising Partisan Polarization in the United States: Its Causes, and Views from the Left and Right”
  •  Aurie Greenberg (’22) – Math and Economics (Primary advisor) – AY 2021-2022
    •  “State-Run COVID-19 Vaccination Incentive Programs and Vaccination Decisions among Vaccine-Hesitant Individuals”
  • Masha Nguyen (’22) – Math and Economics (Co-primary advisor) – AY 2021-2022
    •  “The Gender Wage Gap and its Effect on Mental Well-Being of Women in Russia”
  • Hannah Spitzer (’22) – Policy Studies (Primary advisor) – AY 2021-2022
    •  “Decriminalization of Mental Health Through Pre-Booking Diversion Policies Benefit All”
  • Meghan Haddad (’22) – Policy Studies (Second reader) – AY 2021-2022
    • “Bridge the Gap for Medicare Recipients: Acute Hospital Care at Home Programs”
  • Marjana Tafader (’22) – Neuroscience (Outside reader) – AY 2021-2022
    •  “Childhood SES and Age-Related Cognition and Age-Related Cortical Thickness in Racially/Ethnically Diverse Older Adults”
  • Alexa Sadowski (’24) – Economics (Primary advisor) – AY 2023-2024
    • “An Analysis of the Efficiency of Hospital Pricing”
  • Emily Tesbir (’24) – Economics (Second reader) – AY 2023-2024
    • “Effect of State Paid Maternity Leave Policies on Womens’ Health”

Independent Study

  • Cameron O’Neil (’21) – Spring 2021
  • Ainsley Carlson (’24) – Fall 2023
  • Olivia Bamford (’24) – Spring 2024
  • Angel Awono (’25) – Fall 2024

Excel Scholars

  • Wenxin (Cyndia) Chen (’22) – Winter 2020
  • Masha Nguyen (’22) – Summer 2021
  • Ran Peng (’22) – Fall 2021
  • Ainsley Carlson (’24) – Spring 2024