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William King

William King
Teaching Assistant - Graduate 0101 Clerical/Reception Office 2020 NE Wilson Rd. 

Education

  • PhD in Economics, Washington State University, expected graduation, May 2024
    • Advisors: Tom Marsh, Salvador Ortigueira, Ron Mittelhammer
  • BS in Economics Brigham Young University – Idaho, 2018

Research Experience

  • Summer Analyst — Congressional Budget Office, (Remote due to COVID), Summer 2020
  • Research Assistant — School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, U.S., Summer 2020

Teaching Experience

  • Lead Instructor — Washington State University

    • EconS 102 — Fundamentals of Macroeconomics (online): Winter 2019, Winter 2020
    • EconS 302 — Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory with Calculus (online): Spring 2019                                  
    • EconS 327 — International Trade and Finance: Summer 2019
  • Secondary Instructor — Washington State University
    • Econs 555 — Managerial Economics (Online)
  • Teaching Assistant — Washington State University
    • Econs 510 — Statistics for Economists: Fall 2020

Professional Activities

Memberships:

  • American Economic Association

Scholarships and Awards

  • Brigham Young University – Idaho: Ezra Taft Benson Excellence in Economics, 2018

Skills

Statistical and Computational:

  • Workhorse tools:
    • Python
      • pandas/numpy
      • scipy
      • Pytorch/scikitlearn
    • Julia
    • SQL
  • I am familiar with
    • Matlab/Octave
    • R

Typical Tech Stack:

  • Linux (desktop and server)
  • git
  • miniconda
  • Docker (minimal)