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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Work with big data to answer important questions in labor economics related to the operation of firms and implementation of government policies.

Analyzed historical survey data and voting records to study the role of ethnocentrism in determining the shift in political preferences among southern Democrats in the 1960s.

Managed a team of researchers across three countries to digitize archival records of students' applications to higher education programs in Chile

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Designed and taught a course on international economics to a class of students aged 16-17. I engaged students using events from the news that they were familiar with and guided them to think critically about ongoing economic debates.

Toronto

• Explained and clarified course material to two classes of 30 first-year calculus students• Guide students through difficult problems in order to build their mathematical intuition• Administered assessments and graded students’ work on a bi-weekly basis

• Facilitated one-on-one and group discussions with respect to course work• Answered students’ questions about microeconomics, macroeconomics, and statistics• Met with supervisors as needed to plan study group topics and activities

• Collected data on news transcripts to carry out textual analysis• Merged datasets and created sub-lists for further analysis

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I created and taught a curriculum in grade 10 mathematics that focused on both problem solving methods and developing a mathematical intuition by relating numerical concepts to real world problems.

Tamale, Ghana

• Analyzed data from a randomized control trial conducted in northern Ghana to determine the qualities of community-based marketers that positively affect farmers’ trust, understanding, and uptake of insurance • Created an Excel model to compute the actuarially fair of insurance of a complex weather index insurance • Summarized research results into concise brochures and presentation slides for dissemination to stakeholders and local policy makers

First Canadian Place

•Responsible for explaining, promoting and developing interest in the Weinreb program•Headed meetings with top executives to discuss future endeavours•Spokesperson during public events which includes speeches to audiences of over 200 given last-minute notice

Taiyuan No. 5 Middle School, China

•Prepared and implemented lesson plans for teaching ESL students aged 12 and 13•Lectured, conversed, explained, and directed classroom activities for 8 hours each day•Accounted for level-disparity among the students by delegating appropriate tasks•Solely coordinated large group activities involving over 50 students

Lawrence Heights Middle School

•Volunteered two days a week to teach math and language to a grade 7 class of twenty-five students from an economically challenged community •Patiently motivated and effectively engage students of all skill levels•Discussed with various teachers about the difficulties educators encounter

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Economics

Primary Fields: Labor economics and Public economics

Bachelor Of Education (B.Ed.)

Teachable subjects: Mathematics and Economics (Intermediate/Senior, Grades 7-12)

Bachelors Of Science, Economics And Mathematics, Fourth Year

Activities and Societies: Vic One - Ryerson Stream, Vic Reach, University of Toronto Peer Tutoring, Accessibility Services.