SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
My fields of expertise are monetary theory, history of economic thought, and public choice. My specializations include the institutional rules, evolution, and history of financial markets, development of measures to evaluate economic progress, and the network those markets have with public policy. I am particularly skilled at communicating economic concepts to non-economists, as classroom instructor or guest lecturer in a seminar environment.
 
EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., Economics, George Mason University, 2017 (expected)
            Advanced to Candidacy June 2015
            Dissertation: Projectors and Sympathetic Credit Markets in 18th Century Scotland
  • M.A., Economics, George Mason University, 2012
  • B.A., Economics, Cum Laude, George Mason University, 2005
           
TEACHING EXPERIENCE                                                                                 
Visiting Instructor of Economics                                                                             2016-2017
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Instructor teaching 4/4 course load at the Strome College of Business for the 2016-2017 academic year to include the following courses:
Fall 2016
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (3 sections)
  • Principles of Microeconomics (1 section)
Spring 2017
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (2 sections)
  • Money and Banking, cross-listed as graduate course (1 section)
  • History of Economic Thought, cross-listed as graduate course (1 section)
 
Graduate Lecturer                                                                                                    2012-2014
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Instructor teaching undergraduate coursework to 230 students over 5 academic semesters to include the following courses:
  • Money and Banking
  • Public Choice Economics
  • Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • Economics for the Citizen
 
RESEARCH PAPERS
  • “Usury Laws as Prudential Credit Rationing in Sympathetic Credit Markets.” (2016)
  • “Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, and Usury Laws: “Projectors” Reconsidered in Their Eighteenth-Century Context.” (2016)
  • “The Eighteenth-Century Context of ‘Projectors.’” (2015)
  • “Political Economy of Chinese Monetary Disunion between Beijing and Hong Kong: Politically-Produced Credible Monetary Policy Commitments.” (2015)
  • “Political Competition and the Franchise: A Theory of ‘Selfish Genes’ in Constitutional Conventions.” (2012)
  • “Justice, Broadly Understood: Justice as Both Negative Rights and Positive Actions in Adam Smith’s Works.” (2012)
  • “Satire Against Rationalism in Swift’s Travels.” (2012)
  • “Smithian and Vedic Morality: Virtue in a Commercial Society.” (2011)
  • “Foodies Eat, Frugally: An Econometric Study of Revenue-Generating Efforts of Pre-purchased Coupons.” (2011)
 
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
  • “Humanism in the Extended Commercial Order.” Johnson Center at Troy University, Troy, AL, November 2016; Old Dominion University OΔE, Norfolk, VA, October 2016; GMU Economic Society, Fairfax, VA, March 2014.
  • “Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, and Usury Laws: ‘Projectors’ in Context.” American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies and Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2016.
  • “Welfare-Enhancing Usury Restrictions in Sympathetic Credit Markets.” Eastern Economic Association, Washington, D.C., February 2016.
  • “The Projector as a Man of System.” International Adam Smith Society, Glasgow, UK, July 2015.
  • “Modern Interpretations of Adam Smith’s Justice.” Invisible Hand Seminar, GMU, April 2014.
  • “Consensus and Discretion in Foreign Policy.” Economic Potpourri, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), October 2013.
  • “Beyond Commutative Justice in Adam Smith.” Invisible Hand Seminar, GMU, March 2013.
  • “The Virtue of Commercial Society.” Economic Potpourri, OLLI, October 2012.
 
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  • Member, American Economic Association
  • Member, International Adam Smith Society
  • Member, Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society
  • History of Economics Society
  • Adam Smith Program Fellow, George Mason University
 
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
  • STATA, Data Analysis and Statistical Software
  • SHAZAM, Econometrics, Statistics, and Analytics Software
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Conversational Mandarin Chinese
 
References
 
Dr. David M. Levy (Dissertation Chair)
Department of Economics, George Mason University
4400 University Drive MSN 3G4
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: (703) 993-2319
Email: dlevy@gmu.edu

Dr. Richard E. Wagner (Dissertation Committee Member)
Department of Economics, George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MSN 3G4
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: (703) 993-1132
Email: rwagner@gmu.edu

Dr. Stephen M. Miller (Dissertation Committee Member)
Mercatus Center
George Mason University
3434 Washington Boulevard, 4th Floor
Arlington, VA  22201-4508
Email: smiller@mercatus.gmu.edu
 
Dr. Larry Filer
Chair of the Department of Economics
Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University
2032 Constant Hall
Norfolk, VA 23529
Phone: (757) 683-3574
Email: lfiler@odu.edu