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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”

Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics, June 2023 - May 2024
Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

“Hidden in Plain Sight: Prevalence and Impact of ADHD Underdiagnosis”, Job market paper, draft available upon request
“Partisan Mortality Cycles”, with Daniel Millimet (Southern Methodist University), Submitted for publication, draft available upon request
“The Labor Market Returns of Adolescent Mental Healthcare”, with Shuo Qi (Southern Methodist University, Working Paper, draft available upon request
“Efficiency in OR Scheduling and Children’s Health”, with Vishal Ahuja (Southern Methodist University), in progress
“Twin Epidemics: The Intersection of the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis and the Synthetic Opioid Crisis”, in progress

“Hidden in Plain Sight: Prevalence and Impact of ADHD Underdiagnosis”

Southern Economic Association in New Orleans, LA (2023, pending)

American Society of Health Economics in St Lois, MO (2023)

Presidential Session at Southern Economics Association in Fort Lauderdale (2022)

American Society of Health Economics in Austin, TX (2022)

Society of Economic Measurement in Calgary, Canada (2022)

Research and Innovation Week at SMU (2022)

Brown Bag Seminar Series at SMU (2022)

3rd Year Paper Seminar at SMU (2022)

Microeconomics Workshop at SMU (2021, 2022)

“Partisan Mortality Cycles”

Canadian Economics Association in Ottawa, Canada (2022)

Southern Economics Association in Houston (2021)

Fall Microeconomics Workshop at SMU (2021)

“The Labor Market Returns of Adolescent Mental Healthcare”

American Society of Health Economics in St. Louis, MO (2023)

STATA Applied Microeconomics Conference in Southlake, TX (2023)

Research and Innovation Week at SMU (2023)

Southern Economics Association in Fort Lauderdale (2022)

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 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:
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:
SMU Microeconomics Workshop (2021-2023)
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)