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Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, Washington State University, expected May 2026
- Advisors: Bidisha Mandal
- Dissertation: Essays in Labor, Applied Econometrics, and Applied Microeconomics
- M.A. in Economics, Boston University, 2021
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Labor Economics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Educational Economics
Working Papers
- “The Impact of Short-term Incarceration on Employment and Residential Mobility” (with Bidisha Mandal)
- “Parental Expectations, Wage Differentials and Risk Tolerance” (with Bidisha Mandal)
- “Substitution Effects of Scholarship on Financial Costs of Attending a University” (with Sahil Patil, and Wesley Blundell)
Teaching Experience
- Lead Instructor
- ECONS320 Money and Banking, 2023 Summer, 2024 Summer, and 2025 Summer
- ECONS327 International Trade & Finance, Spring 2024
- ECONS311 Introductory Econometrics, Fall 2023
- Teaching Assistant
- ECONS513 Econometrics III, Spring 2026
- ECONS524 Applied Machine Learning for Economics and Business, Spring 2026
- ECONS500 Macroeconomics Theory I, Fall 2025
- ECONS511 Econometrics I, Spring 2025 and Spring 2023
- ECONS 536 Applied Statistics and Econometrics, Spring2025
- ECONS506 Mathematics for Economists, Fall 2024
- ECONS510 Statistics for Economists, Fall 2022
- ECONS102 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics, Spring 2022
- ECONS330 Natural Resource Economics, Fall 2022 and Fall 2021
Skills
- Programming: Python, R, STATA, SQL, MatLab, Spark, Tableau, LaTeX, SAS
- Packages: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, SciPy, XGBoost, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib
- Language: English (Fluent), Chinese (Native)
Fellowships & Awards
- Washington State University, School of Economics Sciences, Endowment for Sustainable Development, 2026
- Washington State University, School of Economics Sciences, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2025
- Washington State University, School of Economics Sciences, Felloni, Giorgio and Luisa Fellowship, 2024
References
- Dr. Bidisha Mandal (Chair & Teaching Reference)
- Professor and Associate Director, Washington State University, bmandal@wsu.edu
- Dr. Wesley Blundell (Dissertation Committee member & Teaching Reference)
- Dr. Jia Yan (Dissertation Committee member)
- Dr. Jinhui Bai (Teaching Reference)