Teaching & advising

Syllabi

Representative syllabi from courses I have taught.

Undergraduate

• The pandemic and the economy AEC 199 · Oregon State University
• Benefit-cost analysis AEC 434 · Oregon State University · 2020
• Introduction to microeconomics ECON 111 · University of San Francisco · 2008
• Applied econometrics ECON 460 · University of Montana · 2006
• Environmental economics ECON 230 · University of San Francisco · 2008
• Development economics AAE/ECON 474 · University of Wisconsin–Madison · 2015
• Development and environment AAE/IES 344 · University of Wisconsin–Madison · 2012

Graduate

• Development and environment AAE 729 · University of Wisconsin–Madison · 2012
• Foundations of development economics AAE 642 · University of Wisconsin–Madison · 2017
• Dissertation proposal writing AAE 875 · University of Wisconsin–Madison · 2012

Advising

Below are the Ph.D. and master’s students for whom I have been the major advisor (committee chair). I have also been a member of many other committees; those students are not listed here. Where available, names link to the student’s web presence.

Ph.D.

• Roberto Toto
• Laura Mazaud
• Alejandro Abarca
• Jens Engelmann: Economist, USAA Federal Savings Bank
• Rachel Frattarola: Economist, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
• Emma Gjerdseth
• Fanny Moffette
• Ya-ting Chuang
• Alexander David Natanson
• Emily Sellars
• Charlie Thompson
• Sarah Walker
• Patricia Yañez-Pagans
• Na Zhao

Master’s

• Arman Shaid
• Charlie Thompson
• Sarah Janzen
• Jason Do
• Josh Schellenberg
• Todd Wynn