Positions

Jan. 2007 – present:  Assistant Professor of Economics, Towson University, Towson, MD

2005 – 2007:      Instructor of Economics, Towson University, Towson, MD

2004 – 2005:      Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY   

Research and Teaching Fields

Applied Micro Theory, Economics of the Family, Population Economics, Socioeconomics, Health Economics

Working Papers

1.      Global Social Interactions with Multiple Binary Decisions: The Case of Marriage, Divorce, and Stigma

2.      Learning by Dating, Commitment, and Assortative Mating

3.      The Pill and Partnerships: The Impact of the Birth Control Pill on Cohabitation

Works in Progress

1.      The Social Multiplier and Multidimensional Choice Sets

2.      Desegregation and Interracial Marriage

Conferences AND PreSENTATIONS

1.      April, 2008.  Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (Invited).  The Pill and Partnerships: The     

         Impact of the Birth Control Pill on Cohabitation

2.      January, 2008.  North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society (Presenter).  Learning by  

         Dating, Commitment, and Assortative Mating

3.      2006 Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (Presenter).  Global Social Interactions with

         Multiple Binary Decisions: The Case of Marriage, Divorce, and Stigma.

        
Courses Taught

Intermediate Microeconomics

Game Theory

Health Economics

Microeconomic Principles

Statistics for Business and Economics II (applied regression analysis)

Other Academic Experience

Teaching Assistant:

Introductory Microeconomics (on-line) (U) – J. Wissink, Winter 2003, 2004, Summer 2003

Microeconomic Theory II (G) – S. Coate, Spring 2003

Intermediate Mathematical Economics (G) – D. Frankel, Fall 2002

Intermediate Microeconomics (U) – J. Cawley, Spring 2002

Intermediate Microeconomics (U) – A. Mathios, Fall 2001

Macroeconomics (U) – T. O’Donoghue, Spring 2001

Intermediate Microeconomics (U) – W. Rosen, Fall 2000

Awards, Honors, & Affiliations

Sage Graduate Fellow, Cornell University: 1999-2000, 2003-2004

Top Senior Thesis, Bradley University Economics Department, 1999

Most outstanding senior, Bradley University Economics Department, 1999

Most outstanding senior, Bradley University Foreign Language Department, 1999

American Economic Association, member

Econometric Society, member