Teaching
My teaching emphasizes the hidden economics of everyday life, from the smallest consumer decisions to the economic trajectory of entire nations. Using the thinking skills I teach like a magnifying glass, students leaving my classes should have the skills necessary to discover hidden truths themselves.
Teaching experience
Instructor of record
George Mason University · Econ 103 · Fall 2025
An introductory microeconomics course fulfilling Mason's Social and Behavioral Sciences Core requirement, covering supply and demand, opportunity cost, and market structure, with applications drawn from public choice, economic development, and fertility economics.
Instructor of record
George Mason University · Econ 191 · Fall 2025
A one-credit companion recitation for Econ 104 (Principles of Macroeconomics), using in-class practice and weekly quizzes to reinforce concepts like GDP, inflation, and fiscal policy that students often struggle with in the lecture course.
Instructor of record
George Mason University · Econ 385 · Spring 2026
An economics of international policy course for non-majors, covering the case for free trade, the political economy of trade restrictions, and applications to immigration, fertility/demographic policy, and the institutions of the global economic order.
Teaching assistant
George Mason University · Econ 103 & 104 (for Dr. Rustici) · Fall 2023 – Summer 2026
Served as the primary teaching assistant for Dr. Thomas Rustici's large-enrollment sections of Econ 103 and 104, grading exams for over 2,500 students in total, holding weekly office hours dedicated to his students, and proctoring exams, including stepping in when the professor was unavailable due to health complications.
Teaching assistant
George Mason University · Economics Department · Fall 2023 – Spring 2025
Appointed department-wide tutor while working under Dr. Jason Dunick, holding office hours multiple times a week and tutoring groups of up to eight students drawn from any economics course offered at GMU — building familiarity with the full undergraduate curriculum and the varied teaching styles across the department's faculty.
