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Research Interests: Health Economics, Applied Microeconometrics, Economics of Education
Teaching Interests:: Health Economics, Econometrics, Labor Economics

PhD in Economics, May 2023
Southern Methodist Univeristy
Advised by: Daniel Millimet
Committee Members: Wookun Kim, Nathaniel Pattison

M.A. in Economics. May 2021
Southern Methodist University

B.S. in Economics, May 2019
West Texas A&M University
Minor in Mathematics
Summa Cum Laude
Attebury Honors Scholar
Capstone Thesis: “An Experimental Approach to Travel Warnings”

Yale University, School of Public Health, April 2024 - Present
Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Health Policy and Management
University of Michigan, April 2024 - Present
Active Junior Investigator in the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulation (CAsToR)
Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics, June 2023 - April 2024
Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

“Flavored E-cigarette Sales Restrictions and Young Adult Tobacco Use in the United States”, with Abigail Friedman and Michael Pesko, JAMA Health Forum, Forthcoming
“Hidden in Plain Sight: Prevalence and Impact of ADHD Underdiagnosis”, Under Review, draft available upon request
“Partisan Mortality Cycles”, with Daniel Millimet, Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Population Economics, draft available upon request
“Tobacco Product Flavor Policies in the United States”, with Alyssa Crippen, Abigail Friedman, Alex Liber, Mayah Monthrope, and Tanisha Narine, Revise and Resubmit at Tobacco Control
“The Labor Market Returns of Adolescent Mental Healthcare”, with Shuo Qi, Working Paper, draft available upon request
“Constructing a Time Consistent Synthetic K6 for the National Health Interview Survey”, with Abigail Friedman, Working Paper
“Trends in Young Adult Combustible Tobacco Usage”, with Abigail Friedman and Michael Pesko, Work in Progress
“Assessing the Impact of Flavor Restrictions on Smoking and Vaping”, with Abigail Friedman, Work in Progress
“Twin Epidemics: The Intersection of the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis and the Synthetic Opioid Crisis”, Work in Progress

2024: American Society of Health Economics in San Diego; SMU Alumni Conference; Fall 2024 TCORS Grantee Meeting Planning Committee; Southern Economic Association

2023: American Society of Health Economics; Southern Economics Association; Invited Presentation at the Environmental Protection Agency; STATA Texas Empirical Micro Conference; SMU Research and Innovation Week; SMU Brown Bag Seminar Series; Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute Seminar Series

2022: American Society of Health Economics; Canadian Economics Assocation; Southern Economic Association; Society of Economic Measurement; SMU Research and Innovation Week; SMU Brown Bag Seminar Series

2021: Southern Economic Assocation

Instructor, SMU
Health Economics (Spring 2023)
Intermediate Microeconomics (Fall 2022)
Price Theory (Summer 2022)

Teaching Assistant, SMU
PhD Econometrics II (Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
Economic and Business Forecasting (Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
Introductory Econometrics (Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
PhD Econometrics III (Fall 2021)
Managerial Economics (Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021)
Environmental Economics (Spring 2021)
Economics of Human Rights (Spring 2021)
Strategic Behavior (Spring 2020)
Money and Banking (Spring 2020)
Principles of Macroeconomics (Spring 2020)
International Trade (Fall 2019)

Teaching Assistant, West Texas A&M
Principles of Microeconomics (Spring 2017 - Spring 2019)
Principles of Macroeconomics (Fall 2016 - Spring 2019)

Research Assistant, SMU
Daniel Millimet (Summer 2021, Summer 2022)
Christopher Parmeter (Summer 2022)
Wookun Kim (Summer 2021)

Research Assistant, West Texas A&M
Ryan Mattson and Anne Barthel (Fall 2016 - Spring 2019)

Undergraduate Advising
Andrew Farhat
Research: Mental Health and Stigma in Students of Immigrant Families at SMU

Programming: R, Stata, Julia, Python
Typeset: LaTeX (Overleaf, TeX Maker and LyX), Markdown, html, Microsoft Suites, Jupyter Notebook

Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship: Southern Methodist University (2023)
The Melody Rice Memorial Award: Southern Methodist University (2023)
Research and Innovation Week Dean’s Award for Best Presentation in the Economics Group: Southern Methodist University (2023)
Graduate Student in Residence Fellow: Southern Methodist University (2022-2023)
Doctoral Teaching Fellowship: Southern Methodist University (2022-2023)
Best 3rd Year Paper Award: Southern Methodist University (2022)
Teaching Assistantship: Southern Methodist University (2019-2024)
Outstanding Economics Graduate: West Texas A&M University College of Business Symposium (2019)
Student Research Enhancement Award, with Ryan Mattson and Anne Barthel: West Texas A&M College of Business Symposium (2019)
1st Place Undergraduate Paper: West Texas A&M Student Research Conference (2017, 2018 and 2019)
Economics Club Leadership Award: West Texas A&M College of Business Symposium (2018)
2nd Place Undergraduate Presentation: West Texas A&M Student Research Conference (2017)

Professional Memberships:
Member of European Economic Association (2024 - present)
Member of American Economic Association (2023 - present)
Member of The Texas Early Career Health Economics Network (2023 - present)
Member of American Society of Health Economics (2021 - present)
Member of Canadian Economics Association (2022 - 2023)
Hiring Committee for Assistant Director of the Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center at SMU (2023)
Tutor for Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center at SMU (2022-2023)
Dedman College Student Advisory Board for Diversity and Inclusion (2022-2023)
Omicron Delta Epsilon (2018 - Present)
Beta Gamma Sigma (2018 - Present)
Rogers LEAD WT Program (2017-2019)

Professional Services:
Mentor for Rogers Lead WT Mentorship Program (2024)
Notetaker for CAsToR 2024 Annual Meeting (2024)
Referee for BMC Health Services Research (2024)
Referee for Economic Modelling (2023)
Search Committee for Assistant Director of Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center at SMU (2023)
President of SMU Econ Graduate Club (2021-2023)
Treasurer for Dedmand College Student Advisory Board for Diversity and Inclusion (2022-2023)
Mentor for SMU Economics Peer Mentorship Program (2020-2023)
Discussant at Canadian Economics Association (2022)
Discussant at American Society of Health Economics (2022)
Organizer for Spring 2022 SMU Qualifying Exam Q&A Panel (2022)
Promotional Director for Ukirk SMU (2022-2023)
Guest Presenter for WT Economics Club (2021)
Organizer for Fall 2021 SMU Alumni Panel (2021)
Ambassador for Graduate Student Orientation at SMU (2021)
Board Member for SMU Econ Graduate Club (2020-2021)
Student Hiring Search Committee for SMU University Chaplain (2020)
President of WT Econ Club (2018-2019)
Peer Review Board Member for Dallas Federal Reserve Economic Scholars Program (2018)
Discussant for Dallas Federal Reserve Economic Scholars Program (2017-2019)

Professional Workshops:
American Society of Health Economics Mentoring Program (2022, 2023)
Electronic Health Economics Colloquium (2021-2022)
SMU How to Do Research Workshop (2021-2022)
SMU Research & Innovation Week Workshop (2022)
Add Health Virtual Workshop (2021)
SMU Experimental Economics Workshop (2020)